After working out plans for meeting the standard of the research-type universities, several universities are pushing ahead with the work to make some subjects world-class.

Kim Il Sung University has made efforts to turn itself into a center of cutting-edge scientific research and a base for international academic exchange and perfect the educational conditions and environment on a high level.

All the faculties are pushing ahead with the work to increase the number of academic degree holders and help teachers and researchers publish papers in the prestigious international academic magazines, thus making the overall education and research work oriented to turning their universities into world-class ones.

Kim Chaek University of Technology is reinforcing the material and technical foundation of its integrated experimental education house and the Mirae Sci-Tech Center as an important way for realizing the integration of education, scientific research and production.

The major universities are directing efforts to putting their qualified subjects on the highest level.

Kim Il Sung University speeds up the work to organize new courses dealing with subjects of cross-disciplinary sciences in the field of natural science and social science.

Kim Chaek University of Technology, too, accelerates the work for turning the metallurgical engineering course and the electrical engineering course into world-class ones on the basis of the experience gained in upgrading several courses last year.

Similar successes have been witnessed at University of Sciences, Pyongyang University of Mechanical Engineering and Pyongyang Han Tok Su University of Light Industry.