Abstract
This article analyzes the role of emotional intelligence in the formation of students' social identification from theoretical and methodological perspectives. The structural components of emotional intelligence and the psychological mechanisms of its influence on the process of social identification are revealed. The study highlights the significance of emotional intelligence in the development of students' sense of group belonging, social adaptation, interpersonal relationships, and the assimilation of social values. In addition, psychodiagnostic approaches aimed at studying the relationship between emotional intelligence and social identification are described.