The introduction of distance learning raised questions of self-organization and self-discipline of the student, the desire and ability of the student to independently acquire knowledge, academic integrity of the student. The effectiveness of distance learning depends on the answers to these questions. Therefore, teachers need to analyze the level of self-preparation of each student and, if necessary, motivate them for intensive independent educational work. To obtain objective data on the readiness and attitude of students to distance learning, as well as in order to establish and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning as students see them, conducted a voluntary anonymous survey using a questionnaire developed by us. The survey was carried out among the students, who studied the discipline “Microbiology, Virology and Immunology” for one semester in the classroom, and the next semester studied remotely using the services of the Microsoft Office 365 platform. Indicators of representativeness of the sample: sample size — 24 respondents, which amounted to 54.5 % of students; the maximum error is 10 % with a probability of 0.90. When analyzing the answers to the questionnaires, we revealed the advantage of positive feedback from students on the introduced distance learning form. Among the positive aspects, students consider remote lecturing and access to lectures read on the MS Teams service of the Microsoft Office 365 platform. Among the disadvantages of distance learning, students especially note the long stay at the monitor and the lack of practical work, especially when studying the discipline “Microbiology, Virology and Immunology”.