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.

Extended meeting of the Council of the Russian Union of Rectors.

Alexander Pavlovich Gorbunov, Rector of PSU, Chairman of the Council of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of the North Caucasus Federal District and member of the Council of the Russian Union of Rectors, takes part in the event.

The meeting brought together leading representatives of higher education, government officials and experts in the field of education and science. The meeting was devoted to the strategy of education development in the Russian Federation and topical issues of higher school development.

Participation of PSU rector in such an event emphasizes the importance of the university in the implementation of the state educational policy.

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