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.

Pyatigorsk State University today is not only a forge of knowledge and a temple of science. Within its walls there is a special atmosphere of creativity: numerous festive shows and concerts, performances and competitions, student organizations and much more.

What does Pyatigorsk State (Wonderful) University offer to its students?

The university has about 30 interest clubs (Club of classical art lovers, Club of young scientists, etc.).

The student club of the university offers a versatile leisure for everyone: vocal and dance groups, theater studios, creative workshops and all sorts of clubs of interest. The opportunities for self-expression are wide.

The Council of Students and Postgraduate Students of Pyatigorsk State University is a public organization created to implement common goals aimed at developing the activity of students and postgraduates and solving important issues of their life. The Council of students and postgraduates is an organization in which everyone will find a job to their liking. A number of centers and committees operate on the basis of the student council, where everyone can find himself and realize his abilities.

The primary trade union organization of students and postgraduates of the FSBEU VO “PSU” (PPOS PSU) is a public organization and a representative body of students. PPOS PSU is engaged in representation and protection of the rights and interests of students, work with socially unprotected categories of students, information and educational and cultural activities. PSU is directly involved in the implementation of youth policy and the largest all-Russian school and student projects.

PSU Volunteer Center is engaged in training volunteers not only for university or regional events: for example, this year students of Pyatigorsk State University, volunteers, became participants in the World Youth Festival!

Student Sports Club "Pyatigorskie Eagles" is open to all those who wish to prove themselves in sports activities of all kinds: reach sports peaks that are not limited to our region!

Good conditions are also created for the rest of students. Five student dormitories, sports halls and playgrounds, sanatorium-dispensary "Nut Grove", student dining room, health camp in the mountains of Karachay-Cherkessia - "Damhurts".

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