Статья посвящена проблеме формирования Единого пространства высшего образования. В рамках проведенного исследования рассматриваются основные направления модернизации высшего образования России: введение двухуровневой системы высшего образования - бакалавр, магистр; введение единого механизма учета знаний в кредитных единицах ECTS; создание условий для академической мобильности.
This article is devoted to a problem of forming of European Higher Education Area. Russia’s entry into EHEA gives real benefits to higher education schools and students. These benefits include bringing educational programs and curricula into line with European standards; recognition of Russian qualifications and academic degrees; ensuring academic mobility of students and teachers; adoption of educational credits of Russian students in foreign universities; implementation of two-diploma education programs; convertibility of Russian higher education diplomas in the euro area, the right of graduates for employment in any of the countries participating in the Bologna process, etc. This is modernization as the continuous progress of innovative development, during which some solvable problems stimulate the formulation of new more complex, during which certain achievements become the starting point for the next round of innovation, must lead to the formation of "perspective of effective education” model. From this perspective, the modernization of Russian education is a unique form of competition of national education system, which has rich classical traditions, great creative potential, with other advanced educational systems in the world for a worthy place in the education of our future.