The concept of entrepreneurship has become a buzzword among scholars and of general interest globally and in Nigeria, in particular because of the potentials it holds in ameliorating the increasing rate of graduate unemployment and its multiplier effect on a nation’s economy. This research investigates the inclination towards entrepreneurship among university students in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Imo State University, Owerri using a survey design and a randomly drawn sample of 90 respondents. A two- part, twelve-item questionnaire based on the Likert scale was used to generate primary data for the research. The reliability of the instrument was tested using the Chronbach alpha and a reliability value of 0.84 was obtained. Two hypotheses were tested using z-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The result indicated that entrepreneurship education is a precursor of entrepreneurial inclination and that both male and female undergraduates in business-related courses are inclined to self-employment. Based on the research findings, it was recommended that entrepreneurship education should be encouraged in Nigerian universities to serve as a catalyst for self-employment amongst graduates.

The concept of entrepreneurship has become a buzzword among scholars and of general interest globally and in Nigeria, in particular because of the potentials it holds in ameliorating the increasing rate of graduate unemployment and its multiplier effect on a nation’s economy. This research invest...