In 2015, Foundation University was awarded National Champion by the DENR - Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) for being the Most Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Campus.

The college was founded by Dr. Vicente Guzman Sinco, a known educator and legal luminary during his time.

[4] The college had a three-fold function — instruction, research, and community action.

[4] On January 28, 1969, the Philippine Department of Education granted the college a university charter.

[4] Academic units of the university are organized into nine colleges and several other schools and departments.