Creativity as a way of self-realization students

The article analyzes a broad range of scientific literature and numerous both fundamental and applied researches on issues of self-identity and creativity. Self-realization is characterized as a complex problem, which is the “intersection area” of various sciences: philosophy, sociology, psychology, pedagogy. Creativity is understood as a universal human feature that leads to all forms of expression. The author cites data of the pedagogical experiment showing the successful fulfillment of the university students in the extracurricular artistic activities, where formation of moral and ethical qualities takes place at the background of the development of the creative potential of each student.