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The article is devoted to methodological basics of control of the quality of art education, which are an important component of the quality management system of artistic education, aimed at training of a specialist artistic profile. The author considers the strategic goals of quality management of education at the University of artistic and creative profile, highlighting the preparation of competitive creative personality, the activities of which are directed towards service to self and society.

Introduction. One of the tasks of modern education is the formation of the competencies of the «Systemic and Critical Thinking» group. Theoretical analysis. The article reveals the meaning of the concept of critical thinking, highlights its components and substantiates the significance of the development of this thinking in the cadets of the preparatory course, since it is during this period that the skills of working with scientific literature written in Russian are laid. Empirical analysis.