Changing Role of Self-Study Work in the University Education of the 21st Century Students

— The article considers new requirements for the organization of self-study considering specific features of Millennial students, i.e. students of the 21 st century. Despite similarities revealed by the youth worldwide in connection with IT, Russian students have some specific features. Moreover, Federal State Educational Standards of the 3 rd Generation increased the number of hours in all subjects allocated for self-study which shows the importance of self-study for future specialists. Data obtained after the comparative analyses of preferences demonstrated by humanitarian and technical students of two Tyumen Universities allowed offering the most efficient forms of organizing independent work of Russian University students.