Sociocultural Constants of Higher Education

The article reveals the problem of the formation of cultural knowledge in the system of domestic university education. The article starts the analysis with the concept of "culture", which is basic in understanding the specific features of cultural education. The results of the analysis of the development of cultural science as an independent direction and program of higher professional education in the domestic system of university education are presented in the article. It has been proved that cultural science is a world view discipline that is focused on the formation of key parameters of a person's culture. In addition, the article reveals the sociocultural essence of university education in the 21st century. It has been proved that university education is one of the leading socio-cultural institutions of contemporary society. The article describes the processes of formation and development of university education; processes of changing university models under the influence of the social environment; the foundations of a modern university in the global information society; trends in the development of university education in modern sociocultural conditions. The authors have identified specific features of modern Russian university education.