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 took part in the All-Russian online educational campaign “Sociological Dictation 2025.”

On November 14, students of the Higher School of Management of PSU took part in the VI All-Russian educational campaign “Sociological Dictation 2025”, which this year is being held for the sixth time, traditionally on Sociologist's Day.

Elena Sergeevna Getmanova, an employee of the Center for Spiritual and Moral Values at PSU, gave a welcoming speech, noting the importance of the Sociological Dictation as a unique platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience between students and anyone interested in the social sciences.

Olga Igorevna Nakh, Associate Professor of the Department of Professional English at the Higher School of Management, expressed her hope that the event would stimulate the further development of sociological education and the popularization of sociological knowledge in society.

Stanislav Osipov, Head of the Department for Interaction with Religious Organizations at the Center for Spiritual and Moral Values at PSU, emphasized that

the sociological dictation

is an educational event and a unique opportunity for students, researchers, and anyone interested in society and its structure to test their knowledge of sociological science and research in real time.

The sociological dictation was organized by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion in partnership with the Russian Society “Knowledge” with the support of the Center for the Preservation and Strengthening of Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values at PSU.

Participants in the dictation were awarded certificates.

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