Mathematical competence development of bachelor of engineering

Abstract The authors of this article draw attention to the fact that engineering education requires deep knowledge in mathematics and its methods that are fundamental for many disciplines and contribute to the development of a fundamental system of training students during their university study. Attention is focused on the need to introduce heuristic professional tasks into the studying process that develop mathematical competence among students, which includes motivational, value-based, cognitive, activity-based, reflexive and evaluative aspects. The need for the development of mathematical competence that increases intellectual base of a competitive specialist in modern society is determined in the article.