Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine

Key Highlights

• Public university jointly supported by national Chinese-medicine and education authorities and the Jiangxi provincial government
• Founded as Jiangxi College of Chinese Medicine in 1959 and renamed in 2013
• More than 23,000 full-time students reported as of August 2026
• Three campuses and three directly affiliated hospitals

Student Life & Environment

Student life is distributed across the Wanli, Yangming and Fusheng campuses, so the experience depends partly on a student’s program and assigned location. The university’s charter expressly provides for student associations, student-union activities, cross-disciplinary electives, academic exchanges and organized practical education. It also states that students have access to psychological-health education, counseling, testing and crisis-intervention services. University-managed accommodation is a significant part of undergraduate life. The published residence rules say that full-time undergraduate students are normally housed in university-arranged student apartments and may not independently change rooms or beds. Living off campus generally requires an approved application and agreement. Because the publicly available residence rules date from 2020, incoming students should confirm current room configurations, facilities and campus allocation before accepting an offer. Support extends beyond coursework. The charter describes employment guidance, employability and vocational training, entrepreneurship education, placement recommendations and assistance for students facing employment difficulties. Students may also take part in supervised community service and work-study activities. The official 2026 undergraduate charter lists scholarships, need-based grants, student loans, work-study, tuition reductions, temporary hardship assistance and a green-channel process for students unable to pay required charges immediately. Eligibility and award amounts should be checked for the relevant student category.

Location & Surroundings

Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine is based in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province. Its legal address and the address used for 2026 undergraduate admissions are 1688 Meiling Avenue, Xinjian District, Nanchang. This is the Wanli campus address. The university charter also identifies Yangming and Fusheng as its other two campuses. For applicants, the multi-campus structure is more important than a general description of Nanchang. Teaching, housing, administration and clinical activity may not all occur at the same site, and affiliated-hospital placements can introduce additional travel. Students should therefore ask the relevant school where their program is taught and whether later clinical or practical stages move elsewhere. The three-campus arrangement can provide access to both university facilities and the institution’s wider medical network, but commuting assumptions should not be made from the main admissions address alone. Before planning accommodation or transport, international and domestic students should obtain the current campus assignment, registration location and hospital-placement details from the university. No current official source reviewed provided sufficiently detailed campus-by-campus transport guidance to support more specific travel claims.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For the 2026 academic year, published domestic undergraduate tuition is CNY 4,660 per student per year for listed management, insurance, English and Applied Psychology programs; CNY 4,940 for Applied Chemistry and the listed food programs; and CNY 5,220 for the listed medicine, pharmacy, nursing, rehabilitation, computing and biomedical programs. Music Therapy costs CNY 9,600. University accommodation is listed at CNY 600–1,000 per academic year, depending on conditions. The rural-order Chinese Medicine program waives tuition and accommodation for eligible students under its service agreement. The same 2026 schedule lists academic master’s tuition at CNY 8,000 per year, professional master’s tuition at CNY 12,000, academic doctoral tuition at CNY 10,000 and the professional Chinese Medicine doctorate at CNY 15,000. Listed international-student rates are CNY 25,000 for science and engineering undergraduate study, CNY 30,000 for master’s study and CNY 35,000 for doctoral study; international accommodation is CNY 40 per day. Applicants should confirm whether their exact program falls within those published categories and budget separately for materials, insurance, travel and living expenses. Career preparation includes employment guidance, skills training, entrepreneurship support, recruitment services and affiliated clinical environments. Potential paths vary widely across clinical medicine, pharmaceuticals, research, health administration, rehabilitation and technology. The university does not provide a verified current salary or placement-rate figure in the sources used here, so applicants should assess professional licensing requirements and recent program-level outcomes directly rather than assuming that a degree alone guarantees clinical practice.