Abstract:

The research aimed to quantify higher education professors' perceptions of the creation of incubators in university settings and perceptions of students' increased entrepreneurial skills in university innovation incubators. The issues investigated in the paper fit at the national level in the National Program in the fields of research and innovation for 2020-2023 of the Republic of Moldova, according to the specific objective 4.1. Development of tools for the transfer of scientific knowledge and results to potential users, aims to Stimulate the activity of science and technology parks and innovation incubators. The application of the questionnaire, i.e. the organization and implementation of the survey of the teaching staff of the Moldova State University at five Faculties, was planned for the second semester of the academic year 2021-2022 during March-June 2022. At the end, the research allowed us to draw conclusions and recommendations oriented to the necessity of the university incubator activity in order to train/develop students' entrepreneurial skills and competences (in the perception of professors).