Problems and potential for the development of youth entrepreneurship in a classical university

Since 2018 an educational project “School of Competences”, aimed at making the students of a classical university with a whole range of additional professional competencies is implemented at Derzhavin Tambov State University. The project is held within the framework of the institute of mentoring by the United Students’ Scientific Council on the basis of the university, as well as in cooperation with the partners of the university. One of the thematic modules of the “School of Competences” is the project “Youth Entrepreneurship”, during which participants can form a number of entrepreneurial competencies. In this paper, the authors 1) substantiate the relevance of the formation of competences in the field of entrepreneurship among students of a classical university; 2) conduct a review of research on the formation of entrepreneurial competencies in students; 3) describe the five stages of the implementation of the project “Youth Entrepreneurship”; 4) offer methodological recommendations for the implementation of this or similar projects on youth entrepreneurship in universities. The project “Youth Entrepreneurship” includes the following five stages: 1) the program of the joint student scientific council; 2) an innovative business incubator program; 3) the program of the center of support of small and medium business “Geometry of business”; 4) development of startups and 5) opening of small and small innovative enterprises. For the successful implementation of the project it is recommended to consider several conditions affecting the efficiency and productivity of its results: a) the time and duration of the project; b) contingent of project participants; c) contingent of project coaches; d) the project site and e) the format of the classes. The work describes in detail the stages of project implementation and guidelines for its successful implementation.

student research, mentoring, youth entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial competence