Territorial branch of the university as a center for the development of classical education in small towns

The article discusses the specifics of the educational activities of the university the territorial branch in a small town as a center for the development of classical education. The place and role of universities in the development of small towns is being studied. Territorial branches of universities can act as a kind of “points of growth” of their development, performing important social tasks: raising the cultural and educational level of the population, training personnel, attracting socially active youth, preserving the cultural heritage of the city, etc. Also, such branches can create and maintain a kind of socio-psychological environment of the classical university with its values of scientific knowledge and intellectual creativity. Summing up the study, the authors offer their own options for improving the educational process in the territorial branches of universities.