INTEGRATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF UKRAINE IN THE EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL SPACE

Abstract

This article explores the transformation of higher education in Ukraine towards integration into the European educational space. On the basis of the metamorphosis of normative legal acts of Ukraine and European education documents regulating this field, the main achievements and challenges for integration of Ukraine into the European educational space are outlined. The activity of the newly created body of higher education management – the National Agency for Quality Assurance (hereinafter referred to as the National Agency), designed to catalyze changes in higher education in Ukraine, is analyzed. The results of the authors’ analysis of statistical activities of higher education institutions (teachers and seekers of higher education) for their expert participation in the activities of the National Agency for the regions are offered. The paper also updates information regarding the current state of internationalization of higher education in Ukraine. The countries that will soon be actively competing for applicants from Ukraine, donor countries to Ukraine and the main problems in the field of internationalization are identified. The need for active development of the national infrastructure of scientific cooperation with European HEIs as a means of stimulating further reform of Ukrainian higher education in order to solve urgent problems, including improving its quality, is justified.