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 closing ceremony of a major educational event for schoolchildren, the IT Hackathon, was held. The event was organized by the CODDY International School of Programming for Children, Pyatigorsk State University, and the Pyatigorsk City Administration's Department of Education.

A hackathon is a competition in which participants develop their own IT project within a limited time frame.

Winners:

Yaroslav Krivosheev;

Elizaveta Malkova;

Arseniy Shevtsov;

Maria Shevchenko;

Vladislav Shevchenko;

Mikhail Tretyak.

Grand Prix – Dmitry Kozinets.

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