ИНОСТРАННЫЙ ЯЗЫК КАК ЧАСТЬ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ ПОДГОТОВКИ УДК 378.145.3 O.V. Sumtsova, National research Tomsk polytechnic university Professional English in Engineering Education National research Tomsk polytechnic university INTRODUCTION Modern specialists in the field of science, engineering and technology should possess absolutely new features and competences at the present time. <...> That is why perspective young engineers should have knowledge of at least one foreign language. <...> The English language has certainly the highest priority because it is the language of international communication in all respects. <...> Without doubt, mastering a professionally oriented foreign language communicative competence has recently become an integral part of engineering education in Russia. <...> And it is not surprising because our country is involved in international activities and for further collaboration it needs competent specialists possessing foreign languages. <...> Moreover, contemporary engineers do not only possess foreign languages: © Sumtsova O.V., 2016 86 they are also able to apply obtained knowledge in their professional activity. <...> The main purpose of this paper is to consider the prospects of the foreign language education at engineering universities, which could provide positive results in acquiring foreign languages in the future. <...> BACKGROUND The level of international activity and international cooperation for technical universities has changed considerably and at this stage there is a set of complex objectives which deal directly with communication skills, ability to work in team, personal and professional qualities that determine a level of research and teaching activities being realized on the assumption of a high level of foreign language communicative competence in the field of professional communication. <...> As a result, engineering universities have to solve one of the most important tasks related to modern professional education of future specialists in the area of science, engineering and LANGUAGE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING All-round development of a future engineer’s personality is possible only if the following principles of a professional organization and language training are fulfilled at engineering universities. <...> First of all, humanitarian and technical knowledge should be combined to ensure the harmonious development of future engineers by means of integrated professional training programmes and the organization of various events <...>