of Students Participating in the Academic Entrepreneurship Course: Pilot Study Results 1

SUMMARY This paper presents the entrepreneurial profile of a group of students of the academic entrepreneurship course. The aim of this preliminary ex­ ploratory study is to discover the entrepreneurial profile of the students who took part in this course, identifying their socio-demographic profile in terms of sex, age, nationality (there is a high presence of foreign stu­ dents), and family background. Moreover they are asked to assess their entrepreneurial self-perception, the desirability, feasibility, and intent to create a company, and their perception of risk. For this a questionnaire is used, which was validated in previous studies to discover the entre­ preneurial profile of students who take courses on ‘Entrepreneurship’ in different fields, contexts, and countries. The results will allow the dis­ covery of the entrepreneurial inclination of these students, and, in the future, to compare it with other studies and measure the possible im­ pact of the course on the modification of the said inclination.