The article deals with the issues of modernization of institutions of higher professional education. The main ways of modernization are such as: internationalization of education, innovation in the management of educational activities; physical fitness in educational activities. The sphere of education is a priority direction of the systemic state policy. Successful modernization of higher professional education as a key factor in the country's development is capable of providing a comprehensive renewal of all spheres of society. Since the interests of society and the state in the field of education do not always coincide with the sectoral interests of the education system itself, they are active subjects of educational policy. But, do not forget that physical training improves motor skills, fosters the necessary moral and volitional qualities, increases the body's resistance to the negative effects of special conditions of professional activity in all spheres of education.