Introduction. This article outlines the historical background of the emergence of the concept of “healthy lifestyle”, the concept of “readiness”. An analysis of the concept «readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle» is seen as a complex integrative concept, and identifies the most important task of the state. The article clearly gives the structure of readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle, which is viewed through the prism of interrelated components. The criteria of the person's readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle and its relationship with the components of readiness are considered. The levels of forming readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle are determined. The problem of forming readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle of students was studied by B. A. Ashmarin, V. K. Balsevich, G. Y. Belyaev, G. A. Vinik, T. I. Volkov, M. Y. Vilensky, V. Z. Kogan, K. A. Manovtseva, H. E. Kudryavtsev, A. B. Martynenko, L. V. Nesterov, A. V. Panin, O. V. Rahman, B. C. Fomina, and others. Materials and methods. The study is based on a theoretical analysis of scientific sources on the research problem. Results of the research study. The analysis made it possible to find out that the formation of a healthy way of life is based on three components that characterize the level of development of society: social, infrastructural and personal. The criteria for a person's readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle include motivational, cognitive, operational and axiological components. Each criterion corresponds to a certain value, which is expressed in the totality of the skills, knowledge and life values. The following levels of readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle were identified: algorithmic, heuristic and creative, and their interrelation with university education was determined. Discussion and conclusion. Categorical analysis of the concept of “readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle” reveals its interdisciplinary nature, the essential connection with such psychological concepts as “time”, “need”, and “willingness”. The process of formation of readiness for adopting healthy lifestyle is multilevel in nature and requires the specification of levels and criteria of its formation.