The social problems of protecting the health of students are associated with the organization of an accessible educational environment in universities and the concept of disease prevention. Great importance is attached to the influence of traditional factors on health: smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity and overweight. It is quite difficult to assess the role played by secondary factors in maintaining health: stress resistance, sleep quality, full-time or part-time education. The purpose of the study was to conduct a comparative assessment of the prevalence of factors in the formation of commitment to health-building behavior among students of an engineering and technical university in indifferent groups. Materials and research methods: the process of self-assessment of health included a biographical research method, a block of sociological testing, a questionnaire, and an assessment of the quality of life. When describing the results of the study, the form of education and belonging to persons with disabilities are not mentioned. The students were divided into 3 groups depending on the state of health and the form of education. The hypothesis of the study was that they assumed a high correlation of behavioral risk factors in part-time students with a low level of stress resistance and a lower quality of life. We expected to receive information about the low quality of life in people with disabilities. During the study, the hypothesis was not confirmed. A high social status was determined for all respondents: the provision of separate housing, a living wage for one family member above the average, complete families. In both groups, full-time students have an equal attitude to personal health resources and a high level of stress. An analysis of behavioral factors of harm to health showed a significantly higher prevalence of smoking and a tolerant attitude to alcohol, high working capacity during the day and resistance to workload stress among students of distance learning. This fact caused difficulties in interpreting the relationship between traditional factors of harm to health and high indicators of the quality of life among working students. We noted general trends towards a decrease in smoking. All students showed a tendency to low reflection and understanding of lifestyle, which is confirmed by the biographical method of research and interviews.

Ideas about the quality of life develop in accordance with the tasks of research practice, and there is no unambiguous interpretation of this phenomenon. In medicine, clinical studies on patients’ quality of life are widely represented. However, the question of the quality of life in young healthy respondents remains open and relevant. The purpose of this research was to study the quality of life of healthy male and female students of a technical college. Materials and methods. The study involved 68 female and 55 male subjects studying at the Multidisciplinary College, Industrial University of Tyumen. Their quality of life was assessed according to the processed results of the SF-36 questionnaire. Results. In all groups of subjects, physical functioning had the highest score among other physical indicators of the quality of life. No significant gender-related differences were revealed. The rest of the indicators were 15–26 % lower compared with the maximum score. With regard to mental health indicators, social functioning had the highest score, although it was 19 % lower than the maximum score; the other indicators were 21–31 % lower as well. The study revealed age-related changes in quality-of-life indicators of students. At the moment, there is no information available on the reasons why at 18 years of age all the scores decrease, with the exception of role functioning. This remains to be clarified in the longitudinal study that is now being conducted at the university. Based on the survey data, we point out several reasons behind the reduction in students’ adaptive capabilities: imbalanced diet, positive attitude towards alcohol, and positive attitude towards smoking. Only 11 female and 2 male respondents maintain a healthy lifestyle; the majority of the subjects tend to decrease their motor activity during the academic year.

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