In the article the problem of international cooperation in the higher education sphere is examined in 1990s, it is accented attention to the necessity of strengthening of this component as an important factor of integration of the national education system into global educational space and strengthening of it competitiveness at the market of educational services.
 An international component is analyzed in the activities of Ukrainian higher educational institutions, which has been rapidly developing since Ukraine gained independence. Especially noticeable was the rapprochement of Ukrainian higher education with European universities, international organizations, participation in the EU’s Tempus educational programs, UNESCO, and others.
 The international component in the activities of higher education in Ukraine in the 1990s. provided an opportunity to domestic universities to participate in mutually beneficial research projects with European partners, as well as to explore and creatively borrow the accumulated experience of organizing the educational process. It is pointed out to the minuses in the conduct of educational policy, namely, in the organization of the module-rating system of knowledge control, testing of graduates of schools, the transition to graduated training of students, etc.
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