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This study examined and compared the differences in entrepreneurial intention between
entrepreneurship students and non-entrepreneurship students. It also investigated the relationship
between entrepreneurship learning and entrepreneurial intention of undergraduate students in the
Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria. A total of 104 students were selected, of
which 51.9% were Entrepreneurship and 48.1% were non-Entrepreneurship students of the
University. Descriptive statistics, t-test, and correlation analysis were used to analyse the data. The
results showed a positive relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial
intentions. It shows a positive correlation coefficient of 0.321 and it is significant at 1%. Meaning
a 1% increase in entrepreneurship education will increase students’ entrepreneurial intention by
32%. The study further established that entrepreneurship students and non-entrepreneurship
students have the same attitude towards becoming entrepreneurs. There were no significant
differences between social norms and entrepreneurial intention among the group of students.
Concerning perceived behavioural control, the result show that the mean difference (0.52) between
the entrepreneurship students and non-entrepreneurship students is significant (p = 0.01). That is,
the perceived behavioural control of the entrepreneurship students was higher than that of nonentrepreneurship
Students. The findings of this study are of importance to the government, higher
institutions, policy makers, individuals as well as academia in Nigeria. Government, especially in
Nigeria should intensify effort in implementing her entrepreneurship education policy in the country
as such would engender socio-economic development of the entire country. The findings of this
study will also help educational institutions in their curriculum design, delivery approaches and
evaluation strategies in their efforts to promote entrepreneurship.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship Learning, Entrepreneurial intention, Theory of plan Behaviour, Economic
development, self-employment