The aim of this article is to study the influence of social communications on the formation of relations between students in the intercultural space on the example of the State Higher Educational Institution "Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University" and Kyiv University named after Borys Hrinchenko. Methods: analysis, synthesis, abstraction, modeling, description, observation, comparison, tabular and graphical representation, questionnaires and generalizations. Results: It is determined that countries such as Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, France and the Netherlands have the highest rates of attracting foreign students to study in higher education institutions. The most international universities in the world are the University of Hong Kong, ETH Zurich, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Oxford and Imperial College London, which occupy the first five positions in the World University Rankings 2021. It was found that most often social communication between students belonging to different socio-cultural groups occurs using social media.

The purpose of this study is to establish a pattern for promoting the implementation of professional training of professionals in acting based on the competency approach, to establish the benefits of using the competency approach in educational institutions and identify acquired skills as a result training of specialists in acting based on the competence approach. Research methods based comparative analysis; systematization; generalization. It is established that the TOP-20 educational institutions that provide training for professionals in acting are mainly located in countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Australia and France. It is determined that the educational process at Stanford University is focused on a theoretical course, and at the Kyiv National University of the Theater, Film and Television named after Ivan Karpenko-Kary there is a voluminous practical course, compared to Stanford University.  As a result of the study it was found that the implementation of the competency approach is a complex process due to the large number of variables that should be taken into account both at the training course and at the individual level.