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.

Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Olga Viktorovna Petrova met with students at PSU.

The meeting was attended by representatives of all institutes and higher schools, the Student Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, the student scientific society, and the society of young scientists, as well as activists from the PSU Student and Graduate Student Council, the PSU Primary Trade Union of Students and Graduate Students of PSU, the Primary Branch of the "Movement of the First," the Pyatigorsk Eagles student sports club, the KMV student pedagogical team at PSU, the PROFI-SOCI-LINGVA volunteer center, and the "Spiritual Heritage" club.

They discussed the development of the student movement and the role of young people at the university, and Olga Petrova spoke about her life and shared highlights from her professional and student life. The Deputy Minister noted the students' activism, involvement, and desire to change their lives for the better.

Meetings like these confirm that a university isn't just classrooms and lectures, but, above all, people who are ready to take responsibility for the future, propose, and create.

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