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 annual “Parade of Champions” was held at PSU, dedicated to honoring the best students of the university, who showed themselves in one of 24 sports.

The main role in the sports life of PSU is played by the Department of Physical Education and Sports, and it is in the sports complex of PSU that the main sports competitions are held throughout the academic year.

In a warm and friendly atmosphere the rector of the university and PSU vice-rectors awarded the most active athletes of our university. At the ceremony the coordinators of sports and mass activities of PSU Institutes and Higher Schools were recognized and awarded.

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