Abstract:Previous studies on the evaluation of the effect of entrepreneurship education in universities focused mainly on the rate of entrepreneurship of graduates. However, most students who have received a good education in entrepreneurship in universities do not start their own businesses immediately after graduation. Therefore, the effect of entrepreneurship education in universities has an obvious lag effect. Drawing on human capital theory and McClelland achievement motivation theory, this study mainly explores the direct impact of entrepreneurship education received by employees at university on employee entrepreneurship behavior as well as the mediating role of achievement for need. We conduct an empirical study based on 280 employees who work no more than 5 years after graduation. The empirical results show that: entrepreneurship education has significant positive affect on both achievement for need and employee entrepreneurial behaviors. Meanwhile, achievement for need plays a mediating role between entrepreneurship education and employee entrepreneurial behaviors. Entrepreneurial orientation strengthens the positive effect of achievement for need on employee entrepreneurial behaviors.