This article is devoted to the organization of active learning of students of higher educational institutions. The authors used works by T. I. Iliin, G. M. Kodzhaspirova, I. Ia. Lerner, I. F. Kharlamov and other researchers to clarify the concept of “active learning of university students”, analyzed its components, and systematized its domestic and foreign organization experience. The article also presents the author’s set of pedagogical conditions, which contributes to the organization of active learning for university students. This set includes the following components: correction of students' set of values in the educational process of the university; the development of cognitive activity of students and the construction of the educational process at the university, subject to the requirements of a person-centered approach.