Studying the Entrepreneurial Characteristics of Agricultural Students (Case Study: Isfahn Uiversity of Technology)

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is a source of flexibility, innovation, job creation for the economy, and an interesting opportunity for professional development. In this research, the role of the university in creating entrepreneurship awareness among the students of Isfahan University of Technology has been studied. The statistical population of this study is graduate, postgraduate, and undergraduate students who have completed at least two years of study. The research method was descriptive and analytic and a questionnaire was used. Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by using the Kmo coefficient and Bartlett's test and the reliability of the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used, indicating that the instrument was stable at 91%. Sample size was determined using Cochran formula and stratified sampling method with proportional assignment was used. As a sample, 98 students were selected in faculty of agricultural engineering. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency, mean, Kruskal test, Mann-Whitney, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression were used. The results of the crolation analysis showed that thera are 99 percent significant relationship between the variables of the characteristics of the entrepreneurial university and the level of awareness of the entrepreneurial activities of the colleges.