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 became a venue for the Regional Youth Travel Award.

On the basis of PSU took place the in-person defense of projects and awarding of participants of the regional youth tourist award “The land in children's hearts”. The organizer of the award from the university was the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism of Pyatigorsk State University.

Talented participants from different parts of Stavropol Krai successfully presented their tourist routes and were awarded with diplomas, certificates and gifts from partners

The jury evaluated the works of representatives of PSU (E.N. Goncharova), SCFU employers from the tourism industry, as well as members of the All-Russian Children's Council for Stavropol Region.

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