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 celebrated the 35th anniversary of the regional Georgian national and cultural autonomy “Iberia” with a solemn presentation of gratitude from the rector.

The director of the Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism, Professor Irina Mikhailovna Akopyan, solemnly presented a letter of gratitude on behalf of the rector of PSU, Professor A.P. Gorbunov, to the Chairman of the Regional Georgian National and Cultural Autonomy “Iberia” in the Stavropol Territory, Petr Vladimirovich Lobzhanidze.

The letter was timed to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the founding of the autonomy. The text, on behalf of the rector, notes that all these years, “Iberia,” under the leadership of Peter Lobzhanidze, has been a significant center for the preservation of the rich cultural heritage of the Georgian people.

Irina Akopyan also conveyed the university's sincere gratitude for Petr Lobzhanidze's many years of fruitful cooperation and personal contribution to strengthening interethnic harmony.

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