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This study examines talent cultivation in entrepreneurial universities and investigates how formal and informal factors affect students' entrepreneurial intentions. Analysis of 782 students from eight Chinese universities, enhanced by machine learning predictive models, reveals that informal culture, particularly entrepreneurial culture ( B=0.36), combined with AI-powered personalized learning pathways (B=0.28), correlates significantly with entrepreneurial intentions. The interaction between curriculum and culture (B=0.23) suggests that educational efforts achieve greater effectiveness within supportive cultural environments. This research contributes to entrepreneurial talent development through institutional theory lenses and offers a contextual framework for universities to strategically shape entrepreneurial attitudes amid rapid changes in Chinese higher education.

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Entrepreneurial university Digital talent cultivation AI-enhanced learning Entrepreneurial intention Institutional theory Personalized development pathways

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Zhiyuan Lyu, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Zhiyuan Lyu, Master of Science in Management, Lecturer. Graduated from the University of Swansea in 2017.PHD Student in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Worked in Wenzhou Polytechnic.His research interests include Ideological and Political education of College Students

Yusri Kamin, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Yusri Kamin is currently Director A-TVET and as a Lecturer, Department of Technical and Engineering Education Department, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He obtained Bachelor of Technology with Education (Mechanical Engineering) and a Master of Education with Specialization in Technical and Vocational Education) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and PhD (Technical and Vocational Education) from La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia. Among the positions that he held were Assistant Dean (Continuing & Transnational Education), Director, Head of Department Technical and Engineering Education, and Academic Manager for External Program. He actively involved in conducting research on Developing Model of Preparing Mechanical Program at College Vocational In Malaysia, students preparedness for the workplace in mechanical, work-based learning, employability skill, generic green skill and scenario-based learning. In addition, he has written numerous papers and presented at national and international conferences and seminar. He has published more than 73 papers which has been indexed by Scopus and Web of Science. Yusri is also a reviewer for the Journal of Asian Academic Society for Vocational Education and Training (JAVET), Journal IEEE Access, Journal for Technical and Vocational Education Malaysia, and panel of assessor for Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)

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Lyu, Z., & Kamin, Y. (2025). Digital-enhanced talent cultivation mechanisms in entrepreneurial universities: an AI-integrated multi-level analysis of student entrepreneurial intentions. Future Technology, 4(4), 117–127. Retrieved from https://fupubco.com/futech/article/view/445
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