History
The inspiration of establishing the university was derived from The White Deer Grotto Academy in Mt. Lushan

1940: First founded as National Chung Cheng University

1949: Renamed National Nanchang University

1953: Renamed Jiangxi Teachers College

1983: Renamed Jiangxi Normal University

2003: Merged with Jiangxi Worker’s University of Finance (Jiangxi Banking School)

 Education Ideology

School Motto:Ponder Prudently and Practice Earnestly, Be Impartial and Upright

School Tradition:Be United and Diligent, Seek Truth and Make Innovations

Development Philosophy:Establish the university with quality, talents, innovations, culture and harmony

School Spirit:Be Patriotic and Glorify the University, Democracy and Harmony, Be Realistic and Pragmatic, Be
open minded and Innovative

Academic Development

The University possesses 5 Postdoctoral Workstations, and offers 9 doctoral degree programs of first-level disciplines, 63 doctoral degrees programs of second-level
disciplines, 30 master’s-degree programs of first-level disciplines, 16 professional master’s-degree programs and 87 bachelor’s-degree programs. Its disciplines of
chemistry, is rated among the world's 1% disciplines by ESI.

 Faculty and Staff

JXNU has over 2,600 faculty and administrative staff members on its payroll, including over 1,700 full-time teachers, over 700 doctoral degree holders. 22.16% of the faculty
members are 35 years old or less; 53.73% attain senior academic rank; 84.67% hold Master’s or higher degrees.

Students

Nearly 30,000 full time bachelor program students, over 5,000 master and doctoral program students, 10,000 continuing education students and 400 international students

are studying in the university.