RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONALIZATION IN THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SPHERES

Abstract

The problem of internationalization of higher education is considered on the basis of a retrospective analysis of the problem. This process is inseparable from the process of globalization in various areas of human  activity. The evolution of the main trends in European education and the need to integrate national educational systems into the common-European educational environment is analyzed. The stages of the internationalization of higher education are singled out on the basis of common criteria: academic staff and students’ mobility, common academic language, the increase of the number of universities. The EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) program is considered as one of the results of the development of a single common European educational environment.