calendar>>April 11. 2017 Juche 106
State Academic Degrees, Titles Conferred on Intellectuals
Pyongyang, April 11 (KCNA) -- State academic degrees and titles were conferred on intellectuals with due ceremony on Tuesday in the run-up to the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

The title of academician went to Mun Ho, section chief of the State Academy of Sciences, and Kim Chi Yong, director of the Institute of Agricultural Science, and the title of candidate academician to Sim Yong Ryul, section chief of the Pyongyang Medical College of Kim Il Sung University, and Ryu Yong Bo, researcher of the Kim Chaek University of Technology, and others.

Professorship was awarded to Kim Mun Chol, vice-dean of a faculty of Kim Il Sung University and others.

Doctorate went to Choe Il Bok, head of a department of Kim Il Sung University, and others and the title of associate professor to 108 persons and master's degrees to 805 persons.

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