This article is aimed at revealing the foundations of the formation of the official loyalty among the cadets of higher education institutions of the FPS of Russia by the institutions staff, and first of all, by the faculty. Leading methods of research of this problem in this article were: the analysis of scientific papers and official documents, questionnaires, interviews, observation. The article describes the key problems of formation of the official loyalty among FPS of Russia employees. Article identifies factors both assisting and impeding the process of the purposeful formation of official loyalty. Also the attention is focused on the heterogeneity of mechanisms of formation of official loyalty in behavior on the level of compliance with legal and ethical norms, disclosed the peculiarities of formation of official loyalty in the context of the educational process in educational institutions of the FPS of Russia. Principles and steps of purposeful formation of official loyalty in the higher education institutions of the FPS of Russia, practical recommendations in this direction are recommended.

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