Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)
Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)

The date of foundation of Pyatigorsk State University is considered to be June 27, 1939, when the Pedagogical School officially became a higher educational institution. Since then, the university has undergone various changes and transformations - an increase in the number of years of study, several renamings - and officially became known as Pyatigorsk State University in 2016. Since 2005, the head of the university is Professor Gorbunov Alexander Pavlovich. By 2009, 10 faculties were formed at the university. Further, on their basis, institutes and higher schools were created, having one of the faculties in their composition. In addition, PSU is actively developing the system of pre-university, postgraduate and additional education. It has a branch in Novorossiysk. Currently, the university has 34 departments. Now Pyatigorsk State University has more than 5,500 students and 3,000 students from different regions of Russia and foreign countries. All the peoples of the Caucasus are also represented in PSU.

In 2024, Pyatigorsk State University for the first time participates in the special nomination “Education in tourism” of the National Award “Russian Traveler Awards 2024”.

Through online voting, the best educational organizations of the country are determined, providing training in the field of tourism and the hospitality industry.

We confidently passed the first stage and among the best 23 universities in Russia came to online voting. Voting is open and will last until 30.10.2024.

You can support PGU at https://awards.rtraveler.ru/nominations/obrazovanie-v-sfere-turizma/

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