Jiangxi Normal University (JXNU), situated in Nanchang, capital city of Jiangxi Province, is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Jiangxi Provincial Government. It is listed in the Midwest University Fundamental Capacity Building Project. JXNU offers degrees in Literature, History, Philosophy, Economics, Management Science, Law, Natural Science, Engineering, Education, and Art. The University is quite influential in the political, economic, cultural and social development of Jiangxi Province. It is designated as a key local (teacher-training oriented) university enjoying priority in development.

JXNU consists of 2 campuses, i.e. Yaohu Lake Campus and Qingshanhu Lake Campus with a total area of 233 hectares and building area of more than 1.4 million square meters. The university library possesses 3.36 million volumes of hardcopy literature and 1.75 million volumes of e-books.