Socio-economic and technological changes arising in connection with the transition to information society require the modernization of the existing education system and the revision of the attention given to self-education. Research in this area helps to clarify the theory of self-education, personal development, the use of information technology in the educational process. In the context of informatization of education, the development of students' self-education activities changes the structure and content of education, stimulates the formation and development of each individual's abilities, allows the individual to choose the path of learning. It is important to ensure the innovative self-learning environment of the university, the integration of pedagogical and information technologies combined with a single idea in the educational process, the organization of the educational process in the interests of graduates to form their own development and self-realization needs. In accordance with the set goal, the following main objectives of the study were identified: 1) to determine the degree of problem development and the socio-historical preconditions for the development of students' self-education activities in the context of informatization of education; 2) to determine the conditions of pedagogical expediency of the use of information technology tools, as well as the regularities affecting the development of self-education activities of students; 3) to theoretically substantiate the motivation- and activity-driven approach that determines the development strategy of students' self-education activities in the context of informatization of education; 4) to develop and theoretically substantiate the pedagogical concept on the development of students' self-education activities in the context of informatization of education; 5) to develop a model for the development of students' self-education activities in the context of informatization of education, to identify examples and to substantiate the technology; 6) to discover the opportunities of an innovative self-education environment at the university and create optimal conditions for the development of students' self-education. Informatization of education, without changing the nature of self-education activities, enriches the teaching process with the methodology of optimal use of information technology, changes the methods and ways to achieve the ultimate goal and helps to create favorable conditions for successful individual development. The development of students' self-education takes place under the influence of a specially organized innovative self-education environment, which ensures the formation of necessary knowledge and self-education skills related to the self-development motivation, forms and methods of self-education and self-education. In our research work, these issues have been broadly interpreted. The main objective of the study is to examine the role of ICT in the development of self-education of students.