The goal of this essay is to assess the potential of scientific research in both national and international professional education in the creation of a future engineer's creativity.

Methods of research: theoretical examination of foreign and local literature, dialogues, questionnaire analysis, personal experience, undergraduate assessment and self-assessment, generalisation and systematisation of data collected

Research outcomes: the article gives a theoretical analysis and analysis of research results, which allows: to give a formulation and disclose the substance of the idea of "scientific search," to define it as a significant side of the future engineer; to identify processes, models, principles, rules, and kinds of scientific research; to create a methodology for the application of research research as a way of developing a future engineer's creativity; educational requirements and conditions enabling efficient science studies; validate the process of developing a future engineer's inventiveness; to identify the hazards of scientific research in the process of developing a future engineer's creativity; to discover the strategy for obtaining inspiration for academic experiments; to determine the possibilities of objective evaluation of scientific research outcomes; to regard the advanced engineer as a self-taught personality.

Conclusions and recommendations: It has been established that scientific research has the potential to influence a future engineer's creativity and that it is crucial for a student of engineering to be motivated and reflective. We see the potential for researching how a student who is self-learning develops their creative abilities in the areas of: encouragement for academic and research activities; validation of creative activity; as well as further scientific study of national and international interaction in engineering education in this context.