The essence, structure and functions of the communicative culture of the individual are revealed; their relationship in the context of communication and future professional activity is analyzed.
The role of self-education in forming the communicative culture of the future specialist is characterized; it is noted that self-education is an active subjective activity of the applicant for higher technical education, focused on professional self-improvement and self-development. The self-educational activity is defined as a motivator and regulator in forming communicative culture.
The features of the formation of the communicative culture of future engineers are outlined and analyzed. In particular, the specifics of forming the communicative culture of applicants for higher technical education, determined by adolescence, student social group and educational environment of higher technical education institution, are emphasized.