Professional competence as a factor of psychological, didactic and methodological competence of students in postgraduate and doctoral studies is considered. Emphasis is placed on the defined psychological and pedagogical approach in substantiating the concepts of "competence" and "competence", as well as on the formation of foreign language competencies of the graduate student. It is determined that the main professional competencies include general cultural, general professional and professional competencies of foreign language competence according to the state standard. Professional competence includes a set of five aspects of work: pedagogical communication; pedagogical interaction; the person of the graduate student; training (education); upbringing as the ability to bring up, etc. Some competencies according to foreign language concepts regarding the state standard are presented.
