Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the problem of integral assessment of the level of health of students from the standpoint of maintaining the capacity of the workforce potential of public health service. An assessment was made of the main aspect of promotion and attitudes health of students of a medical university. Purpose of the investigation. Integral estimation of the level of health and health-saving behavior of students in the situation of the active learning process. Materials and methods. The article applied the methods of descriptive mathematical statistics, a method for assessing the activity of regulatory systems and an analytical method. Results and discussions. The vast majority of students included in this research indicate the high importance of the category «health» in the system of life values (98,6%), the majority of respondents assess health as «good» and «reasonable» (82,9), critical positions, in assessing their health, the students we interviewed have practically no. High workloads in studies were noted by 81,1 per 100 respondents, and 43,6% of respondents consider them permanent. Every eighth respondent complained of stably fixed fatigue (15,4%). All respondents noted the importance of prevention as one of the leading functions of their future professional life, but visiting a physician for preventive purposes is insignificant for them (6.9%). The results of testing functional states, based on the indicator of activity of regulatory systems, demonstrate lower values of PARS in men than in girls. Conclusion. The data obtained suggest the need to form health reserves. The formation of attitudes towards disease prevention and health-saving behavior should become the basis at all stages of an active learning process.