Entrepreneurial characteristics as a mediation of entrepreneurial education influence on entrepreneurial intention

Current curriculum in universities encourages the provision of entrepreneurial education, and this has been implemented well in Indonesia. However, studies regarding the development of students’ entrepreneural characterictics after attending the education and their intention to build new businesses in real life need to be conducted. This study was aimed to analyze the role ofentrepreneurial characteristics as a mediation of entrepreneurial education influence on entrepreneurial intention. Population of the study was all students of the State Polytechnic of Malang and Brawijaya University of Malang who had been undergoing enterpreurship education. Judgment sampling technique was used. Data collection method was questionnaires, and there were 206 data analyzed. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and path analysis. Results of the study show that students who attended entrepreneurial education tended to posses entrepreneurial characteristics and to establish new business in the future.