Nanchang University, referred to as "Nanda", is located in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province. It is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government. It is a "world-class discipline construction university" and a "2 1 1 project" construction university, and was selected as a comprehensive strength improvement project for universities in the central and western regions of China. It is a world-class comprehensive research university supported by Jiangxi Province.

The school started in Jiangxi Public Medical College founded by 192 1 and National Chung Cheng University founded by 1940. 1993, Jiangxi University and Jiangxi University of Science and Technology merged to form Nanchang University. 1997, the school was listed as the national "2 1 1 project" key construction university. In 2005, Nanchang University merged with Jiangxi Medical College to form the new Nanchang University.

The main color of the new logo is blue, and the blue edge is similar to a blue-and-white porcelain plate, which is rich in Jiangxi characteristics. There is a camphor tree in the ring. Dense branches show that Nanchang University is a comprehensive university with the infiltration of arts and sciences and the combination of science and engineering. At the same time, it also symbolizes the vigorous vitality and the teaching style of "educating people for a hundred years". Cinnamomum camphora is a provincial tree in Jiangxi Province. The name of Nanchang University was inscribed by Zhao Puchu.

As an important part of Nanchang University's campus culture construction, the "Wind in front of the Lake" weekend forum adheres to the direction of "doing two things" and the policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom". Adhering to the school motto of "innovation, people-oriented"; Inherit the school-running concept of "educating people, paying equal attention to teaching and scientific research, being inclusive and making good use of it"; Adhere to the principles of openness, elegance, periodicity, interaction and mass.