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.

On September 3, an expanded meeting of the Academic Council was held in the Grand Hall of PSU with the participation of staff and student leaders. The main topic was the transition to a new model of higher education.

PSU Rector Professor Alexander Pavlovich Gorbunov presented the key provisions of the reform: a unified level of “higher education,” new terms of study, updated standards, enhanced practical training, and closer cooperation between universities and employers.

The rector noted that the mission of PSU is to remain a center of education, science, and innovation, preparing leaders of a new type.

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