Kim Il-sung University
Kim Il-sung University, founded on October 1, 1946, is the first university built in North Korea. It is located on a 37-acre campus in Pyongyang, the nation's capital. Along with the main academic buildings, the campus contains 10 separate offices, 50 laboratories, libraries, museums, a printing press, a R&D center, dormitories, and a hospital.[1] The university bears the name of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Courses in the department of social sciences take 5 years, while those of the department of natural sciences take 6 years to complete.[1]
Mandatory requirements for acceptance include a recommendation from both the principal of the high school and a party member (see Korean Workers' Party). Admission is based upon three criteria: academic grades, life in adherence to the party and society, and the applicant's status. Applicant's status is determined by the involvement of the applicant's parents in the party and whether the family was considered "proletarian" at the time of the party's creation.
Departments
- Social sciences
- History
- Philosophy
- Government and economics
- Law
- Korean language
- Foreign languages
- Natural science
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Geography
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Atomic Energy
- Automation
Notable alumni
- An Kyong-ho, Chief Director of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland
- Kim Jong-il, former leader of North Korea, attended 1960-1964
- Kim Jong-un
- Kim Pyong-il, half-brother of Kim Jong-il and ambassador to Poland[2]
- Kyong Wonha, nuclear scientist
- Andrei Lankov, Australia National University lecturer, attended as an exchange student in 1985
- Paek Nam-sun, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Sin Son-ho, current Permanent Representative of North Korea to the United Nations
- Zhang Dejiang, current Vice-Premier and a prominent leader of the Communist Party of China, a member of its Politburo.
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