The Entrepreneurial Educational Requirements at Yarmouk University and Ways of Enhancement

Abstract

       This study aims to identify the availability of the requirements of entrepreneurial education at Yarmouk University, and to come up with the most prominent suggestions to enhance them, the study sample consisted of (75) academic leaders at Yarmouk University. An   interview was  conducted  with  (15) academic  leaders from the study sample , including deans, vice  deans  and  academic  departments heads  at Yarmouk University , for the academic year 2019-2020, in order to get to know about the reality of the university in terms of entrepreneurship and ways to enhance it from their point of view, to upgrade the level of entrepreneurship at the university, also the differences  identified from the point of view of the target sample due to the variable of job title, where the questions of the interview  focus on the requirements related to the university leadership supporting entrepreneurship, the requirements for spreading a culture of entrepreneurship, organizational requirements for achieving entrepreneurial education, and the human resources requirements for entrepreneurial education. This study reached the most important recommendations such as establishing a special center for entrepreneurial university education similar to international universities centers, and establishing financial support system for entrepreneurial projects and scientific research.