It has long been understood how crucial social entrepreneurship (SE) is in order to maximize societal benefit. The present study aims to investigate the factors that impact on students' intentions to launch a new venture after completing their studies focusing on social entrepreneurship. A systematic literature review on 503 documents was implemented with a final sample of 47 documents on Social Entrepreneurial Intention and its determinants which were published between 2014 and 2022. The findings give a comprehensive picture of the key topics and recurring trends in Social Entrepreneurial Intention (SEI) research. This study examined SEI documents from the Scopus database which were further analyzed with the content analysis technique to identify the categories and themes to which each item belongs. The results showed that there is a growing research interest on the field although it is mainly focused on developing countries. The most discussed determinants were the personality factors as well as the entrepreneurship education programs which were found to significantly influence students’ sustainable entrepreneurial intention. In addition, there were other factors such as gender, students’ work experiences, education, and social environment that were found to affect individuals’ intention to become social entrepreneurs.