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.

A working meeting was held between PSU and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

PSU Rector, Chairman of the Council of Rectors of Universities of the North Caucasus Federal District A.P. Gorbunov and First Vice-Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Director of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Shitkov discussed prospects for cooperation between educational institutions. The meeting was also attended by the Director of the Institute of International Relations of PSU, V.N. Panin.

The focus was on the development of educational programs, scientific cooperation, and the expansion of academic ties. The parties considered opportunities for joint projects and the exchange of experience in the field of training international specialists.

The meeting confirmed the mutual interest in strengthening the partnership and developing professional dialogue between the country's leading educational and diplomatic centers.

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