Evgeniya S. Timofeeva

the article highlights the main problems of modern post-industrial University education as an element of society and culture. Modern definitions of the University concepts are given, its increasing role in the formation of human capital in a society of high production and consumption is defined. The most dominant problems and ways to solve them are identified, namely: the topical issues of the learning process, the problems of the quality of education and commercialization of universities, the problems of unity and inseparability of education and culture.