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.

Master’s students and assistants of the Department of European Languages of the Institute of International Relations became winners of the competitive selection in the All-Russian project “Women: School of Mentorship”, season 3.

Our young teachers, Valeria Golikova and Diana Zalepina, were among more than 200 winners and will represent Pyatigorsk State University in the areas of Education and Politics.

The project is aimed at developing soft skills and building a personal development trajectory. Mentors are successful women leaders of Russia, and participants are students, graduate students and young researchers.

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