Ontological modeling applied to problems of university educational process organization

Due to transition to a new generation of standards, the list of tasks associated with the planning and organization of educational process, structure and composition of the basic educational program is forming. The challenge of evaluation of conformity of the educational program requirements with educational and professional standards and consideration of current market's and students' needs is visible at the initial stage of planning the structure and composition of the educational process. The paper presents examples of ontological models for solving tasks of the university educational process, and description of their design. Two examples were reviewed: ontological modeling for planning educational process of high school and ontological modeling to describe the competencies of IT-specialists. The conclusion is made about the prospects of ontologies using for formalization such subject area as the organization of the educational process of the university.