Abstract: The article deals with the problem of professional self-determination in the process of training for the nuclear industry in the educational institutions of higher education on the basis of the State Corporation "Rosatom" values. The object of the research is a professional self-determination of students, the subject of the research is the role of corporate values in terms of developing professional self-determination in the process of training specialists for the nuclear industry. The authors focus on the main approaches to developing professional self-determination of University students emphasizing the axiological approach that provides the tools necessary to carry out the selection of the values that make up the axiological core of professional self-determination. Based on the analysis of experience of Volgodonsk Engineering Technical Institute, the branch of National Research Nuclear University «MEPhI» the authors define the basic components that make up the model of professional self-determination. The main conclusion made by the authors is their substantiation of the priority of the axiological component in the implementation of programs to promote the formation of professional self-determination of future nuclear industry specialists through developing a high level of understanding and commitment of students to corporate values in the learning process at the university. The paper presents the structure of the model of professional self-optimization process taking into account the axiological component.