The Use of Digital Technologies in the Activities of Higher Educational Institutions is the Basis of the Industrial Future of the Territories

This article shows that in the modern period, the development of the regional economy is unthinkable without the training of highly qualified personnel. Higher education institutions, which in the modern period are based on the use of digital technological solutions, are of great importance in the training of highly qualified specialists. In this article, the authors present the experience of using digital technologies at the Ural State Economic University and Tashkent State Economic University. In particular, it is noted that digital technological solutions make the educational process more adaptive, complex and interesting. The use of a virtual environment provides students with tremendous opportunities for self-development and research activities. In addition, innovative technologies help students to participate in the scientific development of start-up projects together with students from other universities and practitioners. The purpose of this article is to study the main directions of modernization of the activities of higher educational institutions based on the optimal use of digital technologies to improve the quality of education and management processes in universities in order to prepare highly qualified specialists for industries and spheres of the economy and the qualitative development of the country's regions in the context of the digital transformation of the global economic system.