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 Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism at PSU has completed a course entitled “Portuguese as an Additional Foreign Language,” organized in partnership with the Federal University of Minas Gerais.

The language course was taught by A.V. Frolova, a lecturer in the Department of Linguistic Communication and Applied Foreign Languages, and I.I. Frolova, a lecturer at the Department of Linguistic Communication and Applied Foreign Languages, and Sedat Ibragimov, a student at the Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism.

The final meeting ended with all course participants giving presentations on national holidays, traditions, and values.

Information about Russian holidays such as Maslenitsa, New Year, and Russia Day, accompanied by folk dances, songs, and symbols, strengthened mutual understanding between cultures, allowing students not only to master the Portuguese language, but also to share Russia's cultural heritage with foreign course participants.

The partner university's project highlighted the value of intercultural exchange in language learning, developing creative thinking and professional skills.

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