One of the policies that must be implemented by the government in order to
expand employment or to expand the labor market is the implementation of
the entrepreneurship program. Therefore, the Ministry of Education and
Culture of Indonesia support this policy through the Student
Entrepreneurship Program. This study aimed to identify and analyze factors
determining students` interest to participate in the student entrepreneurship
program in Palembang, Indonesia. The method used was quantitative
analysis. Primary data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed
using Multiple Linear Regression. These results obtained from the
respondents` data were that students in Palembang had a number of
contributing factors that influenced their entrepreneurial interests, namely:
autonomy, economic challenges, self-aware, social environment, confident
feeling, academic support, social support, and freedom to work
