Training Manual . — Kazan: KNRTU Publishing House, 2014. — 184 s. The main methods of studying the structure of materials, parameters of microstructure and ways of its visualization are considered. Particular attention is paid to the methods of microscopy used in materials science, such as optical, electronic and probe. Additional and special microscopic methods. Designed for students of all forms of study in the areas of training 152200. 62 Nanoengineering, 150100. 62 "Material Science and Materials Technology" (profile "Material Science and Nanomaterials Technology"), and can also be useful for researchers, teachers and graduate students of universities. Prepared at the Department of Plasmochemical and Nanotechnology of High-molecular Materials .