Abstract
This paper is dedicated to the problem of formation of meaning-existential strategies in the process of education in a system of higher educational institutions.We examined the interconnection between formation of meaning- existential strategy,life awareness and locus of control,we propose here various differences between students of technical and philological specialties are to be revealed. The purpose of present research was to study the meaning – life orientations (i.e. goals of life, saturation of life and satisfaction with self – actualization) in students of technical and philological specialties along with dynamics of subjective control level indices. The results of study have shown that the emotional intelligence has effect on cognitive activity of students. High level of emotional intelligence development provides internal regulation of one's own emotions. However,modern high education system – which is aimed at the development of academic intelligence – does not give due consideration to development of emotional sphere of perspective specialists. Generalization of examined materials substantiates the actuality of the problem of formation of meaning-existential strategies of students under conditions of educational process, thus suggesting the necessity of not only analyzing related scientific research, but also implementation of their results into practice on an operational basis.