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.

The PSU team reached the finals of the All-Russian "Model Criminal Court" competition.

The 3rd All-Russian Student Competition named after A.F. Koni, "Model Criminal Court," was held at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University and Lomonosov Moscow State University. The competition, timed to coincide with the 160th anniversary of the first jury trial in Russia, brought together 32 teams and over 450 students from law schools across the country.

In the final round in Moscow, the PSU Institute of Law and Engineering was represented by team KNº142 "Verdict," which successfully passed a rigorous expert panel selection process and competed with leading Russian universities. The participants worked on cases based on actual criminal cases, and their presentations were evaluated by judges, attorneys, and representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

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