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President Kim Il Sung gave an instruction to establish the university in the first place to be a parent university of the country.

Democrats and persons concerned with education founded a preparatory organization and venerated President Kim Il Sung as its counselor.

It had the director of education department of the North Korean Provisional People’s Committee as its chairman and involved the persons concerned with education.

It concluded that the university which would be built in Pyongyang should be named after President Kim Il Sung, reflecting the unanimous desire of Korean people.

At the beginning, the university had 7 faculties (Faculty of History and Literature, Faculty of Economy and Law, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Traffic Engineering), 24 departments, 30 classes, 1500 students and 68 lecturers.In October 1947, some activities to celebrate the 1^st anniversary of founding of Kim Il Sung University were held and fixed the founding anniversary of the university on the 1^st of October each year.

President Kim Il Sung delivered a historic speech on “Be competent workers dedicated to the building of a democratic state”.

Scholarship baring warm love of President Kim Il Sung and the anti-Japanese war heroine Comrade Kim Jong Suk was awarded to the students of Kim Il Sung University.

President Kim Il Sung delivered a speech on “You must learn and learn to be excellent cadres of the new Korea”.

The Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Traffic Engineering were separated to be Pyongyang College of Industry (Kim Chaek University of Technology of the day), the Faculty of Agriculture to be Pyongyang Agricultural College(Wonsan Agricultural College of the day) and the Faculty of Medicine to be Pyongyang Medical College.5 faculties (the Faculty of Economy and Law, the Faculty of History and Literature, the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, the Faculty of Chemistry, the Faculty of Biology) were remained.

President Kim Il Sung and the anti-Japanese war heroine Comrade Kim Jong Suk attended the ceremony.

19 students(13 from the Department of Physics, 6 from the Department of Mathematics) graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. President Kim Il Sung attended the 1^st graduation ceremony.

The university moved to Jasong, Pyongyang, Jongju, KusongAnd Sunchon and continued education.During the war period, 2 290 lecturers, staff and students were awarded an official commendation including 3 Heroes of the Republic.

271 students graduated from the university.

He visited Paeksong-ri(then) in Sunchon County and delivered a historic speech on “The prospects of the fatherland liberation war and the tasks of the university”.

253 students graduated from the university in Paeksong-ri.

Foreign students from other countries including China, USSR(then), Mongolia, Vietnam, Hungary, Albania, Indonesia, Bolivia, Germany attended lectures in Korean Linguistics Department of the Faculty of Korean Language and Literature.

He emphasized that the university should train more cadres for the postwar economic construction, that scientific research to settle the scientific and technical problemsthat arose in socialist construction and that due attention should be paid to development of modern and basic science as befits its global tendency.

The graduate’s and student’s badges were newly set and the 1^st meeting of graduates was successfully held.

Kim Il Sung University was honored to become the alma mater of a peerlessly great man.He took part in production practice in Pyongyang Textile Machine Factory(then), the construction for widening the Wasandong-Ryongsong road and military camping in Oundong.He presented a graduation paper on “The status and role of county in socialist construction” on the 18^th of March 1964.

It was held in Pyongyang Grand Theater in the presence of President Kim Il Sung.

The bronze statue of President Kim Il Sung was erected on Ryongnam Hill and the Revolutionary Museum of Kim Il Sung University was inaugurated in the main building.

The science library was newly established with a collection of 2 million volumes.President Kim Il Sung gave field guidance to the science library on the 18^th of October 1970.

President Kim Il Sung sent a congratulatory message to the university.

He made a speech on “On future improving the training of our cadres”.

The catalyst research institute, computation research institute, electronic physics research institute, cytobiology and molecular biology research institute, electronic computation research institute, and atomic energy research institute were established.

President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il gave field guidance to the gymnasium on June 21 1989.

Chairman Kim Jong Il sent a historic letter on “On strengthening the university education as required by development of revolution”.

He inspected several spots of the university and had a photo taken and observed an artistic performance together with teachers in the April 25 House of Culture.

The diploma with the portrait of smiling President Kim Il Sung and graduate’s badge were newly designed as instructed by Chairman Kim Jong Il and were bestowed on all the graduates.

Chairman Kim Jong Il gave field guidance to the construction site in March 2009 and later on September 30 2009 visited the completed swimming complex.

On April 12 2010, Chairman Kim Jong Il and Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un looked around several spots of the university including the e-library.

The student badge baring the portraits of smiling President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il was newly designed as instructed by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

The bronze statue of Chairman Kim Jong Il was erected with respect on Ryongnam Hill and the Revolutionary Museum of Kim Il Sung University was inaugurated.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un attended the ceremony and had a photo taken with the educators.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un sent a historic letter “On the basic tasks facing Kim Il Sung University in the new era of the Juche revolution”.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un presented new houses in Ryomyong Street for 1700 households to the professors and researchers of Kim Il Sung University.

Building No. 3, building No. 4, building of the Faculty of Chemistry, dormitories and a canteen were newly built.

Pyongyang Medical College, Pyongyang Agricultural College and Sariwon Kye Ung Sang Agricultural College seceded from Kim Il Sung University Council.