Definition of the concept and the basic functions of education. Education as the basis, mechanism and result of culture, "the phenomenon of culture", which sets the world outlook of society. The problem of student selfidentification. The analysis of the current sphere of education, the ideas about the essential needs of a person raises a number of very important questions. One of them is the motivation, the degree of significance of knowledge as a value among modern students. The alienatedforms of cognition that take place in modern education andfocus on external aspects (assessments, diplomas) are expressed in deontologization of meaning and generate social disadaptation, deprofessionalization. It is required at the level of the institute of education to develop and apply technologies of influence on the process of correcting the world outlook positions of modern students. Leisure is an element of lifestyle and performs the functions of rest (recreation), entertainment, communication, personal development. The University, by virtue of its educational mission, is engaged in the organization of leisure of students, it is those forms that reflect the specifics of the student subculture. One of these forms may be the work on a permanent basis of the center of sports and mass and health work of the Central Committee and the University, the basis of which can be sports clubs and places for sports. The centre of mass sports and recreational work (CSM and OR) - Association of students involved in various sports clubs, festivals, and competitions, various areas of cultural and recreational activities and educational projects under the guidance of specialists and teachers. In sports clubs, clubs and CSM OR students improve and gain knowledge in those areas of sports and creative activities, which Express their desires. The purpose of CSM and OR is to increase the importance of a healthy lifestyle at the University, the organization of mass and sports activities; to unite and stimulate students who want to gain skills in certain areas of activity, and to attract the most active students to participate in University and inter-University activities.