The inspiration of establishing the university was derived from The White Deer Grotto Academy in Mt. Lushan

●1940: First founded as National Chung Cheng University

●1949: Renamed National Nanchang University

●1953: Renamed Jiangxi Teachers College

●1983: Renamed Jiangxi Normal University

●2003: Merged with Jiangxi Worker’s University of Finance (Jiangxi Banking School)