Formation of a cluster education system in Russian Federation: problems and prospects

The article is devoted to the problem of the formation of a cluster system in the field of Russian education. The purpose of the article is to consider the problem of modernizing the education system in Russia from the point of view of a cluster approach to managing economic integration by industry specialization. In substantiating the theoretical principles and conclusions of the study, general scientific and special methodological approaches were used: a systematic approach, methods of expert and logical analysis. The author used the content analysis of domestic and foreign historiography on the studied issues as well as statistical data analysis methods. The empirical information base is represented by statistical data from the European Cluster Observatory and materials from the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation. The ambiguous attitude to the problem of creating economic clusters that exist today in Russian scientific community requires a deep study of scientific approaches to this economic phenomenon in foreign countries within the framework of a new concept of competitiveness, considering the possibility of creating qualitatively new integrated structures in the field of education aimed at implementing an innovative investment component economic policy and the practical integration of the education system in cluster programs. Despite the fact that cluster policy has been carried out with respect to the leading sectors of the Russian economy for a long time, in the sphere of education, the clustering processes have not been practically identified. The author of the study concludes that it is the cluster approach to the economic management of the education sector that makes it possible to increase the level of competitiveness of Russian educational institutions, and also helps to form new clusters of economic development on their basis.