Awor, Joanita Mercy2026-09-212026-09-212026Awor, J. M. (2026). Assessing entrepreneurial intentions among final year students at Busitema university, Arapai campus. [Unpublished undergraduate research report]. Busitema University.https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/9584Undergraduate research reportDespite the inclusion of entrepreneurship education in many university programmes, there remains a noticeable gap between the expected and actual entrepreneurial behavior of graduates, thus graduate unemployment continues to rise, limiting the contribution of university graduates to entrepreneurial development .This study assessed entrepreneurial intentions among final-year students at Busitema University, Arapai Campus, with particular emphasis on the influence of entrepreneurial attitude and other determinants of entrepreneurial intentions. The study was guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and adopted a cross-sectional research design. Data was collected from 285 final-year students drawn from various agricultural academic programmes including Certificate, Diploma, and Bachelor’s Degree programs, using a structured questionnaire. The findings revealed that the overall level of entrepreneurial intentions among the students was low (Mean =1.7102, SD= 0.74043), indicating relatively weak commitment among respondents to establish businesses after graduation. Despite this, the majority of the students had considerable entrepreneurial exposure, with 69.1% reporting parental business ownership, 63.2% having received entrepreneurship training, and 82.8% having previously attempted a business activity. Agribusiness students stood out with the highest percentages for both business training and business attempts constituting 80%, although Bachelor of Science in Agriculture students had very high exposure to business (93.8%), the proportion who attempted business accounted for 62.5% and was lower than that for Bachelor of Agribusiness students. Animal Production and Management students recorded lowest levels of business training (72.2%) and business attempts (61.1%) compared to other bachelor’s programmes. The study further established that entrepreneurial attitude was the strongest predictor of entrepreneurial intentions (β=0.789, t=21.597, p<0.001), implying that students who hold positive perceptions toward entrepreneurship are more likely to develop intentions to start businesses. Subjective norms also had a positive and statistically significant influence on entrepreneurial intentions (β=0.276, t=4.716, p<0.001), suggesting that encouragement from other significant individuals plays an important role in shaping entrepreneurial aspirations. The study recommends future research should move beyond entrepreneurial intentions to examine how access to finance, practical entrepreneurship education, university incubation, mentorship and digital opportunities influence the transition from intention to actual business creation. Longitudinal studies could also assess whether graduates’ entrepreneurial intentions develop into sustainable enterprises after completing university.enOther