The main trends in modern society is the development of information computer technologies (ICT), communication channels, information medium, exchange of information, integration of knowledge and technology, increasing the number of open innovation, transition to new forms and methods of organizational activities. These lead to the next evolutionary stage, which transforms the information society into the smart society. In the era of the information society, the most competitive universities will be those which will be able to implement the idea of creating a smart-university. They may form the basis for the implementation of smart-society, smart-economy and smart-education in Russia.