Presenting an Entrepreneurial University Model for University of Tabriz

This research was carried out with the aim of presenting an entrepreneurial university model for University of Tabriz.

The direction of the current research is applied with an inductive approach, of a qualitative type, with a content analysis strategy. Data collection was done in the form of in-depth and semi-structured interviews. The participants in this research have been purposefully selected including 14 elites in the field of entrepreneurship in the period of 2021-2022, the data collection tool was open-ended researcher questions, the validity and reliability of the tool was confirmed by the supervisors and advisors.
 

The findings of the inductive content analysis in this research showed that the entrepreneurial university model includes fourteen main factors that are classified into four general categories, which are:  a) factors of applying knowledge, including the main factors: 1 - recognizing the needs of the society and the market, 2- commercialization of science and knowledge, 3- maintaining the relationship between the university and the industry, 4- development of knowledge-based centers, b) human factors, including the main factors: 5- entrepreneurship training, 6- the existence of cooperative and capable faculty members, 7- promotion of organizational culture of entrepreneurship, c) administration factors, including the main factors: 8- entrepreneurial university administration, 9- structural reforms, 10- identifying and removing intra-organizational barriers to entrepreneurship, 11- financial and economic factors, 12- hardware development, d) environmental factors, including the main factors: 13- governmental factors, 14- obstacles outside the organization.

The elements and components of the conceptual framework and extractive model of this research have been obtained according to the conditions, cultural background, atmosphere and organizational culture of University of Tabriz to create an entrepreneurial university in University of Tabriz. Therefore, the current research can be used to transform University of Tabriz into an entrepreneurial university.