Jiangxi University of Science and Technology is not a key undergraduate university. Not selected for 2 1 1, nor is it a 985 university. It's just an ordinary college in Jiangxi Province. The school is an institution authorized by the State Council to award doctor, master and bachelor degrees. It is a school that focuses on engineering, combines work with study, and develops harmoniously in management, economy, law, literature, art and education.

Key universities include those selected for national projects such as "Double First-class" and "20 1 1 Plan" and basic capacity building projects of universities in the central and western regions, former national key universities, universities directly under the central government, universities established by provincial departments and provincial key universities determined by the governments of provinces, municipalities directly under the central government and autonomous regions.