Attention is focused on the importance of the use of smart technologies in the training of specialists in institutions of higher education. From the perspective of the educational system, smart society and smart education are presented, which are included in the content of a new type of education, in which the use of smart information technologies is mandatory. The main task of the educational space for smart education is written down - creating a basis for the possibility of realizing the intellectual and creative potential of education seekers. New opportunities for the education system created by smart technologies are described. The advantages of smart technologies and the features of their application in the educational process are listed. The main principles of smart education are highlighted and the components of smart education are listed. Online platforms, online services, portals, and applications, which are presented as smart technology tools within the scope of the study, were identified and divided into the groups of smart store, smart interaction, smart response, and smart trainer.

the article reveals the formation of professional and general ethics in future professionals; the need to maintain the mental health of students is emphasized; introduction of technologies for creative transformation and modernization of modern higher education of students; development of general ethics to form the basis of professional ethics. The essence of the technology of formation of competencies of general and professional ethics in future teachers is revealed.

The study is devoted to such topical issues in the theory and methodology of education and pedagogy of higher education as the training of future leaders, namely the formation and development of leadership qualities of students in technical universities. On the topic of the study, the authors analyzed the literature of leading scientists in the field of philosophy, psychology and pedagogy, identified features of the formation of leadership in the student environment. The study reveals the seven most important criteria that form the core of the personality of the future specialist leader. The use of these seven criteria of personality development of the future specialist in technical universities requires a combination and adaptation of traditional approaches to education and the latest pedagogical technologies. This is aimed not just at introducing certain forms and methods of work into the educational process, but at creating a specially organized professional environment in which future professionals have opportunities for professional and personal growth through conscious change and transformation of both the environment and themselves. In the process of personal change, the student's historical "I" is as close as possible to his logical "I" and is held by the latter with the help of Onto In-Se. This is how the future specialist acquires leadership qualities, first of all: cognitive, communicative, organizational, moral and volitional and reflexive skills. It is established that through the development of conceptual and creative thinking of the student it is possible to influence the formation of his critical "I" as a necessary attribute of leadership: the ability to listen and hear, understand and act.