The article is intended to analyse literature resources and research output related to factors which shape entrepreneurial attitudes among students. The sample group was composed of students of the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. The research method was a diagnostic survey. Some significant factors related to soft, hard and business skills were selected based on literature research and afterwards were employed in the survey. The obtained results were confronted with the international authors' recommendations. A significant result of the studies was confirmation of assumptions that shaping of entrepreneurial spirit is an important element in academic education. For this purpose, there is a need to extend the scenarios of classes with activating methods which contribute to the development of competences in the field of entrepreneurship.