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.

PSU launched two joint programs of additional professional education.

The program is intended for representatives of the hospitality industry of the Caucasus Mineral Waters region.

Today, at the presentation of the first program, the rector of PSU, Professor A.P. Gorbunov, spoke with greetings.

The working program starts with a lecture by the First Deputy Minister of Tourism and Health Resorts of the Stavropol Territory E.A. Shkondy.

Speakers of the two universities – MGIMO and PSU – will work for two days with leading tour operators, representatives of the hotel business and the sanatorium and resort complex of the region.

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