Entrepreneurship in universities has increased its importance as the government is emphasizing on self-employability as a source of employment. In this regard, the government emphasizes the development of entrepreneurial skills at all levels of education and training to help create an entrepreneurial community. Therefore, the main idea of this study is to examine the intentions to become entrepreneurs towards non-business students of UiTM Perak Branch who registers for the entrepreneurship course. A total of 317 students participated in this study. Standard statistical data analysis techniques were used to apply different test such as Reliability. ANOVA and Regression Analysis. The findings of study revealed that all three independent variables (interest, entrepreneurship education and university support) are significant in influencing student’s intention to become entrepreneur. This study indicates that interest toward entrepreneurship is the best predictor of intention to business start-up. For that reason, this university needs to encourage students and develop their interest toward entrepreneurship sector as to produce a young entrepreneur among graduated students.
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To Cite this Article: Haron, H., Saa’din, I., Ithnin, H. S., & Rakiman, U. S. (2022). Entrepreneurial Intention among Non-Business Students: The Role of Entrepreneurship Education, Interest and University Support. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(10), 2708– 2719.
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