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 with a delegation from Yerevan State University was held at Pyatigorsk State University. The Armenian university was represented by leading experts in philology and intercultural communication, including members of the Department of English Philology, European Languages, and Communication: Department Head A.T. Knyazyan, Department Professor S.K. Gasparyan, and Department Lecturer E.D. Sargsyan.

Pyatigorsk University was represented by PSU Rector A.P. Gorbunov; PSU Vice-Rector for the Development of Spiritual and Ideological Strategic Guidelines and Human Resources, State-Interfaith and Intercultural Interaction, Associate Professor I.D. Ibragimov; Head of the Department of International Relations and Educational Programs, Associate Professor V.E. Mishin; Assistant to the Rector for Relations with International Organizations D.G. Kaplin; and Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​and International Tourism, Professor A.M. Akopyants, and E.E. Avanesova, coordinator of internationalization and international cooperation at the Institute of Foreign Languages ​​and International Tourism.

During the constructive dialogue, the parties not only confirmed their intention to develop the partnership but also outlined specific areas for joint work.

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