diff --git a/bigframes/dataframe.py b/bigframes/dataframe.py
index efbe56abf7..0503a38ae6 100644
--- a/bigframes/dataframe.py
+++ b/bigframes/dataframe.py
@@ -367,14 +367,35 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
     def astype(
         self,
-        dtype: Union[bigframes.dtypes.DtypeString, bigframes.dtypes.Dtype],
+        dtype: Union[
+            bigframes.dtypes.DtypeString,
+            bigframes.dtypes.Dtype,
+            dict[str, Union[bigframes.dtypes.DtypeString, bigframes.dtypes.Dtype]],
+        ],
         *,
         errors: Literal["raise", "null"] = "raise",
     ) -> DataFrame:
         if errors not in ["raise", "null"]:
             raise ValueError("Arg 'error' must be one of 'raise' or 'null'")
-        return self._apply_unary_op(
-            ops.AsTypeOp(to_type=dtype, safe=(errors == "null"))
+
+        safe_cast = errors == "null"
+
+        # Type strings check
+        if dtype in bigframes.dtypes.DTYPE_STRINGS:
+            return self._apply_unary_op(ops.AsTypeOp(dtype, safe_cast))
+
+        # Type instances check
+        if type(dtype) in bigframes.dtypes.DTYPES:
+            return self._apply_unary_op(ops.AsTypeOp(dtype, safe_cast))
+
+        if isinstance(dtype, dict):
+            result = self.copy()
+            for col, to_type in dtype.items():
+                result[col] = result[col].astype(to_type)
+            return result
+
+        raise TypeError(
+            f"Invalid type {type(dtype)} for dtype input. {constants.FEEDBACK_LINK}"
         )
 
     def _to_sql_query(
diff --git a/bigframes/dtypes.py b/bigframes/dtypes.py
index ff3e7a31fb..6e179225ea 100644
--- a/bigframes/dtypes.py
+++ b/bigframes/dtypes.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
     pd.ArrowDtype,
     gpd.array.GeometryDtype,
 ]
+
+DTYPES = typing.get_args(Dtype)
 # Represents both column types (dtypes) and local-only types
 # None represents the type of a None scalar.
 ExpressionType = typing.Optional[Dtype]
@@ -238,6 +240,8 @@ class SimpleDtypeInfo:
     "binary[pyarrow]",
 ]
 
+DTYPE_STRINGS = typing.get_args(DtypeString)
+
 BOOL_BIGFRAMES_TYPES = [BOOL_DTYPE]
 
 # Corresponds to the pandas concept of numeric type (such as when 'numeric_only' is specified in an operation)
diff --git a/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py b/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
index bae71b33be..4e0e5c2739 100644
--- a/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
@@ -5199,3 +5199,33 @@ def test__resample_start_time(rule, origin, data):
     pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(
         bf_result, pd_result, check_dtype=False, check_index_type=False
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "dtype",
+    [
+        pytest.param("string[pyarrow]", id="type-string"),
+        pytest.param(pd.StringDtype(storage="pyarrow"), id="type-literal"),
+        pytest.param(
+            {"bool_col": "string[pyarrow]", "int64_col": pd.Float64Dtype()},
+            id="multiple-types",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_astype(scalars_dfs, dtype):
+    bf_df, pd_df = scalars_dfs
+    target_cols = ["bool_col", "int64_col"]
+    bf_df = bf_df[target_cols]
+    pd_df = pd_df[target_cols]
+
+    bf_result = bf_df.astype(dtype).to_pandas()
+    pd_result = pd_df.astype(dtype)
+
+    pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(bf_result, pd_result, check_index_type=False)
+
+
+def test_astype_invalid_type_fail(scalars_dfs):
+    bf_df, _ = scalars_dfs
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=r".*Share your usecase with.*"):
+        bf_df.astype(123)