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South Africa is among the least entrepreneurial nations. More specifically, South African youths’, despite the prevailing high unemployment rates in the country, have the lowest total early entrepreneurial activity (TEA), which is a measure of the number of new venture start-ups. Consequently, universities increasingly incorporate practical entrepreneurship training within their curricula. One such initiative is the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), which among others aims at familiarizing and encouraging students to engage in entrepreneurship activities. SIFE is an entrepreneurship driven student structure which gives students an opportunity to become social entrepreneurs. SIFE students are trained to look at entrepreneurship opportunities within their communities and come up with solutions to address economic, social and environmental needs. The efficacy of SIFE is that it provides university students with the much-needed exposure and practical entrepreneurial training that is likely to encourage them to consider entrepreneurship as a career option. It is against this background that this paper argues that incorporating practical entrepreneurial training in university curricula is likely to enhance students’ entrepreneurship intentions as well as their consideration entrepreneurship as a possible career choice.