The article substantiates the strategic priority tasks of reforming the system of higher education in Ukraine; The present state of the national higher professional education and its task are highlighted; the principles of modern European education are highlighted; Components and functions of educational process organization in higher education institutions; attention is paid to the development of professional pedagogical skills of pedagogical workers, increase their level of readiness to use personal development and information and communication technologies, electronic teaching aids, information and analytical systems for managing the development of vocational education and training of students; the recommendations of the European Higher Education Area regarding the development of higher education in the EU countries are substantiated. The author emphasizes that one of the main principles of modern European education, which is responsible for the qualitative aspect of training and acquisition of professional competencies, is the mobility of students and teachers. The author points out that the influence of integration processes, the growing role of globalization, is the need to use international educational standards in the field of education. Reforming the system of higher education, creating favorable conditions for the development of a person throughout his life, in particular, his professional growth, is the key to the development of national intellectual potential. Strategic priorities for reforming the system of higher education in Ukraine are: the construction of a national education system, the formation of an educated creative personality, ensuring the priority development of man; functioning and development of the national education system based on the principles of humanism, democracy, the priority of social and spiritual values; the output of the education system in Ukraine on the level of educational systems in developed countries by radically reforming its conceptual, structural and organizational foundations.

заклади вищої освіти, професійна освіта, освітня домінанта, ринок праці,інформаційне суспільство, реформи вищої професійної освіти, мобільність студентів і викладачів, Європейський простір вищої освіти, Болонський процес