A Critical Review of the Lessons and Rubrics of Master's Degree in Entrepreneurship at Universities and its Impact on Empowerment of Students

Universities, as the main custodians of expertise, play a key role in the development of entrepreneurship. Studies show that entrepreneurial education not only promotes entrepreneurial growth but also enhances entrepreneurial skills. However, despite the need to provide quality and practical training to entrepreneurship students, many students and graduates of this field did not consider the provided training to be of acceptable quality and could not prepare to enter the business world after this training. The aim of this research is critical review of lessons and rubrics of Master's degree in Entrepreneurship at universities and its impact on empowerment of students. In order to achieve this goal, the mentioned rubrics and lessons were evaluated from different aspects. In this regard, students and graduates of Entrepreneurship Faculty in University of Tehran between the 1388 to 1398 were selected as statistical population. The results of data analysis show that lessons and rubrics of Master's degree in Entrepreneurship at universities has a significant impact on enhancing academic ability of the students and graduates (Entrepreneurial knowledge and attitudes), Preparing students to enter the job market, preparing students to start a business, preparing students to upgrade previous businesses andmentioned rubrics and lessons fit the needs of the work environment.