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 Vice-Rector of PSU spoke at the plenary session of the forum in Mineralnye Vody.

The North Caucasus Forum on Improving Labor Productivity was held at the Minvody Expo venue, bringing together representatives of government, science, business, and development institutions.

PSU was represented at the event by Ekaterina Vladimirovna Efimova, Vice-Rector for Strategic Development Management, who spoke at the plenary session on the scientific and technological development of the North Caucasus Federal District. Through her, Pyatigorsk State University presented the concept of "invisible" integral productive capital, based on the combination of innovation and the strengthening of pan-Russian sociocultural identity.

The audience's interest was captured by an advanced type of innovation—"innovation of creation and worthy service to the Fatherland," in which technological solutions are based on Russian spiritual and moral values.

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