The present study builds on Morris et al.'s entrepreneurial competencies (ECs) identified
from their 2013 Delphi study, to examine whether students' compulsory participation in
entrepreneurship education (EE) in Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs) influences
their development of the identified 13 ECs for business start-up after graduation. Data were
collected from 1191 final year undergraduates in 12 public universities within the six geo-
political zones of Nigeria using questionnaire derived from the constructs of the 13 identified …