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.

The Chair of the Student Council, Daria Khazhikarova, took part in the Congress of Student Councils under the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia in Moscow, where she represented the university at the All-Russian student self-government platform.

The congress brought together representatives from all regions of the Russian Federation, which contributed to the establishment of interregional dialogue and the exchange of experience. The event addressed topical issues of student community development, mechanisms for interaction between student councils and the administrations of educational organizations, as well as best practices for implementing student initiatives.

Participation in the Congress helped to identify areas for further work on the development of the student council and student initiatives at the university.

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