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.

Lia Revazovna Mkheidze, PSU Rector's Advisor on Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship and Professional Competencies, took part in the meeting of representatives of university consortia with the Foundation for Innovation Promotion.

On the Foundation's platform they discussed the development of grant instruments to support university projects. The discussion focused on the unified framework of the grant line of the Innovation Promotion Fund, expanding opportunities for deep tech projects, improving the quality of competitive applications and project implementation.

These discussions will help develop unified approaches and increase the effectiveness of support for university initiatives.

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