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 Institute of International Relations at PSU at the international forum “North Caucasus: Cultural Code in the Development of International Cooperation.”

Viktor Panin held an expert session entitled “Value Orientations of Public Authority,” during which participants discussed issues related to the content of value orientations in public administration, education as a value-cultural basis for serving the Fatherland, and aspects of interaction between the state and society in the context of cultural and national identity.

The forum, organized by the North Caucasus Institute, a branch of the Presidential Academy, brought together more than 600 participants from 20 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, China, and other regions.

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