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.

Within the framework of the XXIX International Exhibition-Forum of Architecture and Design "ARCH Moscow" in Gostiny Dvor, the ceremony of awarding the winners of the All-Russian competition "Ideas Transforming Cities" was held, aimed at supporting talented young citizens actively involved in planning and creating urban improvement projects, 470 participants from 70 subjects of the Russian Federation gathered in Gostiny Dvor.

PSU students Zharova Ksenia and Kovalenko of Milan took part in the contest “Ideas Transforming Cities”.

They developed projects aimed at developing new public spaces and improving the quality of the urban environment, and also proposed their ideas for the improvement of territories.

At the ceremony, Zharova Ksenia was awarded, which took 1st place in the nomination "Eco-architecture", and also received a certificate for publication in the professional magazine "Comfort".

The competition is held with the support of the Union of Architects of Russia, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation.

Prize-winners and winners will be included in the state information resource "Talent and success" of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, as well as recommended for participation in architectural expeditions.

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