Introduction. The study reveals the tendencies of reforming the economic, cultural, educational space, which characterize the transition from the industrial to the post-industrial stage of the development of society, and the technogenic nature of modernization is aimed at improving the quality of professional training of university students. The national projects currently being implemented contribute to more efficient use in the university environment of progressive models and tools for managing the quality of the education system, educational programs implemented with the direct participation of consumers of educational services and all interested par-ties. The purpose of the research is the study, comparative analysis of models and tools of education quality ma-nagement. Materials and methods of research. Methodological scientific literature in the field of theory and practice of education quality management, special literature revealing the problems of introducing national quality standards into the educational process of universities served as materials and methods of research. Comparative analysis and generalization of existing Russian and foreign models and quality management tools contribute to the systematization of practical experience of increasing efficiency in the professional training of students of a modern university. It is shown that one of the main goals of the educational activities of an educa-tional organization is satisfaction with the quality of educational services on the part of consumers, buyers and interested parties. The tools for achieving the goal are a set of measures to purposefully improve the perfor-mance of an educational organization. The most widely used methods and models in modern Russian and for-eign practice that provide quality management of education are considered. Therefore, for more flexible adap-tation to emerging threats of the external environment of an educational organization, setting up a quality management system should use the potential of the internal environment.