The article analyzes the problems of formation of professional competence of future philologists by means of computer oriented technologies in terms of introduction of computer-based education in higher education institutions (HEI). Author determined a model of future philologists professional competence formation by means of computer-oriented information and communication technologies (ICT); singled structural components of the model of professional competence of future philologists formed by means of computer oriented ICT (target, content, technical, productive) and revealed their relationship to the specific future linguists’ careers; proved the thesis that the studied problem is of particular importance because of the necessity of informatization of higher education and usage the computer-oriented ICT in the educational process of the university.