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.

Today the second round of the university competition “Pedagogical Debut” started.

The theme of this year's competition is “Preservation of historical memory of generations as a basis for patriotic education of youth”.

The Institute of Foreign Languages and International Tourism opened the second round of the competition by presenting the event “History and Traditions of PSU: a path of 85 years”.

Within the framework of the event the participants told about the historical path of the university, outstanding teachers, graduates and their achievements in military activities, as well as the events of World War II.

The event was concluded with a “braying game”.

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