The Digitization of the Russian Higher Education

Today the digital economy is a system of economic, social and cultural relations based on the use of digital information and communication technologies. Russia has created the Digital economy program, which is aimed at introducing digital technologies in all spheres of life: in the economy, in business, in public administration, in the social sphere and in the municipal economy. The paper investigates the features of digitization in the Russian education sector and education system of foreign countries. Such changes in the country are quite real, but the rapid development of the digital economy in the Russian education today is hampered by new challenges and threats. In order to overcome the obstacles to the development of digital in the in the Russian education sector, universities should join forces with the state, research centers and other organizations, whose activities are aimed at accelerating the commercial development of innovative technologies in the education sphere. The systematization of all aspects of the economy is an important step towards the conscious growth and innovative development of the country. The digitization of the Russian education is the most actual direction of development today.