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.

On April 9-11, 2025 the II International Forum of Innovation Economy: Vectors of Development, initiated by the Department of Innovation, Marketing and Advertising of the university, is held at PSU in online and offline formats.

The guests of honor of the Forum were:

Vladimir Nadyko - Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District;

Sergey Polyakov - Deputy Director General for Interaction with Authorities and Civil Society Institutions, PJSC “Rosseti North Caucasus” and others.

On the first day of the forum, a grand opening ceremony was held, and a strategic cooperation agreement was signed between Pyatigorsk State University and Rosseti North Caucasus.

Further roundtable discussions on the future of cities are planned.

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