Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the fit of the conceptual model of entrepreneurial intention based on cultural intelligence and social capital with the mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy with an empirical model. Method: This study is applied in terms of purpose and the statistical population included 400 school principals in Kermanshah in the academic year 2023-2024; of which 196 people were selected as a sample using the available sampling method. The research tools were Linan et al.'s Standard Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire, De Noble et al.'s Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, Ang et al.'s Cultural Intelligence Questionnaire, and Nahapit and Ghoshal's Social Capital Questionnaire, and data analysis was performed using SPSS and AMOS software. The results showed that the model has a good fit and the coefficients of the direct path of cultural intelligence on entrepreneurial intention, social capital on entrepreneurial intention, social capital on entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention and the indirect effect of social capital with the mediator of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention were significant (t ≥ 1.96; P ≤ 0.05). However, the coefficient of the direct path of cultural intelligence on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and the indirect effect of cultural intelligence through entrepreneurial self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention were not significant. Conclusion: The empirical model and social capital has a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial intention through entrepreneurial self-efficacy, but entrepreneurial self-efficacy is not a significant mediator for cultural intelligence and entrepreneurial intention in this study.