Integral Assessment of the Level of Innovation of Higher Education Institutions in the Southern Region of Ukraine

The article assesses the level of innovation of higher education institutions in the Southern region of Ukraine using integral indices that characterize various aspects of the institution's internal potential and its use. A methodology for the integrated assessment of the level of innovation of HEIs has been developed and a hierarchical scheme for calculating the consolidated integrated index of innovation, which contains 13 blocks, has been considered. The identification of the obtained results regarding the level of innovation of HEIs of the Southern region has been considered using the evaluation scale of the level of innovation, which has four classes.