The article actualizes the problem of training teachers of higher educational institutions of non-pedagogical
profile. The authors substantiate the role and significance of the psychological and pedagogical component in the
structure of their personality as an important condition for improving the quality of the educational process. The
main idea implemented in this work: the transition of higher education in Kazakhstan from an informative system
of education to a problem-based, creatively developing system without serious psychological and pedagogical
training of higher education teachers, without mastering the mechanisms of personal and professional growth is
impossible.
As a result of the analysis of foreign experience and literature sources, the authors conclude that it is
necessary to strengthen the psychological and pedagogical training of teachers of Kazakhstan higher school of
non-pedagogical profile through updating the content of advanced training courses for University teachers,
modernization of educational programs of postgraduate education. In this context, the authors consider the
introduction of an additional specialty "higher education Teacher", an assistant to a University teacher, to be a
promising direction.