The article is devoted to the study of the organization of volunteer activities in a pedagogical university as a socially significant phenomenon. The authors considered the content of the concepts “volunteer activity”, “educational space”. The features of the organization of volunteer activities in a pedagogical university are highlighted. It is determined that volunteering is one of the important factors in the formation of the civil and personal position of students in today’s complex world. The development of the volunteer movement, the process of its institutionalization, shows its scale, focus on various spheres of human life, and is of great interest for research. The system of organizing volunteer activities in a pedagogical university has a number of features related to interpersonal communication of student youth, professional orientation and preparation for independent living. Volunteer activity carried out at the Pedagogical University acts as a kind of connecting link between theory and practice, since the inclusion of future teachers in it contributes to the development of an active professional position and the development of professional values in practice. The authors conducted a survey of 3-4 year students in the amount of 120 people from February 5, 2022 to March 10, 2022 in order to study the motivation and involvement of young people in voluntary work in the name of the common good. The accumulation and analysis of the data obtained led to the conclusion that volunteering is attractive to students, as it allows solving certain social issues.