The article is devoted to the conceptual basis, experience and prospects of implementation of programs of the target magistracy by the Russian state professional pedagogical University (Yekaterinburg). The authors substantiates the preservation of the original purpose of the University for scientific, methodological and personnel support of the professionaleducation sector of the country at the same time with the expansion of interaction with the state authorities, local government, professional educational organizations as partners in the targeted training of undergraduates.

The authors presented the idea of creating a nationally-oriented educational environment as a combination of factors and conditions, aimed at developing the students the principles of a multicultural world by developing the capacity for interethnic and interreligious constructive interaction.