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.

Today PSU Vice-Rector, Professor Yuri Yurievich Grankin takes part in the II International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contribution of Higher Education Institutions to the Development of Inclusive Culture in Society”.

The event is organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and is held at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.

The program includes:

“Strategic session on realization of the interdepartmental comprehensive plan on issues of increasing accessibility of higher education for persons with special needs”;

Seminar-meeting with those responsible for inclusive education in universities under the guidance of Deputy Minister O.V. Petrova.

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