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 International Interuniversity Spring School "Psychology and Semantics of the Spatial Space of a North Caucasus Resort City" has opened at PSU.

The project, initiated by the Higher School of Economics, brought together researchers and students from three universities—HSE, PSU, and Samarkand State University named after Sh. Rashidov.

Ekaterina Vladimirovna Efimova, Vice-Rector for Strategic Management of Development and Innovative Project Activities, addressed the participants with welcoming remarks, emphasizing the importance of joint interdisciplinary research and strategic interuniversity partnerships in developing effective academic polylogue. Vyacheslav Ivanovich Shulzhenko, Professor of the Department of Russian Philology and Literary Creativity, and Almira Magometovna Kazieva, Professor of the Department of Literature and Pedagogical Technologies in Philological Education at the Institute of Translation Studies, Russian Studies, and Multilingualism, spoke about the key areas of work of the Center for North Caucasian Languages ​​and Cultures at PSU.

The school is dedicated to exploring business and psychological tools for analyzing urban environments. Participants will work on assessing the potential of resort towns in the North Caucasus, mastering methods for creating a psychological map of space, and developing practical recommendations for the development of tourism, business, and a comfortable urban environment.

The school will culminate in an applied project on creating unique urban spaces, integrating science, culture, and modern approaches to urban development.

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