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.

As part of the project "Hiking the First - More than a Journey" from August 18 to 22, 2025, the District Tourist Rally "More than a Journey" will be held in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.

Leaders of student communities and public associations, employees of youth committees and subordinate institutions, activists of youth policy and hiking tourism, young teachers and all young people aged 18 to 35 who are interested in hiking tourism and its development in their regions are invited to participate in the Tourist Rally.

The participants will develop relevant formats for the promotion and popularization of tourism in the North Caucasus Federal District.

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