ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY AS AN INSTITUTION OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE VOLGOGRAD AREA
The processes of globalization and innovation have a decisive impact on the change in the position of educational institutions in the world market. University transformed from an ordinary government agency in companies operating in the open market, which is continuously improving its organizational structure in the search for effective management decisions, which are also aimed at the development of innovative economy. The development of entrepreneurial universities focused on innovation is the driving force that will allow the region to move to an innovation economy.Objective emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurial universities as one of the institutions of the regional innovation economy.In this study, the following tasks are performed: the essence of the entrepreneurial university is revealed, the examples of entrepreneurial universities abroad and in the Russian Federation are given, the universities according to criteria «Innovation and Entrepreneurship» are ranked, the activity of Volgograd State Technical University is analyzed and the measures for the establishment of university as an entrepreneurial university are proposed. On the basis of the study it is concluded that the transition to an innovative regional economy and the development of new technologies is necessary to enhance the role of education and the quality of knowledge by creating a new type of university - enterprise university. In the Volgograd State Technical University, the ways to improve the internal structure and focus on innovation are pointed out. Consequently, the proposed activities will help the university to become one of the largest universities in the South Russian business, which will give impetus to the development of new technologies in the region and modernize its economy industries