Abstract: The article offers an analysis of the influence of globalization on the national security state in the field of higher education.  The author provides characteristics of the general trends in higher education , which are related to globalization. The key issues that are addressed jointly facilitate the process of globalization and the development of education, the value of export of educational services, and their inclusion is the priority sphere of public policy. The author discusses the need for integration in the globalization era. The author generalizes challenges of globalization facing higher education. Then the author analyzes the threats and challenges to the national security of the state in the field of higher education in the globalization process.

Keywords: globalization, higher education, national interest, integration, competition, migration