The Implementation of Integrity in Developing Entrepreneurship Education Among Students at Universitas Serambi Mekkah Banda Aceh

Integrity is a quality that an entrepreneur should have as it can determine the success in developing a business in this modern era. Lecturers who teach the entrepreneurship course have done a great deal of effort to develop students’ integrity, both in the academic and non-academic settings, so that they will pay careful attention to the halal-haram and positive-negative sides of their actions when trying to gain a large amount of profit. This research aimed to build the integrity of students at the Faculty of Islamic Religion (FAI), Universitas Serambi Mekkah, in entrepreneurship. This research used mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative). The population consisted of 100 students, with 30 of whom being taken purposively as a research sample. Only the students who had taken and were taking the entrepreneurship course were selected. The indicators used to determine whether or not the students have integrity are honesty, commitment, and competitiveness. The results showed that FAI students have implemented integrity well in their entrepreneurial development. 79% of students could maintain their businesses even after they had graduated from the university, 12% of students left their business because they were worried about not being able to balance time between their business and university, 9% of students chose to expand their business and finished college in the fifth and sixth year of university life. The integrity of the students was reflected through their ability to keep promises, be honest, look for opportunities, not give up easily, overcome problems, build networks, take risks, prioritize superior service, and compete against others fairly.