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.

PSU student is a student representative of the Youth Parliament at the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Daria Khazhikarova, Chairman of the Council of Students and Postgraduate Students of PSU, took part in the final meeting of the Youth Parliament at the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

At the meeting, the results of work for 2024 were summed up, and a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the MP under the State Duma and the Public Association “Belarusian Republican Union of Youth”.

The Youth Parliament strives to become a link between youth and state structures, ensuring the representation of young citizens’ interests in decision-making processes.

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