Since its foundation (September 1959), it has solved many scientific and technological problems arising in improving people's living, making a great contribution to the development of the light industry.

President Kim Il Sung picked up the site for the university after the Korean war and indicated orientation and ways for its development.

The lofty intention of the President has come true amid the warm care of General Secretary
Kim Jong Il.

He saw to it that measures were taken to strengthen scientific and educational work of the university and sent a lot of necessary modern facilities to it.

Teachers and researchers of the university have forcefully pushed ahead with scientific researches and thus greatly contributed to technological updating, normalization of production and raising of quality at light industrial factories.

In recent years they have solved technological problems arising in designing and manufacturing machines for modern general foodstuff factories being constructed in each province, established a new production system of soybean sauce and bean-paste and completed the method of appraising the quality of cosmetics so as to turn out more quality cosmetics.

The researchers of the information centre of the university completed a three-dimensional garment design program to ensure the scientific accuracy and quality on the highest level in garment designs. The program is paying off profusely at clothing factories.

All the successes of the university are attributable to the great concern of the peerlessly great men paid to the scientific and educational work to develop the light industry of the country.

The graduates of the university are playing a great role in state economic institutions and industrial establishments.