higher educational institutions

The article presents the results of analyzing the effect of external factors on the development and quality of higher education in Ukraine. Among them the authors differentiate quality secondary education, well organized vocational guidance at schools, effective system of selection and admission of school leavers, prediction of the need for certain specialties, providing autonomy for universities and effective work of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.

The article highlights and analyzes the architectural peculiarities of such a new type of buildings as theological-humanitarian higher educational institutions, distinguishes the major factors that influence their architectural and space planning organization, and outlines suggestions on the development of theological-humanitarian institutions architecture in Ukraine.