Abstract. This article highlights the relevance and benefits of implementing projects through the public-private partnership model in the field of higher education. Public-private partnership ensures the cooperation of the public and private sectors in the development of the higher education system, creates opportunities such as diversification of financial resources, attraction of innovations, and improvement of the quality of education. The article analyzes the mechanisms of formation of public-private partnership, international experience and projects implemented in the case of Uzbekistan. In the conclusion, it is emphasized that the public-private partnership model is important in the modernization of the education system.