The purpose of the study described in the article is to determine the anthropological components that affect the quality of higher education. In the course of the study, a series of pedagogical experiments were organized in universities of medical, engineering, pedagogical profiles on the degree of manifestation of anthropological components in the classroom. The results of the study show that not only digital, but also traditional learning should be organized taking into account anthropological components (personal, empathic, reflective, cognitive, interactive, integrative, attractive, synergistic): only a person can educate a person, form a personality.