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.

PSU students among the winners of the federal competition “Student Startup.”

Sergey Kufenko and Vyacheslav Kolesnikov, students of the “Innovation” program at PSU, were among the winners of the prestigious federal competition.

This year, more than 11,600 applications were submitted from 75 regions of the country and more than 320 universities. Amid such competition, our students' projects in the field of digital technologies received support for implementation.

The victory of PSU students is a contribution to achieving Russia's national goal of technological leadership. The university creates opportunities not only for acquiring knowledge, but also for turning innovative ideas into real projects.

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