Integration of Higher Education in the EAEU Region as a Resource for the Competitiveness of the Association

The article is devoted to the analysis of the integration of higher education in the EAEU region as a resource for the competitiveness of the association. The main aspects of such integration are considered, such as: unification of educational standards, mobility of students and teachers, joint scientific research, training for the digital economy, and international recognition of Russian universities. In the framework of this article, it was found that, despite the recommendations for the development of cooperation formulated in the documents of the EAEU countries and the steps actually taken to implement them, cooperation in the field of higher education does not yet meet the requirements of integration and is complicated by a number of obstacles that limit the activities and initiatives of educational institu-tions. The main problems in this area have been identified: inconsistency of educational standards, limited mobility of students and teachers, insufficient funding for scientific research, low level of digitalization of the educational process, insufficiently developed coordination mechanisms. To address these problems, measures have been proposed to ad-dress them, namely: standardization of educational programs, development of academic mobility mechanisms, increased funding for scientific research, digital transformation of education, and strengthening institutional ties.