Kim Il Sung University, well known as the most authoritative and prestigious and highest institute of Juche-oriented science and education, is recording its glorious history of 80 years with pride.

Founded as the first university of the people on the untrodden path of nation building, it has demonstrated the high prestige and reputation as a "pedigree farm" of revolutionary talent education for training the backbone of our Party and state and as the highest school leading the country’s educational and sci-tech development, invariably remaining faithful to the historic mission given by the times and the revolution. Its distinguished feats serve as a solid cornerstone supporting the bright future of the Juche cause.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, paid a congratulatory visit to Kim Il Sung University on September 30 on the occasion of its 80th founding anniversary.

The time-honoured area of Ryongnam Hill overflowed with great emotion and joy of all the teaching staff and students honoured to have at their university Marshal Kim Jong Un whom they had wanted to see so much, on the significant occasion of its 80th founding anniversary.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the university, stormy cheers of "Hurrah" burst out.

All the participants paid the highest tribute and deep thanks to him who visited the university with his boundless love, trust and warm blessings while steadily developing the socialist education of our country into a people-oriented and advanced one to the envy of everyone, the revolutionary and patriotic education powerfully leading the country to national prosperity.

Comrade Kim Jong Un was courteously greeted by Chancellor Kim Sung Chan and other leading officials of the university.

Educators of the university presented fragrant bouquets to him in reflection of the boundless reverence and unanimous wishes of all the teaching staff and students.

Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly congratulated all the teaching staff, students and graduates of the university who are making contributions to glorifying the immortal prestige and honour of the university and accomplishing the cause of building a powerful socialist country by devoting their ardent patriotic mind to the implementation of the Party's educational policy and the country's sci-tech development through the training of talented revolutionaries and great educational and scientific achievements and with passion in academic studies.

Attending the commemoration event were teachers and students of Kim Il Sung University and meritorious graduates devoting themselves in various fields of socialist construction, and students of central-level universities in Pyongyang.