Abstract
Development of culture enriches humanity with new achievements. Because of this, the education obtained in the youth years is only a base, a foundation which requires ongoing professional development of the person. The culture of intellectual work of the future specialist is an important criterion of his/her professionalism, because, on one hand, it allows performing a productive professional activity and, on the other hand, initiates the development of the intellectual sphere and the culture of the colleagues who work side by side. Therefore, of a particular importance is the problem of updating and developing the culture of intellectual work of the student as a component of professional competence, which gets its specific content in the context of higher education. The topicality of this study is connected with the fact that, on one hand, it meets the pressing practical need of a high level of the intellectual work culture of specialists and, on the other hand, it helps identifying and structuring the scientific-theoretical framework of such activity. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s2p296