Kim Il sung University

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Kim Il sung University
founding October 1, 1946
place Pyongyang
country North Korea
Students 16,000
Employee 2800
Website www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp
Kim Il sung University

The Kim-Il-sung University ( Kor. 김일성 종합 대학 , 金日成 綜合大學 , revised Romanization Gim-Il-seong-Jonghabdaehag ) was opened on October 1, 1946 in Pyongyang and is the first university in North Korea . It is located on Kumsong Street in Taesŏng-guyŏk District, Ryongnam-dong District.

Its establishment goes back to a decision of the Party of Labor of Korea in July 1946, and it was named after the "eternal president" Kim Il-sung . During the Korean War , the university hid in what is now P'yŏngsŏng , where a memorial is now located.

Binding admission requirements include a recommendation from the secondary school and a member of the party . Admission requires the fulfillment of three main criteria: academic degrees, a life in accordance with party and society and the status of the applicant. This is defined by the party affiliation of the applicant's parents and according to the criterion whether the family was viewed as “proletarian” at the time the party was founded.

The politician and later refugee Hwang Jang-yop was temporarily the main lecturer for philosophy at the university and from April 1965 its president.

The university is depicted on the front of the 1992 5 won note .

Faculties

Humanities, social and social sciences
  • history
  • philosophy
  • Administration and economy
  • Law
  • Korean language
  • Foreign languages ​​and literature
Natural sciences
  • physics
  • mathematics
  • biology
  • geography
  • chemistry
  • geology
  • Atomic energy
  • Automation

In addition to the 12 faculties, there are 50 departments and around 600 student classes. The number of students is around 12,000 (in addition there are more than 4,000 night and exchange students). Asian, African and European applicants are also accepted.

campus

The university campus covers 1,560,000 square meters and includes a science library with more than two million books, a sports facility with a three-story indoor stadium from 1989, museums, a printing shop and a hospital. The main building was built in 1948, the four- and nine-story building with the number 1 in 1965. The university's boarding school can accommodate 10,000 students. An extension, "Building No. 3" , is currently under construction.

Close to the campus is the end of line 3 of the Pyongyang tram and the Samhŭng metro station of the Pyongyang metro .

Well-known graduates

Kim Il-sung University around 1960

Well-known foreign students

Relics

There are three elevators in the university skyscraper, the middle one of which was used when Kim Il-sung visited. The elevator is therefore protected as a relic and is no longer released for public use. For a corresponding reason, the table in the university reading room, where Kim Jong-il sat during his student days, is covered with a white cloth.

Web links

Commons : Kim Il sung University  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philipp Meuser (Ed.): Architectural Guide Pyongyang. Volume 1: Photos and Descriptions. DOM publishers, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86922-126-7 , p. 66.
  2. ^ The future of Kim Il-sung University. In: North Korean Economy Watch. Retrieved December 28, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Song-A Kim: Photos of Kim Jong Il's Brother, Kim Pyong Il and Recent Visits , Daily NK . May 9, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2010. 
  4. ^ Rüdiger Frank: North Korea. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2014, page 68, ISBN 978-3-421-04641-3

Coordinates: 39 ° 3 ′ 29 ″  N , 125 ° 46 ′ 6 ″  E