Formation of Civil Positions and Patriotic Worldview of Students as a Priority Task of Youth Policy in a Technical University

This article examines humanitarian technologies and directions for the development of youth policy in an engi-neering university. It presents mechanisms for shaping civil positions and fostering patriotic education among students. Using the example of youth policy at Voronezh State Technical University, the principles of imple-menting key provisions of spiritual development within the framework of humanitarization of education and enhancing the moral and ethical potential of student communities are demonstrated. The tasks of professional development of engineers as drivers of development in high-tech industries and technological sovereignty of the country are outlined. The data of an empirical study conducted at the specified university and designed to determine the essence of the concept of “patriotism” for modern youth are presented. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that the country's universities, actively engaged in fostering students’ civic consciousness, make a sig-nificant contribution to promoting new goals, values, and meanings of spiritual and ethical orientation in Rus-sian society, which is particularly crucial in the complex geopolitical circumstances of our time.