Dniprova, Olga AndriivnaChernyak, Natalia OleksandrivnaGorbachova, Daria2019-01-312019-01-3120142222-5501http://ir.duan.edu.ua/handle/123456789/1688The article analyzes the development of students’ empathy and communicative tolerance, which have the significant influence on their forming as professionals and personalities. The article also idenentifies the interrelation between students’ empathy and their communicative tolerance. The common theoretical – methodological grounds for researching the level of empathy and communicative tolerance have been defined, the techniques which are adequate to the research objectives have been chosen, the level of empathy and communicative tolerance has been diagnosed and analyzed. The interrelation between these phenomena has been identified, the conclusions and recommendations have been presented.enKey words: empathy, tolerance, compassion, communicative tolerance, sympathy, social sensitivityArticle