Future of the university: ontological approach. Part 1: history, forecast, models

Ontology of designing as a scientific direction is based on the results of project activities in various fields. This article presents a research of the entities of the "university" domain. It briefly shows the history of formation and development of the university as an important element of social and state system of civilization. The work identifies the properties and relations between the investigated entities. The analysis of the expert assessment of the future forms of higher education in Russia as well as the analysis of models and strategies of the university development are presented. Some examples of project-based education development in the higher education institutions of Russia are given. The research provides the estimation of the virtual university of the future concept realization.