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.

Pyatigorsk State University (PSU) at an International Congress at RUDN University.

Representatives from the Center for International Education at Pyatigorsk State University took part in the 10th International Congress for instructors and administrators of preparatory faculties at Russian universities, titled "Pre-university Education in Russia and the World: Language, Adaptation, Society, and Field of Study."

The university was represented by N. M. Kashirina, Deputy Head of the Department for International Cooperation and Educational Programs (DICEP) and Director of the Center for International Education (CIE); A. A. Serdyuk, Deputy Head of the DICEP and a specialist at the CIE; as well as two students from Colombia currently studying at the PSU Center for International Education.

Congress participants discussed key issues regarding the instruction of the Russian language to international students, their sociocultural adaptation, and their integration into the Russian educational environment.

For the students, participating in the event provided an opportunity to share their experiences of studying in Russia and to join an international dialogue on the development of education.

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