diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/schema.py b/google/cloud/bigquery/schema.py
index 8d62b2b5b..b278b686a 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/schema.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/schema.py
@@ -560,6 +560,63 @@ def to_api_repr(self) -> dict:
         return answer
 
 
+class ForeignTypeInfo:
+    """Metadata about the foreign data type definition such as the system in which the
+    type is defined.
+
+    Args:
+        type_system (str): Required. Specifies the system which defines the
+            foreign data type.
+
+            TypeSystem enum currently includes:
+            * "TYPE_SYSTEM_UNSPECIFIED"
+            * "HIVE"
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, type_system: Optional[str] = None):
+        self._properties: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        self.type_system = type_system
+
+    @property
+    def type_system(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Required. Specifies the system which defines the foreign data
+        type."""
+
+        return self._properties.get("typeSystem")
+
+    @type_system.setter
+    def type_system(self, value: Optional[str]):
+        value = _helpers._isinstance_or_raise(value, str, none_allowed=True)
+        self._properties["typeSystem"] = value
+
+    def to_api_repr(self) -> dict:
+        """Build an API representation of this object.
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, Any]:
+                A dictionary in the format used by the BigQuery API.
+        """
+
+        return self._properties
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_api_repr(cls, api_repr: Dict[str, Any]) -> "ForeignTypeInfo":
+        """Factory: constructs an instance of the class (cls)
+        given its API representation.
+
+        Args:
+            api_repr (Dict[str, Any]):
+                API representation of the object to be instantiated.
+
+        Returns:
+            An instance of the class initialized with data from 'api_repr'.
+        """
+
+        config = cls()
+        config._properties = api_repr
+        return config
+
+
 class SerDeInfo:
     """Serializer and deserializer information.
 
@@ -625,6 +682,7 @@ def parameters(self, value: Optional[dict[str, str]] = None):
 
     def to_api_repr(self) -> dict:
         """Build an API representation of this object.
+
         Returns:
             Dict[str, Any]:
                 A dictionary in the format used by the BigQuery API.
@@ -635,11 +693,13 @@ def to_api_repr(self) -> dict:
     def from_api_repr(cls, api_repr: dict) -> SerDeInfo:
         """Factory: constructs an instance of the class (cls)
         given its API representation.
+
         Args:
-            resource (Dict[str, Any]):
+            api_repr (Dict[str, Any]):
                 API representation of the object to be instantiated.
+
         Returns:
-            An instance of the class initialized with data from 'resource'.
+            An instance of the class initialized with data from 'api_repr'.
         """
         config = cls("PLACEHOLDER")
         config._properties = api_repr
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_schema.py b/tests/unit/test_schema.py
index 7e84dd63f..efbc5d26f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_schema.py
@@ -1128,6 +1128,73 @@ def test_to_api_repr_parameterized(field, api):
     assert SchemaField(**field).to_api_repr() == api
 
 
+class TestForeignTypeInfo:
+    """Tests for ForeignTypeInfo objects."""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_target_class():
+        from google.cloud.bigquery.schema import ForeignTypeInfo
+
+        return ForeignTypeInfo
+
+    def _make_one(self, *args, **kw):
+        return self._get_target_class()(*args, **kw)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "type_system,expected",
+        [
+            (None, None),
+            ("TYPE_SYSTEM_UNSPECIFIED", "TYPE_SYSTEM_UNSPECIFIED"),
+            ("HIVE", "HIVE"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_ctor_valid_input(self, type_system, expected):
+        result = self._make_one(type_system=type_system)
+
+        assert result.type_system == expected
+
+    def test_ctor_invalid_input(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError) as e:
+            self._make_one(type_system=123)
+
+        # Looking for the first word from the string "Pass <variable> as..."
+        assert "Pass " in str(e.value)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "type_system,expected",
+        [
+            ("TYPE_SYSTEM_UNSPECIFIED", {"typeSystem": "TYPE_SYSTEM_UNSPECIFIED"}),
+            ("HIVE", {"typeSystem": "HIVE"}),
+            (None, {"typeSystem": None}),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_to_api_repr(self, type_system, expected):
+        result = self._make_one(type_system=type_system)
+
+        assert result.to_api_repr() == expected
+
+    def test_from_api_repr(self):
+        """GIVEN an api representation of a ForeignTypeInfo object (i.e. api_repr)
+        WHEN converted into a ForeignTypeInfo object using from_api_repr()
+        THEN it will have the same representation in dict format as a ForeignTypeInfo
+        object made directly (via _make_one()) and represented in dict format.
+        """
+        api_repr = {
+            "typeSystem": "TYPE_SYSTEM_UNSPECIFIED",
+        }
+
+        expected = self._make_one(
+            type_system="TYPE_SYSTEM_UNSPECIFIED",
+        )
+
+        klass = self._get_target_class()
+        result = klass.from_api_repr(api_repr)
+
+        # We convert both to dict format because these classes do not have a
+        # __eq__() method to facilitate direct equality comparisons.
+        assert result.to_api_repr() == expected.to_api_repr()
+
+
 class TestSerDeInfo:
     """Tests for the SerDeInfo class."""
 
@@ -1190,9 +1257,9 @@ def test_to_api_repr(self):
         assert serde_info.to_api_repr() == expected_repr
 
     def test_from_api_repr(self):
-        """GIVEN an api representation of a SerDeInfo object (i.e. resource)
+        """GIVEN an api representation of a SerDeInfo object (i.e. api_repr)
         WHEN converted into a SerDeInfo object using from_api_repr()
-        THEN it will have the representation in dict format as a SerDeInfo
+        THEN it will have the same representation in dict format as a SerDeInfo
         object made directly (via _make_one()) and represented in dict format.
         """
         api_repr = {