Jiangsu Normal University is a university jointly built by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Education, and it is a university involved in the construction of high-level universities in Jiangsu Province. The school was founded in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province in 1952. Lieutenant General Liu Xiansheng, who had outstanding military achievements, was the first principal. It was officially included in the regular higher education system for enrollment in 1956.