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 hosted a panel discussion “Russia is a country of advanced university quality”.

The panel discussion was held as part of the celebration of World Quality Day. It was attended by the leadership of the university, representatives of the Department for the formation and assessment of the quality of education, as well as the teaching staff of PSU.

The participants discussed modern approaches to ensuring the quality of higher education, prospects for the development of PSU in this direction and the role of the university in the formation of the country's personnel potential.

PSU is always interested in continuous improvement of the quality of the educational process!

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