The paper aims to reveal the extent of entrepreneurial intention of university students in economic and management fields of study. A total of 513 students from three Central and Eastern European countries took part in the international study: the Czech Republic, Poland, and Ukraine. Using a quantitative research design, data were collected through a questionnaire survey and subsequently categorized and evaluated. The research shows that 81 % of university students in economics and management-oriented fields of study are intent on doing business after graduating from their university, of which almost 2/5 even already do business now or want to start a business during their studies. The research also included the question of the influence of family business on students’ entrepreneurial intention. An interesting result is the finding that 14 % of students with the background of a family business do not want to do business at all.