Institute of Natural Science

Short description: University in Pyongsong, North Korea

Institute of Natural Science

리과대학

Type| Public
Established| 1967
President| Kim, Jun-Nam [1]
Students| 3000
Location|

Eunjeong-guyok,Science 1-dong, Pyongyang

North Korea

Campus| Urban
Institute of Natural Science

Chosŏn'gŭl|

리과대학

Hancha|

理科大學

Revised Romanization| Rigwa Daehak
McCune–Reischauer| Rikwa Taehak

Institute of Natural Science (INS) is a university located inside the region of the National Academy of Science in Pyongyang, North Korea. INS is geographically located in Pyongsong, South Pyong'an Province, North Korea. However, North Korean government appointed the area of science district to belong to Pyongyang for giving some privileges of Pyongyang citizens to scientists of NAS and students of INS. As Kim Il-sung, a former leader of North Korea, emphasized the significance of education for gifted and talented students, INS originally started as a branch of Kim Il-sung University on January 17, 1962. It was separated from Kim Il-sung University in 1985. In North Korea, this university is known as "Sujae Daehark (University for talented students)".[2] In South Korean mass media, this university is called "KAIST of North Korea".[3]

Top students of natural sciences or engineering in North Korea study at this university supported totally by North Korean government. Eighty percent of them is graduated from No.1 Middle Schools, which are science high schools for gifted and talented students in North Korea, and the rest twenty percent are medal winners in the National Science Olympiads (math, physics, chemistry, and biology) or national science quiz contests.[4] Unlike other universities in North Korea, students entering UNS have age limit. Equal or younger than 17 people are eligible to take entrance exam for INS.[5]

It is known that many alums of this university are involved in projects for developing missiles and launching artificial earth satellites.[6]

## Contents

* 1 Departments
* 1.1 Physics
* 1.2 Mathematics
* 1.3 Chemistry
* 1.4 Biology
* 1.5 Computer Engineering
* 1.6 Electrical Engineering
* 1.7 Mechanical Engineering
* 2 Notable alumni
* 2.1 Academics
* 2.2 Business
* 2.3 Politics, Government and Public Service
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Departments

There are six departments in INS. Each department has five or six majors.[citation needed]

### Physics

* Theoretical Physics
* Thermal Physics
* Solid State Physics

### Mathematics

* Control Mathematics
* Applied Mathematics

### Chemistry

* Theoretical Chemistry
* Inorganic Chemistry(material)
* Organic Chemistry
* Analytical Chemistry
* Laboratory of Applied Chemistry

### Biology

### Computer Engineering

### Electrical Engineering

### Mechanical Engineering

* Plasma and Hydrodynamics
* Mechanical Dynamics
* Solid Mechanics

## Notable alumni

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

### Academics

* Kim Ho (김호): Professor of Mathematics, University of Natural Science. He received his Doctoral degree in his twenties.
* Kim Ha (김하): Professor of Physics, University of Natural Science,[7]
* Jang Hyekyung (장혜경): Professor of Mathematics, University of Natural Science[8]
* Kim Seo-in (김서인): A former head of department in Math Institute of the National Academy of Science of North Korea, the youngest PhD recipient of North Korea.[9][10]
* Kim Kwang-hyun (김광현): A scientist at Laser Institute of State Academy of Sciences of North Korea. He became a junior associate in the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in 2015.[11]
* Joseph Han: A North Korean defector and a physicist. He earned a PhD degree in nuclear physics from Texas A&M University.[12][13][14] He is the first North Korean defector to receive a doctorate from a university in the United States.[15][16]

### Business

* Lee Yun-keol (이윤걸): A North Korean defector and Chairman of NK Strategic Information Service Center [17]
* Lee Choong-kook (이충국): A North Korean defector. Director of Dandelion Oriental Medicine Clinic [18]

### Politics, Government and Public Service

* Kim Seung-du (김승두): Chairman of National Education Commission, North Korea [19]
* Lee Kwang-ho (리광호): Minister of Science Education Department, North Korea [20]

## See also

* List of universities in North Korea
* Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
* Education in North Korea

## References

1. ↑ His name is on the list of heads of major organizations in North Korea. "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). Yonhanp News. http://cdnvod.yonhapnews.co.kr/yonhapnewsvod/public/yearbook/2020/B/16_01.pdf.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=Yonhanp+News&rft_id=http://cdnvod.yonhapnews.co.kr/yonhapnewsvod/public/yearbook/2020/B/16_01.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
2. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). http://www.nktech.net/inform/nkt_briefing/nkt_briefing_v.jsp?s_code_cd=focus&record_no=27.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft_id=http://www.nktech.net/inform/nkt_briefing/nkt_briefing_v.jsp?s_code_cd=focus&record;_no=27&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
3. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). 9 March 2008. http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0106_200803090308298373.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft.date=9+March+2008&rft_id=http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0106_200803090308298373&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
4. ↑ "Natural Science Academy". http://www.nkeconwatch.com/category/dprk-organizations/state-offices/natural-science-academy/.
5. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). http://nk.chosun.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=3720.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft_id=http://nk.chosun.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=3720&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
6. ↑ "北 미사일연구개발 두뇌는 제2자연과학원 | DailyNK". http://www.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?cataId=nk09000&num=69879.
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8. ↑ "YouTube". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHq0HoASn1I.
9. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). http://science.dongascience.com/supplementviews/article-view?acIdx=2348&acCode=19&page=1.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft_id=http://science.dongascience.com/supplementviews/article-view?acIdx=2348&acCode;=19&page;=1&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
10. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). 10 November 2010. http://hei.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=201011106785k.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft.date=10+November+2010&rft_id=http://hei.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=201011106785k&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
11. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). 17 November 2015. http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4505026.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft.date=17+November+2015&rft_id=http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4505026&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
12. ↑ "North Korean refugee shares story of escape journey". https://www.trinitonian.com/north-korean-refugee-shares-story-of-escape-journey/.
13. ↑ From Red Star to Lone Star -- How love of physics guided a young scientist from North Korea to Texas. 64. http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/TSF19/Session/E03.7.
14. ↑ "RFA: N. Korean Defector to Receive Doctorate in Nuclear Physics". http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=118206.
15. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). 8 April 2016. https://www.donga.com/news/Politics/article/all/20160408/77480531/1.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft.date=8+April+2016&rft_id=https://www.donga.com/news/Politics/article/all/20160408/77480531/1&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
16. ↑ "미국서 박사된 탈북민 김성렬씨…"한반도·국제사회 위해 역할"". MK. https://www.mk.co.kr/news/politics/view/2022/02/151735/.
17. ↑ "NK Strategy Information Service Center". http://eng.nksis.com/.
18. ↑ "Nksis > 추천자료센터 > "통일한국에서 온 선물; 탈북민"". http://www.nksis.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=a03&wr_id=3.
19. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ko). 16 February 2012. https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20120216066500014.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft.date=16+February+2012&rft_id=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20120216066500014&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Institute_of_Natural_Science">
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