In the current context, organizations need to look for new innovative factors to improve the efficiency of their activities. One of these alternative approaches to the contemporary organization and its management is the concept of intra-organizational entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship. The purpose of the present study is to justify the need to apply the concept of intrapreneurship in educational institutions, and to analyze the main lines and forms of its development. The article analyzes the concept of intrapreneurship considering its theoretical aspects in different socio-economic areas. The authors present the results of an empirical study of intrapreneurship in educational institutions analyzing availability of intrapreneurship in comprehensive education institutions and offering the classification of intrapreneurship areas in comprehensive education organizations, as well as determining the severity of the main forms of intrapreneurship in each of these areas. © BEIESP.