the paper is devoted to the description of arrangements for practical training of students majoring in Program Track 21.03.01 Oil and Gas Engineering in Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Oktyabrsky branch. The paper includes information on objectives, tasks and procedure of the practical training, a list of primary professional skills mastered by the students, including the primary skills and experiences in scientific research in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education, Generation 3+. Arrangement of the practical training includes visiting leading enterprises of the oil-and-gas industry, training in specialized departments and training at a specialized Scientific Industrial Training Testing Ground SOLUNI. Experience is shared from arrangements for the practical training at the departments of Machinery and Equipment of Oil and Gas Fields and Oilfield Machinery and Equipment. Experience is shared from the work of USPTU branch in Oktyabrskoye, where students completed their practical training within the framework of academic mobility programs in Samara State Technical University, Almetyevsk State Oil Institute, Tyumen State Oil and Gas University. Recommendations are given aimed at improving efficiency of the educational process aimed at primary professional skills and experience.