Prioritizing Entrepreneurial University Factors by Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process

The importance of entrepreneurship within contemporary society and economies has been increasingly recognized at a national level. Universities are not exception. The growth and promotion of entrepreneurship in a university is more critical for its success. So that academic managers must recognize the areas that have critical and huge effects on the entrepreneurial orientation of their organizations. In this paper, fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) is used for prioritizing entrepreneurial university criteria. Entrepreneurial university indices including environmental and internal factors are evaluated with FAHP. Based on the opinions of 17 experts, findings show that support measures for entrepreneurship is the most important attribute and status is the least important attribute in entrepreneurial university.