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Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education

Graz University of Technology as a Case Study

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Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL 2016)

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Encouraging entrepreneurship has become a topic of high priority in university policy. Entrepreneurial activities are regarded as a driving force of innovation. The popularity of entrepreneurship education is reflected in the large and growing number of institutes of higher education that offer courses on the topic. However, entrepreneurship is still underrepresented in engineering education. This paper presents and evaluates entrepreneurial activities at Graz University of Technology.

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  1. Institute of General Management and Organisation, Kopernikusgasse 24/4, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Hedwig Höller & Stefan Vorbach

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Höller, H., Vorbach, S. (2017). Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education. In: Auer, M., Guralnick, D., Uhomoibhi, J. (eds) Interactive Collaborative Learning. ICL 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 545. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50340-0_43

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