The article presents results of observation over behavior of students with health limitations in the process of receiving university education. The author formulates strategies of their behavior in a stressful situation of examination period. The article touches upon psycho-diagnostic method by S. Maddi aimed at studying personal resilience and studies the components of resilience of students with health limitations. It is supposed that resilience is one of the major factors of successful socio-psychological adaptation of students with health limitations to the university environment.
