Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University (JXSTNU; ) is a teacher training college located in

Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

, Jiangxi Province,

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, and is currently the only university in Jiangxi Province to offer undergraduate degrees in occupational education. The university was first established in 1977 as the Nanchang Campus of

Jiangxi Normal University Jiangxi Normal University (JXNU; ), situated in Nanchang, capital city of Jiangxi Province China, is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Jiangxi Provincial Government. It is listed in the Midwest University Fundamental Capacity Buil ...

and was among the first in the PRC established to educate teachers in occupational and technical specialties. As of 2010, JXSTNU enrolled over 20,000 students and an educational staff of 1,386 including 135 full

professors Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

and 306 associate professors. The university occupied a campus of roughly 145 hectares (0.56 square miles) and included roughly 5.2 million square feet (483,900 square meters) of floor space. Students were separated into 21 academic departments and 49

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programs including natural science,

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, philosophy,

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, and

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