Jiangxi University of Science and Technology was founded in 1958, formerly known as Jiangxi Institute of Metallurgy. 1988 was renamed Southern Institute of Metallurgy, and it was renamed Jiangxi University of Science and Technology in 2004. The school has been affiliated to the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and China Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation. 20 13 became a university jointly established by Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Ministry of Education.
The school is an institution approved by the State Council with the right to confer doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees. It is a teaching and research university which focuses on engineering, combines engineering with management, economy, law, literature, art and education, enrolls students and finds jobs for the whole country, and has the right to receive overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan students and international students. It is an evaluation university of Baosteel Education Award; The school has the qualification to recommend outstanding undergraduates to study for master's degree without examination; It is an important talent training and scientific research base for nonferrous metal industry and steel industry in China, and is known as the "cradle of nonferrous metallurgy talents".