The article describes the basic trends of IT management in the educational process of higher educational institutions. The problem of transition to a new model of education quality, determined by the State Program of Education development of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2016-2019, causes a broader implementation of information technologies in the process of education. The paper presents the main reasons according to which educational institutions use information systems, as well as the possibility of the results of the introduction of information technologies. These technologies expand the boundaries of information and educational space for more efficient management of the educational process. Summarizing the results of the researches in this field the author identified and analyzed the subsystems of the university management.