When examining the conditions of modernity and the specifics of the formation and regulation of social relations, including educational ones, one should establish that they are completely focused on global informatisation and development. The relevance of studying the issue of communicative competence formation in a multimedia educational environment is quite high today, as it meets the challenges of modern society. The purpose of this study is to analyse the process of development and consolidation of communicative competence in the context of trilingual higher education, by using the basics and advantages of multimedia educational environment. The research adopted a functional and systematic methodological approach to examine the role of multimedia educational environments in trilingual higher education communicative competence, progressing through three detailed stages and drawing from a comprehensive literature review sourced from databases like Google Scholar and Scopus. Key methodologies included analysis, synthesis, and comparison, with findings divided into theoretical and practical insights, culminating in conclusions and future research directions. Accordingly, the main general theoretical issues and concepts are revealed in the theoretical part and their specific features are established. The practical part concretises the above-mentioned aspects, according to the purpose of the study. The practical value of this study lies in the fact that it can be used both in the context of methodological material, for curriculum development, and as a primary source for scientific work.