Social network sites primarily aim at entertainment, however, there is a possibility of their use in education. Present university students, particularly those in engineering education, seem to be overwhelmingly digital natives since technological devices are part and parcel of their everyday life. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore benefits and limitations of SNSs with respect to their use in academic environment, with special focus on engineering education. The methods used for the analysis included a method of literature review of available sources in the acknowledged databases such as Web of Science or Springer exploring the issue of social networks sites with respect to engineering education was used. Furthermore, other sources cited in the analysed studies were also examined. Secondly, on the basis of evaluation of these literature sources, the researched issue was explored.