As of May, 2022, the school has four campuses: Qianhu, Qingshan Lake, Donghu Lake and Poyang Lake, in which the main campus of Qianhu covers an area of 432 1 mu, and the building area of the school building is 654,380+0.5 million square meters. There are humanities department, social science department, science and engineering department I, science and engineering department II, medicine department, 12 discipline 132 undergraduate majors, 3 national key (cultivation) disciplines, 22 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, 3 categories authorized by doctoral degrees,10/postdoctoral research mobile stations. There are 4358 faculty members.
Nanchang University can be traced back to 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. In the same year, it became a doctoral degree awarding unit. In 2005, Nanchang University merged with Jiangxi Medical College to form the new Nanchang University.
By 2022, Nanchang University will rank 75th in China University of Soft Science in 2022.