When organizing economics classes at institute, it is important to use active teaching methods, because they allow students to understand the practical significance of economics, apply theoretical knowledge in this discipline in practice, understand the structure and functioning mechanism of certain enterprises, etc. According to the degree of activation of students and the nature of their educational and cognitive activity, they differ: imitation methods, based on pedagogical techniques and special forms of conducting classes, in which educational, cognitive and research activities are based on imitation of future professional and practical activities, and non-imitation methods, which are based on real professional and practical situations. The purpose of the article is to study the organizational and methodological process of teaching economics at institute.