The article deals with one of the theoretical aspects of modular training - its principles. The analysis of different pedagogic approaches to principles of modular education in higher education is under consideration. The grounds for the choice of certain principles of modular training suggested by the scientists of various pedagogical schools and directions are given and substantiated. The authors prove the choice of the particular structure of principles of modular training and analyze its advantages favorable for optimization of the educational process in higher school.

The article deals with the role of Russian education in training of national personnel for foreign countries, the most important pedagogical issues of studying the process of inculturation of students in Russian universities regarding the interpretation of the concept of “inculturation” in the context of higher education, its understanding, setting boundaries and correlation with the identical concepts “socialization”, “enculturate”, “acculturation”, “assimilation”; with the development of the project characteristics of the formation of vocational inculturation for international students; the mechanisms and ways of managing this process.