The dataset is contribute to two studies featured in a PhD thesis on university-based social innovation and entrepreneurship education. The first study identifies the evolving patterns of SIE education in Hong Kong universities, based on an analysis of of SIE courses syllabi from multiple disciplines across the eight UGC-funded universities and interviews with academics teaching SIE courses. The second study examines the factors that influence SIE education within universities, based on interviews with academics engaged in the teaching of SIE content.