The article considers the quality of education in universities in the existing systems for assessing their activities, the advantages and disadvantages of each. Particular attention is paid to the rating system, which has gained great popularity in the last decade. The authors consider the criteria for evaluating the activities of universities by leading rating agencies of the world. Special attention is paid to domestic rating systems of universities and, in particular, to the National aggregate rating, which allows minimizing the shortcomings of individual ratings. The article examines the issues of rating universities of art, since the criteria that have developed today do not allow to adequately assess the quality of educational services provided by this category of educational institutions. In matters of the formation of assessment mechanisms, the positions of universities of various directions are voiced: choreography, theater and cinema, art and music. Understanding the difficulty in finding a “common denominator” in the criteria and categories that could be put forward by art universities, the authors examine in detail the rating positions proposed by the Moscow Conservatory at the international conference “Universities of the Arts in the International Space” organized by the Department of Science and Education of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation at the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music. The article substantiates in detail the methodology for assessing the quality of education of musical universities proposed by the Moscow Conservatory, which is based on the account of all the components of its educational activities.
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