In modern society there is a growing demand in high-quality specialists of engineering sphere as a result of science, technique and technology development. In this context a new concept of polytechnic education is important, in which there is a special significant place for the humanitarian segment. Mastering the above mentioned competences implies a high cultural and educational level of a future specialist of engineering sphere. The aim of this article is to study the modern condition of humanitarian subjects in a technical university and offer the ways of solving the existing problems by means of modeling the academic process in a new demanded context of a high school. The actuality of this article consists in an insufficient study of the humanitarian segment and a growing need in changing approaches to its studying in a polytechnic university.