ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF STUDENTS

Labour market of young people in the European community is becoming more and more competitive. This requires changes in university priorities in order to build a system enhancing entrepreneurial attitudes among students. Knowledge, skills and competencies are the main three pillars of educational process at the university. However, all of them require creating a system, which allows students to participate in research activities and in real daily duties of enterprises in order to make teaching more practical. The main purpose of the paper is to present a methodology and results of the support system oriented to students’ invention, which was developed under nationwide pilot project entitled the Support System for Students Invention in period from 2012 to 2013. The major components of the developed methodology include the National Stock Exchange, Brokerage Event, proper training, and promotion of their achievements on national and international level. The outcomes of the project Support System for Students Invention indicate that there are many talented students who have property rights to own inventions and who expect support in further development of their own products, or their commercialization, or promotion of their achievements on national or international level. The statistical data gathered confirmed an influence of the pilot project on the engagement of Polish students in developing patents, utility models, or industrial designs. In conclusion, it is stated that the results of the presented pilot project correspond withthe expectations of the scientific community, students and even potential investors.

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