The problem of research of the levels of professionalism of the teacher of higher educational establishment is examined in the article. Different approachesto defining the levels of professionalism of the teacher of higher educational establishment arerevealed and analyzed. The professionalism of the teacher of higher education institution is not only the achievement of high professional results, but certainly the presence of psychological components – the inner relationship of a person to labor, the state of his mental qualities. Therefore, in the analysis of professionalism there are the two aspects: a) the state of the motivational sphere of professionalism of the teacher of higher education institution (what is the point in his life and professional activity of a teacher, what goals he/she seeks to achieve personally, how he/she is satisfied with his/her activity, motivation to different types of training, etc.); b) the operating status of the sphere of professional activity of the teacher (what techniques are used to reach the goal, what technologies are used, what resources– knowledge, mental operations, ability – are applied). Professionalism of the teacher of higher education institutions includes the following indicators of pedagogical skills: value approach to the design of learning content, interdisciplinary connections and practical significance of each theme; periodic updating of lecture courses and introduction of amendments and additions to the course work, practical tasks; the ability to interest the students, the need for constant search of new information on specific issues; development of special courses, especially for the optional intelligent choice; mapping of material at the lesson with the perspective plan of material study in the whole issue; anticipating possible deviations from the lesson plan and its reorientation in a situation; the ability to define the limits and conditions for the use of educational information, the appropriateness of other options, demonstration applied to each topic and, accordingly, the direction of cognitive activity of students; writing training manuals for some sections of the course or the whole course for which there is a deficiency or absence of the textbooks.