摘要：Formation of a modern university as a driver of regional development is impossible without its participation in forming a territory’s intellectual potential, in particular, by its involvement into system of children’s additional education. This work is devoted to studying а university’s role in children’s additional education mechanisms development. Advantages of higher educational institutions in its implementation are shown. To illustrate the results of the study, the case of Don State Technical University, a Pillar University of the region, is presented. Role, structure and specificities of functioning of the Regional complex for gifted children and youth, which is created at the Pillar University, are shown.
