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 lecturers at an international conference on digital international relations.

Lecturers from the Department of Theoretical Linguistics and Intercultural Communication at the Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism at PSU – Associate Professor N.A. Golik and Associate Professor M.I. Avetisyan – took part in the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital International Relations – 2025: People in the Focus of Digital Development," organized by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The conference brought together representatives of the scientific and expert community, government authorities, and international organizations. Key speakers included Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Vladimir Falkov, Russian Minister of Digital Development Mikhail Shadaev, as well as representatives of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation and international associations. The event was moderated by the rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.V. Torkunov.

During the plenary session, participants discussed global strategies for technological development, prospects for international cooperation in the digital sphere, information security issues, and the impact of digital technologies on the socio-economic future of humanity.

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