Longevity and public health are priorities in the development of modern society. The survey of medical college students used questions aimed at identifying students' attitudes to longevity issues, their awareness of factors affecting longevity, as well as their personal needs in this area. Two groups of motives are defined in the motivation of longevity: personal-family and conditional — social. For students, in general, social motives of longevity on a 5-point scale were less significant (2,4–2,6 points) than personal-family (3,5–3,8 points). This assessment reflects the low prestige of old age and reveals the real position of older people in society. The value of the desired life expectancy does not significantly differ by gender in favor of men — 83,8 years, unlike women — 83,6 years. A significant number of fantastic estimates of the desired life expectancy were noted — 19%. Of these, 8,7% demonstrated high motivation for a healthy life expectancy. They considered active longevity from 100 to 150 years normal. Part of the respondents — 10,3%, mostly girls studying at colleges, noted their desired life expectancy of less than 50 years, which may indicate the personal immaturity of the respondents.

students, motivation for longevity, youth, life expectancy.