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 Rector Professor A.P. Gorbunov took part in the city conference of education workers in Pyatigorsk.

The annual city conference of education workers was held at the A.D. Dementiev City House of Culture No. 1. The theme of the meeting was “Strategy for the development of the municipal education system: from challenges to innovative solutions.”

The event was attended by 460 teachers from Pyatigorsk, Mayor Dmitry Yuryevich Voroshilov, deputies of the SK Duma, university rectors, representatives of the clergy and public organizations.

The conference was attended by the rector of Pyatigorsk State University, chairman of the Council of Rectors of Universities of the North Caucasus Federal District, Professor Alexander Pavlovich Gorbunov, who emphasized the importance of cooperation between universities and schools in training future teachers and noted that the university is ready for new projects in the field of education.

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