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The aim of this research is to reveal the students’perspectives on entrepreneurship after university education according to their desire to work in the public and private sector or to do their own business. The research data consists of questionnaires completed with 266 students studying at Ondokuz Mayıs University. In the research, the Chi-square test was used to determine the difference between students' desire to work in the public and private sector or to do their own business. The most important reasons for want to work in public sector, private sector and wanted to be an entrepreneur were job security (66.3%), the opportunity to be promoted at a young age (35.2%) and to realize their dreams independently from anyone else (53.2%), respectively. The results of the research showed that male students were more willing to be entrepreneurs than female students and the father's profession was also effective on the students’ desire to be an entrepreneur. The three important perspectives about the positive aspect of entrepreneurship among the students were stated as keeping creativity alive, using personal skills and enabling the application of innovations. The negative opinions of the students about entrepreneurship were the necessity of taking risks, wide responsibility and keeping the motivation of the employees high. The results of the research showed that there is a need of social awareness that will enable students to decide on their own initiative in choosing jobs that match their personalities.

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