Foshan University

Situated in the vibrant Pearl River Delta in South China Guangdong, named after the city FOSHAN – ancient with rich intangible traditional cultures as well as metropolitan with developed economy, Foshan University (FOSU) boasts her history dated back to 1958, when Foshan Normal College and Foshan Branch of South China Agriculture College were founded. With 362 acres over 3 campuses, namely Xianxi, Jiangwan and Hebin, the University has evolved into a beacon of high level institution of science and technology in Guangdong province in terms of distinctive key disciplines since such 6 disciplines as Engineering, Materials Science, Environment / Ecology, Plant & Animal Science, Chemistry and Agricultural Sciences are ranked Top 1% by ESI. From 2021 to 2023, the University was ranked among the Top 1,000 in the “Academic Ranking of World Universities” by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. In 2022, Veterinary Sciences was ranked 101-150 and Agricultural Sciences 301-400 in terms of “Global Academic Subjects”, while Zootechny was ranked 17th and Optical Engineering 49th, Maths 113th in terms of “China’s Best Subjects”. According to ARWU China 2024, FOSU is ranked the 219th in China and 11th in Guangdong. Entitled by MOE, 16 faculties currently are offering 57 Bachelor degree programmes for 17,385 full-time undergraduates and 10 Master degree programmes for 2,033 postgraduates. In addition, 61 jointly-recruited candidates, home and abroad, are studying for their Doctorates. Attributing great importance to global partnership and exchanges, FOSU has always been enhancing plenty of cross-national joint education projects, such as Sino-German double degree programmes for undergraduates majoring in Environment Engineering, Product Design and Digital Media. Upholding the motto of “in knowledge and in virtue, unto integrity and mightiness”, FOSU has gained 5,235 awards since 2018, ranging from technology to culture sectors, provincial and national. Statistics as of May. 2024