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 next training under the program of professional retraining "Excursive Guide" has been completed.

The program has been implemented at the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Industry of IIYMT together with the Institute for Advanced Training and Professional Competence for three years.

Students in the course of training learn the methodological and technical techniques of conducting a tour, get the skills of oratorical skills and creating author's projects.

Upon completion of all blocks, graduates pass an exam in the format of a presentation of the excursion to potential employers and receive a diploma of the established sample of the PSU.

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