Introduction. Modern socio-economic and political conditions of our country’s development determine the course towards technological leadership and sovereignty. As a result, there is a pressing need to modernise personnel training, including civil servants in the higher education system.
Aim. Definition of the scientific and methodological foundations for goal-setting and planning of educational activities in the civil servants training process at the university level.
Methods. The methods of generalising analysis of the scientific sources content on approaches to goal-setting and planning of educational activities in professional education were used.
Results. Information on various approaches to goal-setting and planning of educational activities at university is systematised, key theses of the concept of goal-setting and planning of educational activities in the civil servants’ training process, the necessary conditions for its implementation, and potential risks and ways to minimise them are presented.
Scientific novelty. The multi-level nature of educational goal-setting and planning of the civil servants training process is revealed, the structure of the university graduate competency model in the field of state civil service is presented, the need for designing networking and law-making model of the educational process is substantiated.
Practical significance. The risks of implementing the goal-setting and planning of educational activities concept of the civil servants training process and possible ways to minimise them are identified