It was founded on April 10, Juche 45 (1956) as an advanced Chongryon key centre for training successors to its patriotic cause.

The university is associated with warm love and benevolence of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

It has a proud tradition in which it has trained a large number of patriotic talents conducive to the strengthening and development of the country and the nation and the movement of Koreans in Japan.

The university contributes to giving higher education to the younger generation of Koreans in Japan.

It systematically trains national cadres and experts helpful to the community of Korean residents in Japan and the prosperity and development of the homeland and the nation.

Its graduates are playing the key role at Chongryon organs of different levels and the community of compatriots as advanced core members of dynamically propelling the movement of Korean residents in Japan.