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.

Four bright stars of Pyatigorsk State University are among the participants of the Fund 2025 School of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation's charitable program!

They will spend the summer working as volunteers in unique natural and cultural places in Russia:

Anastasia Besedina - Ugra National Park, Kaluga Region (July 15-24);

Ekaterina Promotova - V.D. Polenov Museum-Reserve, Tula region (July 16-23);

Ayuna Kucherova - State Natural Reserve “Dagestan”, Republic of Dagestan (July 22-31);

Olga Alenikova - State Military Historical and Natural Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Field”, Tula Region (August 11-18).

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