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List of Business Ideas for Students in College or University.

People have been sending mails to me requesting for business ideas for students in College or University. I am very impressed to see young people trying to find out the business ideas they can lay their hands on while at college or university.

There was a particular student who said that it was not that he didn’t have enough cash to spend. He only wanted to learn how to make and multiply money while he is still at University. That was his reason for asking for business ideas for students in University.  I strongly believe that somebody with this type of mind set will grow to become a great entrepreneur one day. Here, you have the opportunity of going through the list of business ideas for students which you can start without much investment. Whether you want to earn extra income or you want to reduce your student loan, you will find a business idea to start with no or small capital investment.

Freelance Service

Top on our list of business ideas for students in University is freelance. If you are good at writing, photography and graphic designing, you can go into freelancing. There are website  such as Upwork, Fiverr and Freelancer where one can register and strat almost immediately. However, the competition on these website is very high.

Blogging

If you love writing, you can earn a living by blogging. But unlike freelancing from which you can start earning almost immediately, blogging requires patience. You can blog on anything of interest to you in as much you have enough target audience. It is always good you create a niche website. If you start early enough, you may not even need to seek for any job by the time you graduate from University.

House Cleaning

House cleaning is among business ideas for students at University. Instead of accumulating debts on student loan, it is not a bad idea if you help other people in house cleaning and glass washing. You will get paid for the service.

Instructor

Do you have skills you can teach others? Can you communicate effectively? Then, you can work as an instructor on a subject you know very well.

Computer Repairs

If you visit different faculties in your University, you will find out that there are many computers in various offices. Also, your professors and students will possibly have computers or laptops. Learning how to repair computers can be a cool way of earning extra income in the University.

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Phone Repairs

If you ask me about business ideas for students that have huge market potential, I will mention phone repairs as one of them. Imagine the number of students using smartphones or Blackberry in your campus. Can you estimate the number of phones that possibly develop fault(s) every month? If you carry out the research, the outcome will baffle you. Phone repair service is in constant high demand.

Hair Care

Do you know how to barb or do other hair care services? There is no one who will not like to look good. Offering hair care service in University can provide enough money for your personal upkeep and your other basic needs.

Guided Tours

People from different walks of life meet to study at University. A lot of them will be interested in visiting special locations around their place of study. If you can arrange for tours for such people, they will gladly pay for it.

Dormitory Cleaning

Have you ever visited some dormitories that are dirty and unkempt? Obviously some people don’t like to stay in such dirty environment. Among business ideas for students in University, dormitory service could be seen as a dirty job. This makes it to be a hot business ideas for students in University.

Customized T-Shirts

Students like styles. Making customized T-Shirts is a business opportunity one can venture into in the University.

Buying and Selling

Is there anything you know is in a high demand at University? Find out such thing and search for a place you can buy them very cheap. You then mark up the price and sell to students at profits. You may not need to invest your own money. You can create some publicity about the items you are selling. You tell people who are interested to contribute. Then you deliver the items to them.

Web Design

Many people are going into blogging these days. If you know how to create WordPress website, you can earn reasonable money from it.

Personal Shopper

Shop for others and get paid for your service. You just need to identify people who are too busy to do their own shopping or some rich students who are not used to buying things by themselves.

Hand Made Items

If you are good at crafts, students will like local crafts for decoration. Also hand-made customized birthday cards will sell in the University

Laundry Service

You can invest in washing machine to do your own laundry and for others. You can do this on weekends so that it won’t disrupt your academic activities during the week.

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Data Entry

Anybody who is computer literate and can type can do data entry jobs.

Bookkeeping Service

Are you an accounting student? Bookkeeping is a good business idea you can combine with your study. You can start making money from your accounting skill while at school by offering some services to small businesses around you.

The list of small business ideas for students in University is not exhaustive. You can get hints from other small business ideas mentioned in our previous articles.

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