Physical education in the higher education system should be based on new teaching technologies, which will ensure the physical and psychophysiological readiness of students to fulfill their professional responsibilities. In the current conditions of scientific and technological progress, profiling physical education of students in higher education institutions of Ukraine becomes important. Preserving and promoting the health of the student youth, forming in it the readiness for professional activity, national – patriotic and cultural – spiritual education, the need for physical perfection and a healthy lifestyle is one of the tasks of physical education. At the same time, noting the scientific and practical interest in the problem of physical training of students, it can be noted that this trend in the system of physical education requires further study and improvement. Therefore, finding ways to improve the effectiveness of physical education with students in higher education institutions in Ukraine is one of the priority areas of scientific research in the field of physical education.