The author of this paper considers an empirical study of students' life orientations and their interrelation with professional formation. The major objectives of the study are: to conduct the theoretical analysis of life orientations; to compose a block of psychodiagnostic techniques for studying life orientations among students of various programs of study;. The practical significance of the study consisted in compiling a block of psychodiagnostic techniques that can be used to diagnose both the life orientations of a person and the value-meaning sphere. Also, on the basis of the data obtained, it is possible to develop corrective support for life orientations and related individual-personal characteristics of the person