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.

The PSU hosted a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities.

The topic of the meeting was “Realization of the Strategy of State National Policy. Regional experience of work”. The meeting was attended by about 40 people.

The Chairman of the Committee on Nationalities - V.V. Ivanov addressed the participants with a welcoming speech, noting the importance of the discussed agenda for strengthening civil harmony and interethnic dialog. Heads of the Ministries of National Policy of the North Caucasus Federal District, public figures, rectors of leading universities of the South of Russia also took part.

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