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.

A PSU master's student has developed a project to improve Elkhotovo.

Eduard Hambartsumyan, a 2nd year student of the Master's Degree program “Design of Architectural Environment”, has already achieved serious successes: winning the All-Russian contest “Ideas Transforming Cities”, participating in the federal expedition “Dream School”, as well as implementing a social order on the DobroRF platform.

By order of the Administration of the village of Elkhotovo (RSO-Alania). Elkhotovo (RSO-Alania), Eduard developed a project to modernize the central street, public gardens and the embankment of the Terek River. The opinion of residents, logistical possibilities and national Ossetian and Alanian ornaments were taken into account.

Today, this beautification plan is fully ready for realization and is waiting for implementation to begin.

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