Abstract
<jats:p>This article examines the quality of higher education as its develops within the Bologna Process. Today, quality assurance has become more robust thanks to the experience universities have gained in accreditation and rankings. However, new challenges of the 21st century, such as digitalization (including online learning), AI, bots, machine learning, and more, are forcing education to transform and redesign the learning process. This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the transformation of the higher education quality assurance system in the context of digitalization and global sustainability. It explores the theoretical and methodological foundations of quality, analyzes international ESG standards, digital monitoring tools, and internal and external quality control mechanisms, and substantiates the need to transition to a predictive and strategic quality management model. An expanded institutional quality assurance model focused on university sustainable development is proposed. In this article, we discuss how universities can ensure sustainability and quality management in education while facing these challenges and continuing to improve. The analysis of quality requirements and new paradigms of higher education, the impact of new developments on quality, and ongoing convergence in the process of globalization are also considered.</jats:p>