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.

Key events of the 13th International Congress on Cognitive Linguistics took place at PSU.

At the invitation of the organizing committee and PSU Rector Alexander Pavlovich Gorbunov, Julio César Madera Quintana, Rector of the University of Camagüey, participated in the congress. During the plenary session, he delivered a paper titled "Can Machines Think? Linguistics Facing the Challenge of Artificial Intelligence," dedicated to the challenges of artificial intelligence for modern linguistics.

An official meeting was also held with PSU Rector and Professor Alexander Pavlovich Gorbunov; Vice-Rector for the Development of Spiritual and Ideological Strategic Guidelines and Human Resources, State-Confessional and Intercultural Interaction Ibrahim Dzhavparovich Ibragimov; Head of the Department of International Relations and Educational Programs Viktor Evgenievich Mishin; Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​and International Tourism Irina Mikhailovna Akopyants; and Coordinator of International Cooperation Programs Natalia Vladimirovna Khomovich.

Prospects for developing international cooperation between universities were discussed during the meeting.

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