摘要:Purposes of the work: 1) to reveal the educational potential of technical university educational space; 2) to consider the transfer mechanisms of cultural and historical experience from the point of view of the system-activity approach. Methodology. The educational potential of a technical university is revealed with the help of the methodological tools of social and psycho-pedagogical disciplines. Results. The article substantiates the need to present new requirements for the formation of an upbringing educational environment in a higher educational institution. The importance of creating favorable psychological and pedagogical conditions in the educational space of the university, influencing the creation of a model of a spiritual and moral personality. Reconstruction of such a model is possible with the interaction of the main psychological and physiological factors: intellectual, emotional-volitional, efficient-practical. Conclusions. Recommendations. The fundamental factor in the development of the emotional sphere of a modern student is upbringing activity of an educational institution, one of the main tasks of which is the formation of a system of continuous spiritual and moral development of the individual. The implementation of the main social functions within the framework of the system-activity approach in teaching and upbringing increases the social responsibility and civic activity of students.