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.

An educational trip to Dombai brought together university and high school students.

PSU continues to develop student tourism and career guidance. This time, the Hospitality Industry Center, the Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism at PSU, and the Mineralka tourist club, with the support of activists from the First Movement, organized an unforgettable trip to the pearl of the Caucasus – Dombai!

The tour was attended by activists from the Pyatigorsk Eagles student sports club and students from School No. 31, together with their educational advisor, Kristina Sergeevna Babayants.

What the participants managed to do on the trip:

Walk along a picturesque path through Teberda National Park;

Explore the central Dombai glade;

Take the cable car up the slope of Mount Mussa-Achitara;

See the majestic panoramas of the Main Caucasian Ridge;

Immerse themselves in the history of the resort and sample the local cuisine.

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