Entrepreneurship of students in Germany – selected aspects

Abstract

Entrepreneurship, due to its complex and interdisciplinary nature, is the subject of research in many scientific disciplines. The growing interest in entrepreneurship is reflected in scientific, political and economic discussions. The presence of the category of entrepreneurship in the space of higher education resulted, on the one hand, in noticing the need to tighten the multidimensional network of cooperation between the academic community and the labour market, and, on the other hand, in the need to develop the entrepreneurial potential of all students, regardless of their field of study. Over the last ten years, the problem of the development of entrepreneurship of students in Germany has gained new dynamics and is present both in the scientific and public discourse. Activities aimed at supporting entrepreneurship in the non-technological areas of education and research can be identified in a growing number of universities in Germany. The aim of the text is to describe the entrepreneurship of students in Germany and to present instruments for supporting student entrepreneurship in Germany in particular non-technological (non-economic) faculties. The basic research methods were the review of the literature and source documents. The dynamically changing socio-economic environment and the students’ interest in self-employment confirm the need for a wider inclusion of subjects in the field of entrepreneurship in the offer of academic education. The growth of self-employment observed by analysts in the so-called liberal professions and in the creative and cultural industries is becoming more and more attributable to the participation of students and graduates of social, humanities and cultural studies.