Introduction. Considering the current trends in the development of the Russian state, which is taking place in unprecedented conditions of sanctions pressure and instability of the global economy, the need for the highest quality of state administration is becoming more urgent, which is directly determined by the quality of training of future employees of public authorities. These circumstances require the study of existing scientific approaches to the training of future specialists in the field of state and municipal administration.
Aim. Substantiation of the methodology and possibility of applying the fractal-existential approach to the organisation and implementation of educational activities for the training of future employees of public authorities in higher education.
Methods. The methodological basis of the study was general logical methods of scientific knowledge, methods of qualitative content analysis, methods of the fractal approach, existential analysis, and existential pedagogy.
Results. The foundations of a fractal-existential approach, presented in the form of a semantic core, principles, a personal-semantic and organisational fractal of educational activities for the training of future employees of public authorities.
Scientific novelty. The new methodology for training future specialists in the field of state and municipal management, based on the principles of existential pedagogy and the fractal essence of educational activity, is substantiated.
Practical significance. The results obtained can be used by universities as a methodology for organising educational activities in the higher education system for training future employees of public authorities.