Nanchang University, founded in 192 1, is located in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. Co-built by the Ministry of Education and the Jiangxi Provincial Government, it is a "double first-class" and "2 1 1 project" key construction university. The school has successively been selected into the comprehensive strength improvement project of colleges and universities in the midwest, the public graduate program of national construction of high-level universities, the excellent engineer education and training program, the excellent doctor education and training program, the national new engineering research and practice program, the national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program, the innovation and entrepreneurship education reform demonstration universities, the transformation and technology transfer base of scientific and technological achievements in colleges and universities, and the college students' scientific and technological entrepreneurship practice base. The first batch of demonstration bases for mass entrepreneurship and innovation in Jiangxi Province is a member of the "one province, one school" national key construction university alliance in the central and western regions, an excellent university for undergraduate teaching evaluation, the main node unit of China education and scientific research computer network in Jiangxi, and a participating university for China's next-generation Internet demonstration project CNGI construction.

Nanchang University can be traced back to Jiangxi Public Medical College founded by 192 1 and National Chung Cheng University founded by 1940. 1993, Jiangxi University and Jiangxi University of Science and Technology merged to form Nanchang University. In the same year, it became a doctoral degree awarding unit. In 2005, Nanchang University merged with Jiangxi Medical College to form the new Nanchang University.