Internal quality assurance system of higher education in Ukraine: problems and development prospects

Abstract

The article considers the issue of ensuring the higher education quality in Ukraine in accordance with European standards and recommendations. The main focus is on the problem of introducing an internal quality assurance system in higher education institutions. The block entitled: "Existence of internal quality assurance system" of the research "Development of internal quality assurance systems in Ukrainian higher education institutions" conducted by National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (2020) was analyzed: to outline the main problems in the practice of implementation of internal quality assurance systems, to definition of the basic approaches to organizational maintenance, coordination, functioning of such systems. It is concluded that the formation and continuous improvementof the internal quality assurance system of higher education is one of the priorities of modern free economic education, which seeks to strengthen its autonomy and improve its image, establish close cooperation and cooperation with all stakeholders to continuously improve learning conditions, achieving the best results in the training of future professionals.