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Introduction. The classical model of higher education, with a class-based system, does not meet the challenges of modern reality. Discussions are currently underway on the need to transform the higher education system. Methodology. The purpose of this study, based on the identification of factors affecting the current state of higher education, is to determine the direction of transformation of the role of the teacher and, accordingly, what approaches and teaching methods are currently required. The study uses a systematic approach that makes it possible to study individual elements of the education system, their interrelation and mutual influence, changes in the higher education system as a whole and its individual elements under the influence of environmental challenges, resulting in the transformation of the system as a whole, as well as the adjustment of the norms and rules of the system, the role and functions of individual elements. Leading experts and analysts, using foresight, have analyzed the changes that are taking place and will take place in various professional fields, including education, and have presented the results of their research in the form of an Atlas of Future Professions. Discussion. In the context of the development of information technologies, information challenge, changes in teaching methods are needed, primarily in higher education. Based on the analysis of this Atlas, it is possible to draw conclusions which direction higher education will be transformed in, and how the educational process will change, what the guidelines in teaching methods will be. The article analyzes the changing role of the teacher in the educational process, the transformation in teaching methods, especially student-centered education and their significance in the teaching process. Special attention is also paid to new approaches to the educational paradigm related to interdisciplinarity. Conclusion. Particular attention is paid to the interdisciplinary approach while teaching students of “Foreign Regional Studies” specialty, various approaches to explaining the concept of “interdisciplinarity” are proposed.