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 Rector met with the Head of the Spanish Language Department of the University of Camagüey (Cuba).

PSU gladly hosted Maricarmen Gomez Villafaña, a lecturer of the Cuban partner university Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism of Pyatigorsk State University, as part of her study tour in Russia.

The visit became an important part of strengthening of friendly ties and development of cultural dialog between our countries.

During the meeting with the faculty of the Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism of Pyatigorsk State University an exchange of educational methods in the research sphere was held.

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