The title of candidate academician went to Song Ye Ok, head of a department of Pyongyang Medical College of Kim Il Sung University, Kim Kyu Phil, teacher at Kim Chaek University of Technology, and Sok Jong Gun, section chief of Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies.

The professorship was conferred on Kang Chol Su and Choe Kwang U, department heads of Kim Il Sung University, Jon Tae Yong, chief of a research institute of Pyongyang Medical College of Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chol Ryong, faculty head of Kim Chaek University of Technology, Jong Kang Ho, faculty head of Pyongyang University of Railways, Ha Kyong Chol, faculty head of Phyongsong University of Coal Mining, etc.

The doctorate went to Ra Yong Il, ex-chief of a section of the State Academy of Sciences, Kim Kwang Sik, department head of Kim Il Sung University, and others and the associate professorship to 195 persons, and the master's degree to 951 persons.

They made positive contributions to the building of a powerful socialist country and the improvement of the people's standard of living by achieving successes in scientific research and education.