摘要：The aim of the article is to study the possibilities of using a start-up as a tool for actualizing the professional competencies of a student in the process of obtaining an entrepreneurship education. A methodology for actualizing the professional competencies of students is developed on the basis of modelling the start-up project using Petri nets. The concept of a start-up is disclosed. The key stages of the implementation of start-up projects are identified; a list of actions that must be performed by the entrepreneur at each stage is formed. The conditions are clarified under which the transition from one stage of the start-up project to the next can be made. A graphical model of the implementation of a start-up project using the Petri net is presented. The study systematizes the list of professional entrepreneurial competencies that are actualized during the implementation of each stage of the start-up project. Entrepreneurial skills are identified that a student should master during an entrepreneurship education. The study proposes measures that are aimed at creating a favourable business environment that is conducive for students to apply acquired professional competencies. The scientific value of the research results is in the development of the methodological foundations of entrepreneurship education. The study proposes ways to actualize the professional students' competencies based on modelling a start-up project using Petri nets. The practical value of the study concerns the following: identification of key stages of start-up projects; determination of the content of each stage; the clarification of the conditions for the transition from one stage to another; the formation of a list of professional competencies that are to be actualized at each stage of the implementation of a start-up project.
