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.

Today, an agreement on strategic cooperation was signed between PSU and Alfa-Bank.

Within the framework of the meeting, a constructive dialogue was held between the rector of the PSU, Professor A.P. Gorbunov and the regional manager of the Stavropol branch of Alfa-Bank JSC S.A. Fedina on directions and plans for joint work in the field of career guidance for university students and their further employment.

Alfa-Bank JSC is the largest private bank in Russia, ranking 4th in terms of assets. Alfa-Bank is included by the Bank of Russia in the list of systemically important credit institutions.

The main task of joint work is to train highly qualified specialists in the professional areas of the Bank’s activities.

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