Students and Women Entrepreneurs’ Collaborations in Social Entreprise Program at UiTM, Malaysia

Entrepreneurship is one of the critical agenda projects of the Malaysian Ministry of Education since 2010. Social entrepreneurship which include Enactus and Women in Social Entreprise (WISE) is one important element of university entrepreneurship program. WISE is a program whereby students stay with women entrepreneurs who are affiliated with Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia to benefit both parties. This paper descriptively analyzes this innovative collaborations and its impacts to both students and women entrepreneurs. If found that the programme has positively impacted all participants; women entrepreneurs through involvement and intellectual inputs of students and for the students through hand-on learning of entrepreneurship.