Rating system as an element of human resource management at tertiary level

The article describes the functioning of the rating system in the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and in a number of European countries such as Poland, Portugal, Spain, where rating systems have been developed taking into account regional and national characteristics of the traditions of higher education. The authors, relying on the materials of international forums on higher education, discovered a number of patterns that broaden the understanding of the rating and the peculiarities of its functioning in various educational centers of European countries, as well as in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The Lisbon strategy also continued deepening into the practice of focusing on the base knowledge economy, where a decisive place is given to optimizing the human resources of higher education institutions in training highly qualified specialists for such an economy.