The school was founded by National Chung Cheng University on 1940. Chung Cheng University was renamed Nanchang University/KOOC-0/949, Jiangxi Normal University/KOOC-0/953, Jinggangshan University/KOOC-0/969, Jiangxi Normal University/KOOC-0/972 and Jiangxi Normal University/KOOC-0/983. In 2003, Jiangxi Financial Workers College was merged into the school.

There are 2779 faculty members (including personnel agents) in the school headquarters, including full-time teachers 1.898 and doctors 1. Among full-time teachers, the proportion of teachers under 45 is 62.14%; The proportion of teachers with senior titles is 56.43%; The proportion of teachers with master's degree or above is 90. 15%.

In the fourth round of national discipline evaluation, Marxist theory entered Class A disciplines, while pedagogy, psychology, China language and literature, mathematics and chemistry entered Class B disciplines.

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As of May 2022, the school has 22 professional colleges, 22 professional colleges, 3 industrial colleges (built by * * *), 1 independent college (institute of technology) and 90 undergraduate majors. Subjects include philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management and art.