Abstract
Entrepreneurship education is one of the ways to activate the entrepreneurial potential
that is found in individuals. It is important that the young people who make
up the future of the society reveal their entrepreneurial sides through the entrepreneurial
education that they get. Today, different institutions give entrepreneurial
education for young people. The contribution of the entrepreneur education
to young entrepreneurship is positive. The young people, whose entrepreneurial
aspects are brought to the forefront, make great contributions to the economic
development of the country. Young entrepreneurship has become an important
concept in every aspect regarding the future of countries. The purpose of this
study, the effects of entrepreneurship education, which was aimed at young people,
on the entrepreneurship levels of university students were examined. Survey
method was preferred as research method in the study, and “University Student
Entrepreneurship Scale”, which has been determined reliable, was used as scale.
The scale was applied to the students in Firat University Faculty of Economics
and Administrative Sciences as two groups with entprepreneurship education and
without entrepreneurship education. The data obtained were analyzed in the SPSS
16 program. As a result of analysis, entrepreneurship levels were higher in young
people who received entrepreneurship education and suggestions were made regarding
trainings to discover the potential of entrepreneurship in young people.