Entrepreneurial teaching and learning in Austria

This chapter focuses on the “entrepreneurial teaching and learning” dimension in Austria. Entrepreneurship education is not only about starting a venture or running a business. It is a holistic activity, whose main aim is to provide students with an entrepreneurial mindset (problem-solving capacity, team-working experiences, creativity, capacity to handle complexity, etc.). Importantly, entrepreneurship education gives higher education institutions (HEIs) the opportunity to be more flexible and generate interdisciplinary curricula and engage with external stakeholders, which can provide students with real-life experiences. From this perspective, the chapter assesses the performance of the Austrian higher education system and discuss Austrian case studies. It identifies some challenges and provides some Austrian stakeholders with recommendations.