Jiangxi Normal University (JXNU), situated in Nanchang, capital city of Jiangxi Province, is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Jiangxi Provincial Government. It is listed in the Midwest University Fundamental Capacity Building Project. JXNU offers degrees in Literature, History, Philosophy, Economics, Management Science, Law, Natural Science, Engineering, Education, and Art. The University is quite influential in the political, economic, cultural and social development of Jiangxi Province. It signated as a key local (teacher-training oriented) university enjoying priority in development.
There are 22 colleges under the university, in addition to an independent college (College of Science and Technology). JXNU consists of two campuses, i.e., Yaohu Lake Campus and Qingshan Lake Campus, with a total area of 233 hectares. The university library possesses 3.04 million volumes of hardcopy literature and 3 million volumes of e-books.
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)
Jiangxi Normal University is a university jointly constructed by the Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, and the Midwest Colleges and Universities. The school integrates ten university disciplines such as philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, and art. It is located in a school with deep historical and cultural heritage, and is known as "the treasures of talents, talents and spirits" Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, has a greater impact on the political, economic, cultural and social development of Jiangxi. It has been identified as a priority provincial (normal) university by the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government. Existing Yao Lake, Castle Lake two campuses, covers an area of 3500 mu, building area 140 more than square meters, the collection of paper documents 323.69 more than million copies, electronic books 349.57 more than million copies. Yao Lake Campus has no walls, surrounded by a 7 -kilometer-long river surrounded Yao, with outstanding eco-cultural characteristics.
