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 strategic session “University Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship as a Factor in Achieving Russian Technological Leadership: Development Vectors in the NCFD” started its work at Pyatigorsk State University.

The participants of the stratsession were many honored guests:

Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the NCFD; MIPT; Project office of the federal project “University Technological Entrepreneurship Platform” and other significant guests.

Within the framework of the event, a number of key issues will be discussed, such as: achieving the national goal of Russia's development "Technological leadership" in the socio-economic conditions of the North Caucasus Federal District; forming an innovative and transformative culture as a factor in achieving Russia's technological independence, etc.

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