Using the example of Donetsk (Stalino) universities (pedagogical, industrial and medical institutes), the article examines the system of organizing students’ industrial practice and the specifics of its implementation in 1953–1964. The changes that occur in this type of training of specialists of various profiles after the introduction of the Law “On strengthening the connection of schools with life and the further development of the national education system in the country”, adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on December 24, 1958, are highlighted.
