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 opening of the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia in Moscow.

In Moscow, at the National Center “Russia”, the federal educational marathon “Russia - a family of families” of the “Knowledge” Society took place, which marked the official start of the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia.

Ten PSU students represented the Stavropol Territory at the marathon. As part of the North Caucasus Federal District delegation, they took part in a major federal event dedicated to strengthening interethnic harmony and pan-Russian identity.

A key moment of the marathon was the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who declared the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia open and emphasized that the strength of the country lies in its desire to preserve its common land, culture, traditions, and values.

Go to group