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.

Foreign students at PSU discovered the history of the university.

Students from nine countries studying at the PSU International Education Center visited the PSU History Museum as part of their “Man and Society” course, which aims to give foreign students a comprehensive understanding of the cultural and historical context of Russian education.

The museum's exhibition introduced foreign students to the history of the university, from its founding as a teacher training institute to its status as a modern multidisciplinary university. Students from China, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Peru, Africa, Latin America, the Canary Islands, and Cuba studied archival photographs, documents from the university's early days, and personal belongings of the first teachers with great interest.

Archival photographs, rare publications, and stories about teachers helped the students see PSU not just as a place of study, but as part of the cultural and educational history of the region.

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