On rings each of whose finitely generated modules is a direct sum of\n cyclic modules

In this paper we study (non-commutative) rings $R$ over which every finitely\ngenerated left module is a direct sum of cyclic modules (called left\nFGC-rings). The commutative case was a well-known problem studied and solved in\n1970s by various authors. It is shown that a Noetherian local left FGC-ring is\neither an Artinian principal left ideal ring, or an Artinian principal right\nideal ring, or a prime ring over which every two-sided ideal is principal as a\nleft and a right ideal. In particular, it is shown that a Noetherian local\nduo-ring $R$ is a left FGC-ring if and only if $R$ is a right FGC-ring, if and\nonly if, $R$ is a principal ideal ring. Moreover, we obtain that if\n$R=\\Pi_{i=1}^n R_i$ is a finite product of Noetherian duo-rings $R_i$ where\neach $R_i$ is prime or local, then $R$ is a left FGC-ring if and only if $R$ is\na principal ideal ring.each $R_i$ is prime or local, then $R$ is a left\nFGC-ring if and only if $R$ is a principal ideal ring.\n