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.

Valery Falkov paid a working visit to PSU.

One of the key objectives of the visit of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation was to inspect the infrastructure of the university, which confirmed the status of PSU as one of the leading universities in the macro-region.

During the visit Valery Falkov familiarized himself with the material and technical base of PSU, discussed with the university management the prospects of development and the role of the university in the implementation of state policy in the field of science and higher education.

Valery Falkov's visit emphasized the importance of PSU in the system of higher education in Russia and its potential as a center of language and intercultural training.

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