European Educational Standards Research Articles

Problems of introduction of motivational factors in ensuring high quality of training of engineers in institutions of higher education of Ukraine

The article considers the main motivating factors to achieve high quality education of engineers toward to European standards of higher education based on the analysis of the educational process on fundamental discipline “Chemistry” of students - future engineers at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The principles of the educational process at the university are analyzed, the advantages and disadvantages of the modern system of education of future engineers are determined, the motivating factors of improving the quality of education are offered and the basic approaches to formation and development of the required set of professional competencies of graduates are determined.

The Establishment and Development of Professional Training for Preschool Teachers in Western European Countries

The problem of providing lifelong learning opportunities at the present stage of global community development remains relevant and is a top-priority agenda for practically all civilized countries. Positive experience in organizing professional training of preschool teachers in European countries requires that perspective trends in the modernization of future preschool teachers’ professional training should be specified following European standards of teacher education and the most significant achievements of higher education, its peculiarities and specifics should be preserved. Conceptual principles, peculiarities of historical development and key trends in the system of professional teacher education in Germany, France and the UK have been analyzed and determined; professional profiles, professional competency profiles and qualification requirements have been characterized; both national specific and general common trends in development of preschool teachers’ professional training in European countries have been outlined. The development of professional standards for teacher education in European countries contributes to specifying and developing professional profiles of preschool teachers in Europe that are rather diverse and determine the multifacetedness and multifunctionality of professional training. The main trends in education policy and qualification requirements for professional training of preschool teachers in European countries include: providing public sector specialists with initial training; adjusting consecutive education to the provisions of the Bologna Declaration; ensuring continuing professional development of specialists involved in educational activities in preschool institutions; implementing the European conception of professional training with the use of competency-based approach.

Research of humanization transformations of the higher education system of Ukraine at the end of the 20th - early 21st centuries (1985-2012)

The article analyzes the theoretical and practical foundations of humanization and humanization of domestic higher education in the late twentieth - early twenty-first century. Based on a comprehensive historical and pedagogical analysis, the research identifies and characterizes the essence of humanization transformations of higher education in Ukraine. The research hypothesis is based on the thesis that special value-oriented pedagogical conditions in the process of professional training are a prerequisite for the acquisition of values and sense experience of future specialists in foreign philology, which creates important prerequisites for the formation of axiological competencies. The proposed study is aimed at determining the level of formation of values and sense experience among future specialists in foreign philology at the initial and final stages of the experiment. The paper analyzes the key concepts, the essence of humanization and humanitarianization and its established features. The main periods are singled out: the first (1985-1990) - directive humanization and humanitarianization of higher education in Ukraine; the second (1990-1995) - humanization and humanitarianization in the process of higher education reform; the third (1995-2004) - normative-legal institutionalization of the process of humanization and humanitarianization of higher education; fourth (2005-2012) - international integration of higher education in Ukraine in the process of humanization and humanitarianization with their inherent trends. The article has comprehensively researched tendencies, ways, innovative technologies of humanization and humanitarianization of higher education of Ukraine, the possibilities of the improvement taking into account the European educational standards, accumulated positive experience, national traditions and modern tendencies in the organization of higher education in the conditions of Ukraine’s integration into the European educational space. The course of scientific research has proved that the axiological approach to humanization and humanitarianization of the process of training future specialists in higher education is to focus the learning process on personal growth of the student, ensuring his/her comprehensive, cultural, socio-moral and professional development. The teaching of professional and methodological disciplines does not act as a transfer of information, but as activation and stimulation of the process of independent search for one’s own value position in relation to the world, formation of worldview, development of youth perception, ensuring students’ understanding of human values and harmony of human relations. The results of the study have confirmed the effectiveness of the author’s approach to the formation of the humanistic orientation of future professionals in the higher education system of Ukraine during the study period. The research on the humanization and humanitarianization of higher education in Ukraine in the late twentieth - early twenty-first centuries made it possible to involve in scientific circulation a wide range of materials that are representative in nature and reproduce certain aspects of the studied problem, and therefore need to be generalized. Various principles, methods and techniques of modern methodology used in the process of the research have allowed avoiding subjective and biased assessments, ensuring the scientific validity of the results obtained during the research, confirming a sufficiently representative character of the identified sources.

SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH MASTER'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC HEALTH CORE COMPETENCES PROGRAMME

The aim: Determining the compliance of the developed Public Health Educational Program with the principles and basic provisions of the WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for Public Health Workforce in the European Region. Materials and methods: The study used bibliographic and information-analytical methods and content analysis. A comparative analysis compliance of the content of the Public Health Master's Educational Program, developed in Bogomolets National Medical University, with the provisions of the WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for Public Health Workforce in the European Region in terms of providing academic disciplines in the ECTS credits (European credit transfer and accumulation system), has been carried out. Results: Comparative analysis of the components of the University Public Health Master's Educational Program and regulations of the WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for Public Health Workforce in the European Region has identified a high level of their compliance in all areas of competence formation, including science and practice, health promotion, legislation, policy, ethics, common health and safety in health, leadership and operational mind-set, cooperation and partnership, communication, culture and advocacy, strategic and resource management, professional development, organizational training and adaptability. The competence-based educational program provides future professionals with theoretical knowledge and practical skills for a clear understanding of public health problems, a reasonable choice of methods for solving them, taking into account modern practices; forming partnerships, effective communication and cooperation on a cross-sectoral basis, developing leadership skills, organizing and providing people-centred public health services. Conclusions: Self-assessment of the content of Public Health Master's Educational Program for compliance with European educational standards for the formation of the necessary competencies is an important tool for its quality formation and improvement. A comparative analysis of the university's Public Health Master's Educational Program, with the European Competency Framework for Public Health Workforce, has identified a high level of compliance.

Razvoj Tempus programa na Univerzitetu u Prištini sa privremenim sedištem u Kosovskoj Mitrovici

Higher Education reform and modernization processes in Serbia were initiated by the overall 'Europe of knowledge' project, which encompassed Bologna and Lisbon declarations aiming to enroll Western Balkan countries into unique European Higher Education Area. By the adoption of the Law on Higher Education in 2005, these processes obtained their legal ground in Serbia and regulated implementation of the principles of both declarations, while Tempus (Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies) as the European Union programme for reform and modernization of Higher Education additionally supported internationalization of Higher Education Institutions in Serbia and harmonization of their curricula with highest European educational standards. This essay gives an overview on development of Tempus programme at the University Pristina temporarily settled in Kosovska Mitrovica since 2009, when the university for the first time applied for this kind of donation until its official closure and completion of implementation of all its projects where university was involved.

European standards of vocational education

The European Committee of Social Rights case law reaffirmed the great importance it is attached to vocational education which is essential not only integrating all people, young and old, into working life. The vocational education plays a central role in every aspect of personal development and social integration. Fundamental socio-economic trends such as ongoing globalisation and digitalization of the economy and the spread of information technology make it increasingly obvious that vocational education and training is live long process. Education, general and vocational, as well as professional training should be provided throughout the life cycle for all segments of the active population – young persons and adults, the unskilled and the skilled, the employed and unemployed. Investment in vocational education by the European Members States is quite substantial but in the view of the formidable challenges of the learning society there is still scope for further measures.

Peculiarities of forming the value-semantic sphere of student youth in the conditions of transition to European educational standards

The meaning of phenomenon of professional value training as a specific system of educational work is exposed in the article. It is shown that professional value training presages using of axiological approach in which boundaries positively creative values have fundamental meanings, while formation student`s skills of qualitative selection, development his spiritual, moral and creative foundations are encouraged. It is determined that sphere of objectification of values is value semantic sphere, because the specificity of values are their ability to perform landmark functions, to determine the nature of the vital meaning of the individual.It is based that formation of value semantic sphere of a personality by means of higher education implies creations a specific educational environment, that have to provide preconditions for participation in socio-cultural processes, that promote objectification of values and formation of values` orientation. At the same time, it is shown specificity of professional activity obviously has defining character for formation individual personal qualities, including system of values. Taking into the account the content of peculiarities of values orientation that are put on the basis of European standards of education, a special place belongs to the searching and introduction of new of educational activities. Personality, her inner world have value semantic definition by cultural socio environment and by main tendencies of development of primary psycho emotional and cultural orientations. The necessity of new vital values has arisen befor the Ukrainian society. These are professional competitiveness, initiativeness, readiness to take responsibility, humanistic orientation points, the ability to provide themselves and their families. Actually, the formation and development of the value- semantic sphere of a personality takes place in the process of socialization, that is lasting the whole life with different levels.Active assimilation of approved values by society, formation of professional values orientations, development of value semantic sphere are important components of professional competence of future specialists and determine their competitiveness in professional activity in modern socio-economic conditions.

THE CROSS-BORDER EDUCATIONAL SPACE OF THE UKRAINIAN DANUBE REGION: UPDATING THE COMPETENCE PARADIGM

The European vector for the development of higher education necessitates the reproduction of the best national educational traditions, as well as the updating of the system of training of future specialists in the field of education in accordance with European educational standards. A significant difference between the changes in the transformations of the present is the increasing requirements for the professional training of future science teachers, given the multidimensional specificity of their professional activities.One way of updating the content of education and matching it with contemporary needs is competency education as a strategically significant factor in enhancing the competitiveness of future teachers. In addition, the range of competences associated with many factors is becoming more relevant today as they are indicators of future teachers’ readiness for professional activity. It is obvious that the training of a competent specialist capable of effective pedagogical activity in the conditions of the new Ukrainian school is a priority area for the professional training of future science teachers in the parameters of European standards.It is clear that a modern higher education institution cannot respond in a timely manner to the dynamics of environmental changes affecting global, national and regional levels. The most competent approach in the preparation of future educators involves the creation of a kind of environment oriented to integrate scientific and educational potential, the use of international cooperation opportunities in the creation of a single educational space. Internationalization and globalization of higher education in this perspective are the founders of state educational policy and determine the rethinking of the phenomenon of the university as a social institution, its specific role in the development of regional, national and international multicultural space.Cross-border cooperation at the higher education level is becoming a powerful conglomerate of the mutual influence of national higher education systems and a bilingual didactic component of vocational training. In terms of the issues raised, it should be noted that cross-border cooperation lays a solid foundation for realizing the competency potential of modern HEA. Thus, the removal of any barriers becomes the leitmotif of contextual analysis of the concept of competence in the dimension of cross-border updated understanding.

The ways of improving the quality and results of the process of managing the image of a higher education institute of the pharmaceutical (medical) profile

Aim. To develop methodological approaches to the implementation of modern process technologies for improving the process of managing the image of higher education institutions (HEI) of the pharmaceutical (medical) profile in the educational market, which will increase the transparency and effectiveness of this process.Materials and methods. In order to achieve the aim of the study the analysis of foreign and domestic scientific literature and the current regulatory legal framework of Ukraine was conducted. Research methods were abstract-logical and monographic; methods of control survey and system analysis.Results. Determination of the essence of the image of HEI of the pharmaceutical (medical) profile has been suggested. The urgency of effective management of the image of educational institutions has been substantiated. In order to optimize and improve the quality management of the HEI image of the pharmaceutical (medical) profile, it has been proposed to introduce a process approach in accordance with the requirements of the international ISO quality standards. The appropriate process model has been built to meet the requirements of the European Educational Standards (ENQA, ESG). Based on the questionnaire developed with the involvement of 238 respondents a list of important qualitative characteristics of the image of HEI of the medical (pharmaceutical) profile has been determined. It has been found that the following components are the most important in terms of forming a positive image of HEI of the pharmaceutical (medical) profile: the reputation and recognition of HEI in Ukraine and abroad; the demand of graduates in the labor market and the quality of their employment; history, traditions and the corporate culture of HEI. The most widespread methods of promoting the image of the Ukrainian HEI on the Internet, which are appropriate for use in the marketing activity of the HEI of the pharmaceutical (medical) profile, have been analyzed.Conclusions. The introduction of the scientific and methodological approaches proposed to improve the process of managing the HEI image of the pharmaceutical (medical) profile will contribute to: effective implementation of the strategy of HEI; strengthening its image, which will have a greater impact on the target audience and increase the stakeholder loyalty; strengthening the HEI own competitive potential at the educational market and providing the sustainable advantages over other educational institutions, etc.

Internationalization of universities of the Republic of Moldova in the context of globalization

Abstract Higher education in the Republic of Moldova faces many challenges: the reduction of the student body, low levels of financing, as well as the requirement of alignment to the European standards of higher education. The internationalization of the education process can lead to the settlement of these issues and it is also an important tool in academic development, fulfilling the needs of the medium and allowing the adjustment to the existing quality standards on an institutional and national level. This paper aims at analyzing the current stage reached by institutions in the internationalization process, describing the actualities and outlining the prospects

Assurance of European quality standards of Ukraine’s higher pharmaceutical education at the institutional level

The article researches the problems of assurance of European quality standards of domestic higher pharmaceutical education at the institutional level. Obtaining the quality education is claimed to directly depend on the quality of the requirements (goals, regulations, and standards), resources (programs, human resources, entrants, resource-and-technical support of an educational process, finance, etc.), and educational processes (scientific and educational activities, management, educational technology, etc.). The European experience concerning the quality of higher education is analyzed. The basis for the development of higher pharmaceutical education quality system in Ukraine is defined.

The Validation process of a new MSc Programme in Rail Freight and Logistics

The objective of this paper is to describe the Validation process of a new MSc Programme in railway transport and logistics which has been designed within the RiFLE project. RiFLE stands for Rail Freight and Logistics Curriculum Development and is funded by the Erasmus programme of the European Commission. The innovative idea of RiFLE is that the courses developed will run in the participating institutions, and they will be compatible to allow the students to attend some of their modules in the other universities. Moreover the possibility of a joint programme and degree is currently under evaluation. In particular RiFLE developed 26 rail freight and logistics Subjects combined in four Curricula, each of them corresponds to the perspective of a student entering the Programme from one of the four participating Institutions. The Validation process of the four Curricula has been carried out against both the European Educational Standards for Mscs and Industry requirements, implementing a stepwise methodology. Validation against Standards has been performed developing an extensive overview of the existing educational standards for Master programmes in Europe and the guidelines on how to meet them. Validation against Industry requirements has been achieved through a Workshop, during which over 30 external experts of Academic Institutions and Companies active in the Rail and Logistic sectors expressed their judgment on the RiFLE Programme and gave suggestions for improvements. Keywords: Rail Freight and Logistics; Higher Education; Innovation; Survey; State of the Art.

Cultural Studies in Degree Programmes at Irish Universities

The author examines the main characteristic features of degree programmes in Cultural studies taught at Irish universities. The results indicate that the content and research methodology of most analysed programmes are more similar to Ukrainian Culturology courses than to classical Cultural studies. Of particular interest are international and inter-university projects with a comparative analysis of different cultures, as well as innovative interdisciplinary programmes of practical value that have no direct correspondence in the practice of teaching Culturology. In the author’s opinion, the idea of replacing Culturology with “more progressive” Cultural studies is unfounded. Coordinating curricula in Culturology with European standards of higher education does not mean giving up national achievements and identity.

Methodical aspects of teaching sports medicine at the medical faculty of National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya

In the modern educational space, the important task is to bring the current educational sport education program to European standards of education to improve the quality of training future medical doctors. The purpose of the work is to synthesize the methodological aspects of the subject “Sport Medicine” and the peculiarities of controlling the knowledge of the students of the 4th year of the medical faculty of National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya. The educational process at the department is carried out according to the new curriculum by training specialists of educational qualification level “Specialist” in higher educational institutions of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Its main direction is strengthening of the motivation of studying the discipline “Sport medicine” and the formation of clinical thinking of medical students by the faculty and professors of the department. This is ensured by highlighting the professional orientation of the information given in practical classes and lectures, the constant updating of the program material by scientific facts, obtained through modern innovative technologies. Achievement of the set goal is due to the research work of the department staff. Methodical materials for students of the medical faculty have been created, in which a lot of attention is paid to the practical direction in future professional activities. The final assessment received by students after the completion of the study of this discipline consists of the average score for current progress, the evaluation of the results obtained for the registration of the medical-control card of the athlete and the athlete (form 061 and form 062) and the score obtained on the differentiated score. Department of physical education and exercise therapy National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya is working on optimizing the educational process in order to prepare qualified doctors. The teaching staff from year to year updates the program material, which provides a high practical and theoretical level of our medical students.

Implementation of European Border Guards’ Common Educational Standards in Ukraine: Comparative Analysis

The paper reports on the results of implementation of European Union (EU) Common Border Guards’ (BG) training standards in Ukraine and presents the outcomes of the conducted comparative analysis of the EU and Ukrainian BG training systems. The research is aimed at analyzing the level of the Ukrainian BGs interoperability according to the European BGs’ training standards, namely - the Common Core Curriculum (CCC) for BGs’ training elaborated by the national BG Authorities under supervision of FRONTEX Agency. The obtained results provide information on the current state of the CCC implementation in the Ukrainian BG Agency and outline solutions for further development of the EU BGs educational standards in Ukraine. The results of the study showed that Ukrainian BGs and their system of education and training correspond to the European professional requirements in this sphere and the Ukrainian BGs can participate in joint operations to protect different border sectors together with the counterparts from the EU Member States. The comparative analysis, which involved 24 educational departments of the Ukrainian BG Academy showed that the overall level of CCC implementation is 77,5%. Implementation process revealed the following advantages of using common European BG standards: common understanding between the BGs from different countries; harmonizing educational standards across Europe; developing job competencies; enhancing cooperation among BG Academies and units; promoting CCC for BG authorities. The results also showed challenges of this process, namely: there is still not full recognition by the decision makers; lack of the expertise regarding European educational standards implementation; not enough national multipliers; difference of the national education systems, short training period at the national BG Academies. The possible solutions for these issues were also outlined: organizing workshops to train the personnel, ensuring mutual support from other institutions; finding different sources to fund the implementation process; requesting other governmental bodies for assistance; training of involved personnel; senior management awareness raising; involving stakeholders for co-funding purposes.

ESP TEACHING STRATEGIES OF UKRAINIAN BORDER GUARDS TRAINING ON THE EXPERINCE OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

The study identifies the ESP teaching strategies of the personnel of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGSU) training in the framework of European language standards. According to the results of the needs analysis, the Ukrainian border guards require improving their professional foreign language competence based on the European educational standards and best practices. The main attention is paid to developing listening and speaking skills of border guards. The methodology of the course is aimed at forming the border guards’ foreign-language professional competency, which will facilitate their effective service in the state border protection units. The course program provides border guards with the opportunity to develop the language competence and strategies they need to effectively engage in situations of professional communication that they can have at the border, both while conducting border surveillance activities and border checks.

The professional training of a future biology teacher: basic theories of natural scientific discourse

The dynamic development of modern society dramatically changes the educational orientations and priorities. This is especially true of the higher education system, which must respond in a timely manner to the new challenges for the preparation of competitive future professionals. The renewal of the philosophy of school natural education, due to the need for its correlation with the current level of scientific knowledge, as well as with the realities of the modern world. In this connection, there is a problem of professional training of the future biology teacher of the new formation, oriented on innovative pedagogical activity. The recognition of the modern teacher as the subject of innovative changes defines new targets in his vocational training system. The problem of professional training of the future biology teacher does not lose its relevance. The new paradigm of science education necessitates constructive changes in the professional training of the future teachersubjectist. First of all, the process of becoming a future teacher should be professionally and pedagogically oriented. An important component of the professional development of a modern biology teacher is his personal qualities formed in the process of pedagogical training that determine the professional orientation of the future specialist. In this regard, the professional training of the future teacher of the natural sector should integrate in the content of higher education the idea of developing the creative potential of the student's personality, the recognition of students as subjects of the educational process. And the process itself, the formation of the professional competence of the future teacher, should be guided by modern natural science knowledge. The peculiarity of teaching biology in high and high school requires the modern teacher to have specific qualities, which in the conditions of the New Ukrainian School are of particular relevance. Among the most significant are the responsibility of the teacher for the results of his teaching activities. At present, the modern school is waiting for a teacher of a new formation, which is characterized by creative thinking, innovative pedagogical activity, the ability to self-reflection, which significantly expands its role functions. The development of new directions in the training of biology teachers objectively requires a rethinking of the content, forms and methods of pedagogical education, development of new approaches to teaching. In addition, the focus on European educational standards, necessitates the study of foreign teacher training experience in the context of innovation. Thus, the European vectors for the development of higher education in Ukraine necessitate changes in the methodological and psychological-pedagogical foundations of modern higher education of future biology teachers. It is the practice-oriented character of the pedagogical training of the future teacher that will provide the updating of the content of the system of vocational training of future teachers, which will significantly increase its competitiveness.

The actual experience of autonomous learning methods in a technical higher education institution

The article deals with autonomous learning conception which is of high priority in pedagogic science. This theory has passed a rather long evolution, however at present interest in autonomous learning is sweepingly growing and that is stipulated by several reasons – transition to European educational standards, class hours’ reduction, graduates’ competitiveness in job market, life-long learning conception. Special attention is paid to different methods of foreign language autonomous learning that proved to be effective in technical university – making use of electronic information-educational environment "Boomerang", debates, defence of Master thesis in two languages, taking part of technical students’ reports at linguistic conferences. The importance of academic achievement monitoring in autonomous learning is also mentioned. In conclusion it is underlined that autonomous learning does not depreciate the teacher’s role in educational process but the pedagogue’s functions themselves definitely change.

Methodological and organizational aspects of microbiology teaching in dental faculty of national medical university

An important task today is to bring the content of typical and working educational programs, as well as teaching methods to European educational standards for the optimization of the quality of teaching for the successful training of future dentists. The purpose of the work is to consider the methodological aspects of teaching microbiology and the peculiarities of student knowledge control at the Faculty of Dentistry of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University (DHLNMU). The Department of Microbiology of DHLNMU educational process is carried out under the new curriculum by training the level II specialists. The maximum pedagogical skill of the faculty members of the department is used to create the motivation for studying the discipline “Microbiology, virology and immunology, including microbiology of the oral cavity” and the formation of clinical thinking of students-dentists. In particular, this is achieved through constant emphasis on professional orientation filed on lectures and practical training information, program updates by modern scientific material, facts, using innovative technologies. Achieving these goals is also carried out by independent research work of students. There was created a textbook for students of the Faculty of Dentistry, in which a lot of emphasis was placed on the professional orientation of the outlined teaching material. In particular, a number of parts are devoted to the study of individual representatives of the microflora of the mouth in norm and in pathology, as well as microbiocenosis of the oral cavity in general. In order to optimize the preparation of students, the Web-portal of the University contains working curricula, multimedia presentation of lectures, methodical recommendations for practical classes and independent work with examples of test tasks, examples of situational tasks to each topic in particular. The bases of test tasks for preparation for the final knowledge control are also presented. For foreign students, the teaching staff of the department developed methodological materials in English as well as workbooks, which helps in preparation for practical classes, during practical classes, as well as facilitates the independent study of a number of topics provided by the working curriculum. A collection of test tasks for the preparation of English-speaking students for the “Krok-1” licensed exam has been published. Assessment of knowledge is carried out by the ECTS. The exam includes the control of acquiring practical skills, test tasks, descriptive theoretical questions and situational tasks. The Department of Microbiology of DHLNMU is constantly working on providing the optimal organization of the educational process with the goal of training skilled dentists. Teaching staff constantly improves ensure that the students thorough fundamental knowledge to be useful for their future medical practice.

ACTIVATION OF ACADEMIC MOBILITY OF STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AS A MEANS OF ENHANCING THEIR COMPETITIVENESS: HOME AND GREEK EXPERIENCE

The article is devoted to the coverage of home and Greek experience in providing the academic mobility of students of higher education institutions. It’s found out that several factors contributed to its development in Ukraine, such as: improving the legislative base, signing an agreement on a visa-free regime with Ukraine, improving and applying the mutual recognition procedure for education documents, and Ukraine's accession to the Erasmus + program. It has been stated that the following negative internal processes hinder the activation of academic mobility: the country economic characteristics (the difference between the standard of living in Ukraine and the countries of the European Union), the quality and cost of studying and living, the availability of household services, compliance with European educational standards, insufficient level of foreign language skills, lack of information students get concerning exchange programs, etc. The peculiarities of the realization of the right of Greek universities students to academic mobility are analyzed basing on the example of law faculties of Democritus University of Thrace and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. It has been established that students of Greek universities can take part in the following programs: for studying in foreign partner universities; for participating in various types of practical programs in foreign partner universities. The procedure of students’ participation in practical programs is described in detail, namely the length of practical training, the categories of people who can participate in the relevant programs, the list of documents to be submitted for participation in the program, the criteria for selecting applicants, the size of the scholarship are found out. The emphasis is on the important innovation of relevant programs, which consists in the fact that Erasmus + provides students with free language Internet-support in the study of the appropriate foreign language before and during their stay abroad. The article analyzes the peculiarities of the organization of the master's degree programs in Greek universities together with foreign universities giving the identic diploma of a master's degree. In particular, the master’s program “Specialized Public Law”, organized by the legal department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens together with the University of Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV (France), is described. Taking into account the experience of the Greek universities, the range of issues that need to be resolved in the national system of higher education is highlighted. These include improving of state financing of exchange programs; comprehensive informing of students about such programs; organization of joint master’s degree programs of home and foreign universities; increasing the level of foreign language communicative competence of students.