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In the field of Chinese university students’ entrepreneurial intention, there is little previous studies concerns about the university educational support and entrepreneurial intention. In thi s research, we focus on whether the mentoring and university educational support have the positve effect to the sutdents’ entrepreneurial or not, the statistical population for the study includes the students from 4 universities in China. Among the 263 surveys distributed, 245 surveys were completed and usable. The relationship among the mentoring, university educational support, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention are examined by the SPSS, AMOS, and Bootstrapping. Under the situation of mass entrepreneurship and innovation, the government and university should encourage their mind and good idea to become reality. So, how to develop their entrepreneurial intention is necessary to considered. In this research, the purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the effect of mentoring, university educational support on entrepreneurial intention in Chinese universities. The mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between mentoring, university educational support and entrepreneurial intention is analysed. The research results reveal that: firstly, mentoring, as well as university educational support has a positive significant relationship to self-efficacy. Secondly, Self-efficacy also positively relates to entrepreneurial intention. Thirdly, Self-efficacy mediated the relationship between mentoring, university educational support and entrepreneurial intention. Finally, Some practical recommendations to develop the entrepreneurial intention for Chinese university students were suggested. Since today’s youth are the potential entrepreneurs of the future, understanding their self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention about contextual factors can be a contribution to the development for the literature, and an important step in designing a more effective policy mechanism in universities. Nowadays, reinforce the mentor system and university educational support for the graduates who have entrepreneurial intention is very necessary.