The university was established on October 1, 1946, as the Pyongyang Teacher Training College (평양교원대학).[1][2] It changed its name to the Pyongyang University of Education no. 1 (평양제1사범대학) in September 1972.[1] It was renamed the Pyongyang University of Education in April 1989.[1] It assumed its current name in October 1990,[1] after
Kim chol ju, younger brother of Kim Il Sung.
^Korean Central News Agency (July 19, 2017). "State Academic Degrees and Titles Conferred on Intellectuals". Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Doctorate was awarded to Jin Jae Gyong, head of a department of Kim Il Sung University, Kim Ui Song, a researcher at Pyongyang Medical College under Kim Il Sung University, Yu Song Chol, head of a department of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education, Ho Nam Chol, dean of a faculty of Kim Chol Ju University of Education, Han Pok Nam, head of a department of Kim Chaek University of Technology, Kim Kyong Chol, vice-dean of a faculty of Pyongyang University of Architecture, and others.
^Park, Sun-young (August 2, 2008). "Short people shipped out of Pyongyang in 1989: defector". Korea JoongAng Daily. Kim Hyun-sik, a former professor at the Pyongyang University of Education and now a research professor at George Mason University, made the assertion in the latest issue of U.S. magazine Foreign Policy.
^Kim, Hyung-sik (October 6, 2009). "The Secret History of Kim Jong Il". Foreign Policy. I first met Kim Jong Il in October 1959. He was a senior at the elite Namsan Senior High School, and I was a 27-year-old professor of Russian at the Pyongyang University of Education.
