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.

A solemn ceremony was held to award the winners of the All-Russian competition with international participation “DonDesignFest”, organized by the Southern Federal University. Olga Anatolyevna Kovaleva, director of the Higher School of Design and Architecture and member of the Union of Designers of Russia, took part in the jury.

Future designers, illustrators, and creative industry specialists from different parts of Russia presented bright creative ideas and original designs. We are particularly proud of the achievements of students and graduates of the Higher School of Design and Architecture of PSU, who demonstrated a high level of professionalism and creative abilities.

A total of 17 talented students from the Higher School of Design and Architecture made it to the finals of the competition.

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