The school has been selected into the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, the national demonstration school for the reform of teachers' assessment and evaluation, the national "action plan for the infiltration of sports aesthetic education" universities, the national pilot universities to implement the "rural teacher support plan" project, the universities to implement the "promoting the training of excellent middle school teachers" project of the Ministry of Education, and the national innovation and entrepreneurship base for practical education in colleges and universities of the Ministry of Education. It is the receiving institution of China government scholarship, Jiangxi provincial government scholarship and international Chinese teacher scholarship.
The school was founded in National Chung Cheng University, which was established on 1940. Chung Cheng University 1949 was renamed Nanchang University, 1953 was renamed Jiangxi Normal University, 1969 was renamed Jiangxi Jinggangshan University, and 1972 was renamed Jiangxi Normal University. As of May 2023, the school has two campuses, Yaohu and Qingshan Lake, covering an area of more than 3,500 mu, with a building area of 1.4 million square meters. At present, there are 23 professional colleges, 3 industrial colleges (built in * * *), 1 independent colleges (polytechnics), 88 undergraduate majors and 13 doctoral degree authorization points, including 12 doctoral degree authorization points for first-class disciplines and 1 doctoral degree authorization points for professional degrees. * * * There are 278 faculty members 1 person (including personnel agency), more than 27,400 full-time undergraduates, more than 7,700 doctoral and master students, and110,000 adult higher education students.