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.

Astrophysicist Maxim Zelnikov gave an open lecture at Pyatigorsk State University.

The open lecture was given by Maxim Ivanovich Zelnikov, PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor, and Senior Research Fellow at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The event was organized by the Graduate School of Design and Architecture jointly with the Student Scientific Society.

During the lecture, "The Formula of Creation: The Origin of the World from the Perspective of Modern Physics and Russian Religious Philosophy," participants discussed the origins of the Universe, modern concepts in astrophysics, and the relationship between scientific and philosophical approaches to understanding the universe.

The lecture provided a platform for open interdisciplinary dialogue and once again confirmed the interest of PSU students and faculty in current scientific and ideological issues.

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