Professional development of future engineers in the higher educational institution training conditions: the social aspect

The article deals with the actual problems of professional development of future engineers taking into account modern realities and trends in society. The problem of professional development of specialists of the specified profile is designated in various foreshortenings - social, socially-psychological, socially-professional. On the basis of correlation of external and internal factors, the main contradictions of training of future engineers in the conditions of higher education are identified.