In this article, the author considers the formation of value orientations of students in higher education institution. According to the author, the values of students are formed under the influence of the social environment. Identifying the relationship between value orientations of students, their individual psychological characteristics, individual creativity, and active engagement in the surrounding world is shown through experimentation. In fact, in the article based on methods M. Rokich "Value orientation", S.S. Bubnov "Diagnostics of real structure of value orientations" and R. Cattell "16 factors, exploring personality characteristics of the" analyzing the content of the process of professional adaptation of students identified significant value orientations.The article presents there sultsof research.