Industrial viewpoint - Entrepreneurship education: Developing technological start-up entreprenuers: A case study of a graduate entreprenuership programme at Swinburne University

Although universities have been offering courses in entrepreneurship education for over 30 years, graduate-level degree programs are only 7 years old. This paper discusses the implementation of the program design at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, the results from two surveys tracking the activities and performance of graduates, and some of the implications of this type of program offering. Since 87% of those surveyed started ventures, either independently or under the auspices of a corporation, and since the average number of employees in firms with sales was quite high at approximately 6, this type of programming shows signs not only of helping people begin meaningful entrepreneurial careers, but also of providing governments with an effective micro-economic response for job creation.