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 Law Institute of Pyatigorsk State University hosted the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference “Digital Law in the Era of Socio-Economic Transformation.”

The purpose of the event was to discuss current theoretical and practical issues of digital law in the context of the renewal of Russian Federation legislation.

The rector of PSU, Professor Alexander Pavlovich Gorbunov, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. The conference was moderated by the director of the PSU Law Institute, Yulia Evgenievna Golovina, and the research coordinator, Olga Arkadyevna Anferova.

The conference became an important platform for professional dialogue and exchange of experience, and its results will contribute to the development of legal science and practice in the field of digital law.

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