The author considers the education as a factor of changes in society in terms of deepening globalization processes. The article provides a characteristics of the internationalization of higher education, sets the strategic aim of the development of universities and national governments in the context of the internationalization of higher education. The research determines the focus of education policy lines implemented by the countries under currently existing conditions; analyzes the dynamics of students’ academis mobility, its quantitative changes and qualitative features. The author describes the features of integration of Ukrainian universities in the world and european educational and academic space.