This study discusses the influence of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial interest of SMK Telesandi Telkom Bekasi students. The high rate of open unemployment in Indonesia, especially among SMK graduates who should be ready to work. This phenomenon shows a mismatch between the skills of graduates and the demands of the labor market. Entrepreneurship education is an alternative solution to form a creative and independent mindset of students so that they are able to create their own jobs. This study was conducted because there are still few studies that specifically examine the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial interest at the SMK level with a quantitative data-based approach. The research method used is a descriptive and causal quantitative approach with a simple random sampling technique from a population of 794 students. The data collection instrument used an online questionnaire and was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results of the study showed that entrepreneurship education had a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial interest with a significance value of
0.000 and a contribution of 7 percent. This finding indicates that although its influence is not large, entrepreneurship education still plays an important role in shaping students' interest in entrepreneurship. The implication of this study is the need to strengthen a more applicable and inspiring entrepreneurship curriculum in order to build an entrepreneurial mindset from an early age
Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Interest, Vocational High School