Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, jointly established by the two Koreas, will open on Monday in the North Korean capital.

Founding President and Cochairman Kim Chin-kyung on Friday said in an interview that the facilities and the faculty are fully ready for operations.

A university official said that all lectures will be given in English and that South Korean professors will be invited to teach starting next year.

The North's Education Ministry in 2001 authorized the establishment of the university by the Northeast Asia Foundation for Education and Culture, which is a South Korean non-profit organization. Construction began in 2003 and was completed in September of last year.