The article is dedicated to the problems of international educational standards. The areas in which at present at the national and international levels active work is underway on standardization and drawing up a unifi ed system of requirements are identifi ed. The defi nition of educational activity, which is understood as a purposeful activity involving a certain form of communication aimed at learning, is clarifi ed. The stages of development of standards of the Bologna process are allocated. In accordance with the main objectives and requirements of the Bologna process, the main standards and guidelines for assessing and ensuring the quality of higher education developed and published by ENQA are grouped into three groups: internal standards for ensuring the quality of education; standards for assessing the quality of the educational process by the external environment; standards for the activities of specialized agencies for assessing the quality of education. It covers major aspects of internal and external quality standards.