Key competencies of university graduates to achieve sustainable development

Abstract

The number of studies devoted to the development of key competencies for sustainable development in higher education has been growing in recent years. The relevance of the topic of the formation of supra-professional competencies of future specialists with an emphasis on achieving sustainable development prompted this review study. The purpose of this study is to analyze approaches to terminology and the formation of a number of key competencies of university graduates in the field of sustainable development and to analyze thematic research trends in this area in 2017-2020. The results of this review form the basis for further discussion of approaches, tools and pedagogical technologies for the formation of university students' competencies in the field of sustainable development to meet the current and future needs of countries and society as a whole.