An Overview of Entrepreneurial Universities and Main Barriers to Entrepreneurial University Development in Kazakhstan

Аннотация

This article aims to study world experience of entrepreneurial universities and reveal main barriers
to the development of entrepreneurial education in Kazakhstan. The study was carried out using
secondary data, in particular global university entrepreneurship reports, scientific articles of local
and foreign scientists, and legislative acts. World experience shows that entrepreneurial universities
more fully meet innovation needs of the economy and business in the field of education, being
educational, research and industrial centers. Results of this study reveal that for successful development
of entrepreneurial university it is important to create mechanisms of transformation of classical
education, and take measures for creating favorable external and internal conditions to ensure the
strategic interaction in the system “University-Business-Government”. Regardless of the approaches
applied in different countries, entrepreneurship is recognized as the most important area of education.