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.

Stavropol Krai and PSU are among the leaders of the All-Russian "Startup as a Diploma" award.

The results of the All-Russian annual "Startup as a Diploma Leaders" award, recognizing the best practices in developing youth entrepreneurship at Russian universities, have been announced.

The competition finals took place on June 26 in Moscow and brought together 14 of the strongest student teams, selected from more than 1,200 applications received from 189 universities in 65 regions of Russia.

The final qualifying project of Pyatigorsk State University students, completed in the "Startup as a Diploma" format, was included in the top 50 best projects in the country. It is the only project from the North Caucasus Federal District to be among the top 10.

Following the award, PSU was among the top 15 winners in the "University" category, confirming the high level of development of student technological entrepreneurship.

Liya Revazovna Mkheidze, Advisor to the Rector for Innovative Technological Entrepreneurship and Cross-Professional Competencies, was named one of the top five laureates in the country in the "Coordinator" category for her significant contribution to the development of the youth startup movement.

Another achievement was the inclusion of Stavropol Krai in the top 15 constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the "Region Leader in Startup as a Diploma" category, which is the result of the region's universities' systematic efforts to develop youth entrepreneurship.

The high results of PSU and Stavropol Krai confirm the effectiveness of their efforts to develop student technological entrepreneurship and strengthen their position among Russia's leaders in this field.

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