Directions of intensification of humanitarian training of engineers were analyzed; among them the necessity of modernization of worldview training of future engineers, the formation of national and universal values, education of patriotism, ethical and aesthetic culture, spirituality was substantialized. Strengthening of humanitarian training of future engineers needs a clear definition of the main ways of increasing the efficiency of this process. Formulation of such directions is especially important for Ukrainian national system of higher technical education, which, on the one hand, has deep and successful traditions, on the other - in the last decade has significantly fell behind the innovative and humanistic standards of education and scientific activities of Western countries. The degree, by which humanitarian and innovative humanistic component of functioning of Ukrainian technical universities will be enhanced, depends competitiveness of universities and their graduates at national and global labor market. One of the main directions in improvement of effectiveness of humanitarian training of future engineers is the intensification of worldview training of this category of professionals during education in higher technical education institution. Worldview of an engineer should concentrate not only on technical and professional problems, but most allow him to fully exercise his own personal creativity in professional and social activities. One of the most important direction of general cultural training for future engineers is to develop humanistic value system in which primary axiological priorities should be democracy, ecological safety, peacefulness, tolerance and so on. It is necessary to stress the urgency of the problem actuality of raising spiritual, moral and aesthetic world of future engineers and strengthening of patriotic education in the system of humanitarian and worldview training of engineers.