Nanchang University is a world-class discipline construction university under the national "double first-class" plan, a key construction university under the national "2 1 1 project", a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Jiangxi Province, and a high-level university in Jiangxi Province as a whole. It is the first batch of demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, the main node unit of China Education and Research Computer Network (CERNET) of the Ministry of Education, the executive director unit of China Education Exchange Association, the demonstration base for studying in China of the Ministry of Education, the overseas study training base of the study service center of the Ministry of Education, and the national HSK online Chinese proficiency test advanced test center.
The predecessors of Jiangxi Medical College, Jiangxi University and Jiangxi University of Technology can be traced back to Jiangxi Public Medical College founded by 192 1, National Chung Cheng University founded by 1940 and Jiangxi Institute of Technology founded by 1958 respectively. 1993 Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Provincial People's Government decided to merge Jiangxi University and Jiangxi University of Science and Technology to form Nanchang University; In 2005, Nanchang University merged with the former Jiangxi Medical College to form the new Nanchang University.