Modern society unanimously recognizes the importance of education for the constructive socio-economic development of the global economy and adopts humanistic principles for building social interaction both at the state and interstate levels. The study aims at analyzing the main directions of transforming the system of higher engineering education with due regard to the actual needs of the labor market caused by the digitalization of the economy, as well as changes in the content and methodology of implementing the main socially significant processes that ensure the vital activities of modern society.