The article deals with the forming the healthy lifestyle of student youth of DLI (Donetsk Law Institute) in the process of training on discipline «Physical education» Formation of healthy lifestyle of students is an important strategic task that faces higher education establishment and can be successfully solved in a variety of forms of the process of physical improvement.The main directions of forming a healthy lifestyle of students in the educational process are: a) educational process; b) non-adjudicative measures. The direction and the themes of these areas is developed and adjusted by the joint efforts of the institute and students. An important role in this is played by the socio-economic and legal status of the state, on which the logistical support of the abovementioned measures depends and the obligation to implement them.In this context, the tasks of the modern school are: the use of health-saving learning technologies; Maintenance of a mode of impellent activity, connection of impellent and static loading, the organization of the balanced food; Replacing the authoritarian style of communication with the style of cooperation, creating a supportive learning environment; The formation of students' awareness of the value of health, the cultivation of a healthy lifestyle, etc. Physical education is one of the components of a healthy lifestyle and its correct formation. It awakens in people the desire to live, to move, to do good, to be an active member of a healthy society. The condition and problems of formation of healthy lifestyle of students DLI have been mentioned in the article. The complex of teaching methods used in process of classes on physical education (method of persuasion, the method of exercise, method of stimulation, etc.) is represented here. Various forms of extracurricular work (visiting the museums, the exhibitions on sport theme), which effectively influence the formation motivation students to engage in physical exercise, promote a healthy lifestyle, create a culture health of the whole person have been studied in the article. It is established that, given the steady tendency to deteriorate the health of the population, the priority task of physical education in DLI is the improvement of students.