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.

From September 29 to October 4, Pyatigorsk State University hosts participants of the All-Russian Architectural Expedition project in its friendly walls. "Travelers of the Pyatigorye."

The project involves young and talented architects, urbanists from all over Russia. As mentors, experienced industry professionals from Moscow universities and the Carl Faberge College of Decorative and Applied Arts were involved.

One of the organizers of the event is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANO “Institute for the Development of Local Communities”, the head of the architectural expedition – Sergey Vasilyevich Kochnev.

The program – travel, sightseeing tours, meetings with experts and even an architectural battle of ideas – is a debate where teams will discuss the best ways to preserve architectural heritage and present author’s projects for the improvement of public spaces in the Stavropol Territory and the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.

The best of them are implemented under the program of the national project “Housing and Urban Environment” in 2025-2026 .

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