The paper represents a brief outline of procedure and results of International Scientific Forum ‘Week of science’ held by Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in Nov. 2017. Totally, 20 events of the Forum i.e. plenary session and theme sessions devoted to different scientific interests in humanities, marketing, jurisprudence, pedagogy and linguistics were. were held by Institute of Humanities of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, including 18 in traditional session format and 2 in innovative case analysis and Photo exhibition formats. The work of Teaching foreign languages and English for specific purposes (ESP) sections is discussed in more detail. Authors assume that participation of engineering students in ESP section with papers given in English contributes to individualizing their academic trajectory at University and should be encouraged and supported.