The role of the classical universities as the base for national research universities is discussed using the example of the State University of Nizhny Novgorod. The authors analyses the integration process of university with academic institutes and industry, and the influence of formal accredited activities in university. Some criteria of selection of national research universities are represented.

In article the basic criteria with which should satisfy Research University are determined. One of the major tasks of Research University will consist in development of mechanisms and infrastructures contractual and integration of scientific - educational activity with branch and academic scientific research institutes.
Influence of national, the major element of national innovative system, on social and economic development of region, profile industries and systems of vocational training is considered.
The list of parameters of an on which the competitive offer of the high school applying for the status research should be based is resulted. System effects and expected results of realization of the program of creation of national Research Universities are designated.

The world experience of research universities formation and development is analyzed. The criteria and role of research universities in USA and European Higher Education systems are discussed. The experience of categorizing higher education institutions in Russia and research university tasks, characteristics and criteria are considered. The concepts of innovative and research universities that have been already used by Tomsk universities (TPU and TSU) are presented. Possible pathways of formation and development of research universities in Russia are discussed. The focus is made on the idea of leading universities consotria creation that is successfully implemented abroad.

The article is discussed about risks and problems, impeding the modernization process of higher professional education in Russia by example of realization the Program of development in South Federal University. On the base of performing analysis the author presents the line of principle approaches to identify the place and the role of federal ad national research universities and to modernize higher education system in Russia.

Main models of educational governance organizing in developed countries are analyzed. Approaches to governance models comparison, their peculiarities and characteristics are considered. Special attention is given to perspectives of usage of these models and problems of their introduction into practice.

In the article there is given a best practice overview of Technology Entrepreneurship academic programs realized by universities. The analysis is based on the findings of Innovative Technology Entrepreneurship at University: Features of Teaching and Learning research project (Kazan State University, 2008). The outcomes may be of interest to Russian universities planning the development of academic programs for training the next generation of professionals in science-oriented innovative business.

Expansion of the market of educational services and presence of a considerable quantity of the state and not state high schools having an identical profile, cause in the consumer a legitimate interest in a choice of the best. Proper response of scientifically-educational community that has given rise to development to a new direction in estimated activity - public and professional accreditation has followed. On a plan of organizers of a new kind accreditation, increase of risks for consumers of educational services it is compensated the guarantees, giving regulating bodies, in the person Rosobrnadzor and National Accreditation Agency of Russia, and not state accreditation the agencies. The last, in turn, guarantee to high schools that about process carrying out of socially-professional accreditation will help them to improve the quality so, quality of formation should raise steadily.

The article reveals the contents of the activities of student self-government institution, showing its relationship to educational and scientific activities, attention to forms, methods and structure. The state of the modern model of student self-government and its essential features in Mordovian State University named after N.P. Ogareva.
Student self-government is a key element in managing extra-curricular activity of the university. The existence of structures of student self-government, with rights and responsibilities for the work that allows you to meet the challenges of extra-curricular activities most effectively. From the rational organization and efficient management of the domain of higher education depends the formation and development of qualities that help students adjust to the professional activities, both inside and outside the university and meet the contemporary socio-economic requirements.

Strategic management of the university is impossible without registering process of both internal and external factors. An effective means of infotainment of the Decision Support System are the Business Intelligence technologies. The article undercovers experience of practical application of the BI technologies in Moscow Aviation Institute.

The research of the image of ideal university of loyal and non-loyal consumers of educational services showed that loyal consumers have the integrated image of the university whereas non-loyal ones don't have this image.
The results of the research show the necessity of changing the university branding programme and open its new contents. We asked the graduates and their parents as the consumers of the educational services. The respondents of four universities of Naberezhnie Chelny were involved. For processing and interpretation of the results we used the method of component analysis.