Type Public Phone +92 346 4353635 | Address Pyongyang, North Korea Founded 1949 | |
Location Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea Similar Kim Chaek University of Techno, Kim Il‑sung University, Pyongyang University of Music, People's Economy College, Pyongyang University of Scienc | ||
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The Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies is a 5-year university in Pyongyang, North Korea, specializing in language education.
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- pyongyang university of foreign studies
- History
- Structure
- Notable students faculty and alumni
- References
pyongyang university of foreign studies
History
The university was split off from Kim Il-sung University in 1964. North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency gives its foundation date as 1949. It does not have as high a reputation as those of Kim Il-sung University's foreign languages division, which trains members of the political elite; most graduates go on to become working-level diplomats or work in the intelligence service.
Structure
The university has separate colleges for students of English, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese; the so-called "Ethnic Languages College" offers instruction in a further 18 languages, including French, Spanish, Arabic, Thai, Urdu, Khmer, and, as of July 2007, Polish and Italian.
In total, 22 languages are taught at PUFS:
Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Hungarian, Arabic, Malay, Khmer, Thai, Lao, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, English, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.