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Quim. Nova, Vol. 28, Suplemento, S18-S25, 2005
O ESTÍMULO AO EMPREENDEDORISMO NOS CURSOS DE QUÍMICA: FORMANDO QUÍMICOS
EMPREENDEDORES
Maria H. Araújo e Rochel M. Lago*
Departamento de Química, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CP 702, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte - MG
Luiz C. A. Oliveira
Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-000 Lavras - MG
Paulo R. M. Cabral
Instituto Inovação, Rua Cláudio Manuel, 237, 31140-100 Belo Horizonte - MG
Lin Chih Cheng
Departamento de Engenharia de Produção, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte – MG
Louis Jacques Filion
HEC, 3000 Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec, H3T 2A7, Canadá

STIMULATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHEMISTRY COURSES: THE FORMATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CHEMISTS.
The Universities, in Brazil and all over the world are currently going through a “second revolution” in which the socio-economical development is incorporated as part of their mission and science and knowledge play a key role for the development of the society.
In this context, this article is directed towards the importance of entrepreneurship and the formation of technological entrepreneurs in the area of chemistry, with special attention to the teaching of entrepreneurship in the chemistry courses and its effect on students, universities and the job possibilities. This article also presents a short discussion on a basic entrepreneurship course for chemists and some suggestions of reading on entrepreneurship to those interested in get started in this area. What is presented here about entrepreneurship in chemistry can be applied to any other area of science and technology.
Keywords: entrepreneurship; education; chemistry.

INTRODUÇÃO
As Universidades, do Brasil e do mundo, estão atualmente passando por uma “segunda revolução” onde o desenvolvimento social e econômico é incorporado como parte da missão da universidade. A primeira revolução foi feita quando, além do ensino, a pesquisa