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 students went on a popular science excursion to the modern Mashuk Aqua-Term sanatorium in Zheleznovodsk.

The main topic of the field trip was “The concept of wellness: a scientific approach to new trends in sanatorium and resort services.”

The health resort specialists gave a detailed account of how individual wellness programs are developed today, how the unique natural factors of our region are effectively used, and what the latest medical techniques are applied in practice.

The students saw what an important role wellness tourism plays in the development of the entire tourism potential of our region!

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