Abstract There is a need to ensure optimization of the information being studied to the level of its practical application and taking into account the future professional activity of the specialist. The task of forming an interconnected unified system of skills and abilities at the level of integrated use of methods of individual disciplines to solve any practical problem remains. Establishing a system of flexible connections between different areas of knowledge remains the task of each of the disciplines studied. The fundamental knowledge base, which is the basis for the study of special disciplines, should be considered to varying degrees in courses of all natural science disciplines on the basis of various methods of their practical use, with the obligatory involvement of modern mathematical apparatus. It is necessary to eliminate adaptation problems that arise among first-year students, taking into account the real level of their preparation when studying academic disciplines of the natural and mathematical cycle. The hypothesis was confirmed that the use of problem-based learning methods when teaching the discipline “Introduction to Physics” helps to increase the efficiency of the educational process. It is concluded that the availability of textbooks on paper is mandatory, which increases students’ opportunities for self-educational activities. There is an opportunity to further increase the efficiency of the educational process for students of technical specialties through the further use of problem-based learning methods for the discipline “Introduction to Physics”. mathematical apparatus, physics, problem-based learning methods, natural and mathematical disciplines