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 has launched its first intra-university competition in the discipline of “Ethno-Conflictology” for senior students.

More than 60 students are competing in their knowledge of ethnic conflict analysis, demonstrating the level of skills necessary for working in a multinational society. The key objective of the Olympiad is

not only to assess the level of knowledge, but also to promote the development of young people's desire for unity among peoples for the good of the Motherland.

The participating students represent the following institutions: the Institute of International Relations; the Higher School of Design and Architecture; the Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism; the Institute of Translation Studies, Russian Studies, and Multilingualism; and the Institute of Romance and Germanic Languages, Information and Humanities Technologies.

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