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Background. Human resources are the most valuable and primary investment. Students as a group of junior workers as the next generation of national development need to be fostered and directed so that aftergraduation can be an independent workforce in all aspects of life including being able to become entrepreneurs. Students are expected to excel academically and excel in the field of entrepreneurship. The synergy between competencies Hard skills and Soft skills are very important for success in business and life. So far there has never been research on soft skills for Unsoed students, especially those who attend PMW. The research objective was to determine what factors are associated with student interest in entrepreneurial activity in Unsoed Purwokerto. Method.This study is an observational quantitative research with cross sectional analytic. The population is the students participating in entrepreneurial activity in Unosed 2018. The sampling technique is simple random sampling with a total of 128 people. The research instrument was a questionnaire and data analysis with chi-square. Result, There were 128 respondents who were participants in the entrepreneurship activities of Jenderal Soedirman University Purwokerto in 2018 from 10 faculties from 12 existing faculties, including 4th semester students as many as 97 people (75.8%) and 2nd semesters of 31 people (24.2%). Statistical test results concluded that the variable need for power, achievement, affiliate, living skills, thinking skills, and leadership skills associated with interest in entrepreneurship. Conclusions. It should be a willingness to participate in entrepreneurial activities on the students continue to be improved in each faculty.