The article considers the possibility of developing personal self-efficacy of students by the method of psychological training. Training is a multifunctional method of influencing various psychological variables. The concept of self-efficacy is considered as an integrative personal characteristic that has many manifestations, including self-confidence, confidence in one's own effectiveness, the ability to change past experiences, and the ability to overcome emerging difficulties. The necessity of developing students ' self-efficacy in the educational process is determined. The most promising in this regard is the training method, which allows you to create goals, understand and update the resources necessary to achieve them. At the same time, the necessity of specially organized psychological work on the development of personal self-efficacy is justified. For the development of self-efficacy of university students, a training program "Self-efficacy as a factor of personal success" is compiled and offered for use by practicing psychologists.