REGIONALLY DISTRIBUTED UNIVERSITY: THE CONCEPT AND THE EXPERIMENT
The concept for building a regional system of higher professional education based on the personnel, academic, pedagogical, material and technical potential of a large classical university is discussed. The university having a network of specific branches in the region ensures the quality of education, since the uniformity of the training process in the main institution and its branches is provided. The experience of the Nizhni Novgorod State University in establishing such a system is analysed.