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Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Jun. 30, 2012
Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName EntrepreneurShares Series Trust
Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0001495922
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol ENTRX
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Oct. 26, 2012
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Oct. 26, 2012
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Nov. 01, 2012
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund
  
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SUMMARY INFORMATION
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Investment Objective
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EntrepreneurShares Global FundTM (the Fund) seeks long term capital appreciation.
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Fees and Expenses of the Fund
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The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts on Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled “How Class A Shares Sales Charges are Calculated” beginning on page 14 of this Prospectus and beginning on page 36 of the Statement of Additional Information.
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SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Portfolio Turnover
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The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. Portfolio turnover for the fiscal period from November 11, 2010 through June 30, 2011 was 32.87%.
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Example
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This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of these periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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Principal Investment Strategies
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The Fund seeks investment results that exceed the performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI World Index (the “Index”), through active principles-based securities selection. The Fund mainly invests in equity securities of global companies with market capitalizations that are above $150 million at the time of initial purchase and possess entrepreneurial characteristics (“entrepreneurial companies”), as determined by the Fund’s portfolio manager. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, warrants, options and American Depository Receipts.

Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 40% of its assets in equity securities of companies domiciled or headquartered outside of the United States, or whose primary business activities or principal trading markets are located outside of the United States (“foreign companies”), unless the Advisor deems market conditions and/or company valuations to be less favorable to foreign companies, in which case, the Fund will invest at least 30% of its total assets in foreign companies. The Fund may invest in a broad range of securities in both developed and emerging markets. The Fund will invest in at least three countries.

The Fund’s investment strategy is unique, in part, due to the portfolio manager’s proprietary process of identifying a universe of companies, including technology companies, that the manager believes possess entrepreneurial management characteristics. The Fund utilizes quantitative models to narrow the broad universe of domestic and foreign companies in which it may invest. The Fund then uses fundamental analysis to identify from this list the entrepreneurial companies that it believes have the potential for long- term capital appreciation. By way of example, in conducting the fundamental analysis, the Fund looks for companies with a good business, shareholder- oriented management and organic growth. The portfolio manager generally will sell a portfolio security when he believes the security has achieved its value potential; changing fundamentals signal a deteriorating value potential; or other securities with entrepreneurial characteristics have better performance potential.
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Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
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Investors in the Fund may lose money. The Fund is intended for investors who are willing to withstand the risk of short-term price fluctuations in exchange for potential long-term capital appreciation. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. There are risks associated with the Fund’s principal investment strategies. These risks include:

 

• Manager Risk: 

How the portfolio manager manages the Fund will affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund may lose money if the portfolio manager’s investment strategy does not achieve the Fund’s objective or the portfolio manager does not implement the strategy properly.

• No Prior Experience Managing a Registered Mutual Fund: 

While Dr. Joel M. Shulman, the Fund’s portfolio manager, has managed private funds and accounts for over five years, the Fund is the first registered mutual fund managed by the Advisor and Dr. Shulman. As a result, the Fund is subject to risks that may result from Dr. Shulman’s lack of prior experience managing a registered mutual fund.

• Market Risk: 

The prices of the securities, particularly the common stocks, in which the Fund invests may decline for a number of reasons. The price declines of common stocks, in particular, may be steep, sudden, and/ or prolonged.

• Common Stock Risk: 

Common stocks represent an ownership interest in a company. They may or may not pay dividends or carry voting rights. Common stock occupies the most junior position in a company’s capital structure. Debt securities and preferred stocks have rights senior to a company’s common stock. Although common stocks have a history of long-term growth in value, their prices fluctuate based on changes in a company’s financial condition and on overall market and economic conditions.

• Small and Medium Sized Companies Risk: 

The Fund invests in small and medium sized companies, which may have more limited liquidity and greater price volatility than larger, more established companies. Small companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources and their management may be dependent on a limited number of key individuals.

• Technology Company Investing Risk: 

Investment in technology companies, including companies engaged in Internet-related activities, is subject to the risk of short product cycles and rapid obsolescence of products and services and competition from new and existing companies. The realization of any one of these risks may result in significant earnings loss and price volatility. Some technology companies also have limited operating histories and are subject to the risks of small or unseasoned companies, as described under “Small and Medium Sized Companies Risk.”

• Foreign Securities Risk: 

The securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. issuers. The costs associated with securities transactions are often higher in foreign countries than the U.S. The U.S. dollar value of foreign securities traded in foreign currencies (and any dividends and interest earned) held by the Fund may be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. An increase in the U.S. dollar relative to these other currencies will adversely affect the Fund. Additionally, investments in foreign securities, even those publicly traded in the United States, may involve risks that are in addition to those inherent in domestic investments. Foreign companies may not be subject to the same regulatory requirements of U.S. companies, and as a consequence, there may be less publicly available information about such companies. Also, foreign companies may not be subject to uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those applicable to U.S. companies. Foreign governments and foreign economies often are less stable than the U.S. Government and the U.S. economy.

• Emerging Markets Risk: 

Investments in emerging market countries may have more risk because these markets are less developed, less liquid and subject to increased economic, political, regulatory or other uncertainties.

• Quantitative Investment Approach Risk: 

The Fund utilizes a combined approach of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The Fund employs a number of quantitative filters in identifying a broad array of entrepreneurial companies, and then the Fund performs fundamental analysis in determining its final stock selection. While the portfolio manager continuously reviews and refines, if necessary, his investment approach, there may be market conditions where the quantitative or qualitative investment approaches perform poorly.
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Performance
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The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows performance return for the full calendar year 2011. The performance for the Institutional Class shares would differ only to the extent that the Institutional Class shares have different expenses than the Investor Class shares. No performance is shown for the Retail Class because it is no longer in operation, but it may be reopened in the future. The table shows how the Fund’s average annual returns over time compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. Please remember that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of its future performance. It may perform better or worse in the future.
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EntrepreneurShares Fund - Retail Class
Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31
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The Fund’s year-to-date return as of September 30, 2012 was 13.73%.

During the 1 year period shown above, the Funds best and worst quarters are shown below:

Best Quarter 31 Mar 2011 7.94%

Worst Quarter 30 Sept 2011 -20.86%
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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
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Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock After tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual aftertax returns depend on your situation and may differ from those shown. In certain cases, the figure representing “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be higher than the other return figures for the same period. A higher after-tax return results when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and provides an assumed tax deduction that benefits the investor. Furthermore, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to those who hold their shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”).
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund | Class A
  
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 4.75%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and Distributions rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed within five business days of purchase) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.66%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.03% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.19%
Fee Waivers and/or Reimbursements rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (1.21%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.98% [2]
One Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 670
Three Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,280
Five Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,914
Ten Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 3,611
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund | Retail Class
  
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and Distributions rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed within five business days of purchase) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.66%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.03% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.19%
Fee Waivers and/or Reimbursements rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (1.21%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.98% [2]
One Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 211
Three Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 863
Five Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,541
Ten Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 3,349
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (10.42%)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (10.42%)
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (4.49%)
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jun. 30, 2010
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund | Institutional Class
  
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Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends and Distributions rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed within five business days of purchase) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.66%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.03% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.94%
Fee Waivers and/or Reimbursements rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (1.21%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waivers and/or Expense Reimbursements rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.73% [2]
One Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 184
Three Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 783
Five Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,408
Ten Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 3,092
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (10.14%)
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (4.20%)
Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jun. 30, 2010
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund | After Taxes on Distributions | Retail Class
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (10.43%)
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (4.51%)
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund | After Taxes on Distributions | Institutional Class
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (10.15%)
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (4.23%)
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales | Retail Class
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (6.76%)
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (3.81%)
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund | After Taxes on Distributions and Sales | Institutional Class
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (6.58%)
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (3.56%)
EntrepreneurShares Global Fund | MSCI World Index
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (5.02%)
Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception (2.06%)
[1] Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are indirect fees and expenses that funds incur from investing in the shares of other securities. The Total Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement for the Fund in the table above differs from the Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets found within the "Financial Highlights" section of the prospectus because the audited information in the "Financial Highlights" reflects the operating expenses and does not include indirect expenses such as Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.
[2] The Fund's investment advisor has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding borrowing and investment-related costs and fees, taxes, extraordinary expenses and fees and expenses of underlying funds) to limit the total annualized expenses of Class A shares, Retail Class shares and Institutional Class shares of the Fund to the amounts of 1.95%, 1.95% and 1.70% per annum, respectively, of net assets attributable to such shares of the Fund.