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Entrepreneurship and Innovation are two of the four IE pillars, alongside Humanities and Diversity. Students are exposed to entrepreneurship and innovation through their academic programs as well as University-wide programs facilitating access to Entrepreneurship resources and events. Students willing to start their own company can access the Area 31 incubator or the Venture Lab accelerator. Students can find support from numerous Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as well as Mentors and Investors-in-Residence. Selected ventures can further be selected to seek funding at Venture Days organized both in Spain and abroad. There is also significant support from the Corporate Sponsors of the Entrepreneurship Center as well as from the faculty. Students can access a vast international alumni entrepreneurship network. IE startups include: Source{d}, Bioncotech, Tyba, Busuu, Masmovil, Ninjamails, Marsi Bionics, Canard Drones, Bitbrain.

1500+ students take part in Entrepreneurship courses each year. Entrepreneurship is at IE by the Entrepreneurship Center and the academic Entrepreneurship Department. Students can take Entrepreneurship courses as part of their BBA and MBA concentration or in the elective components of their degrees. IE is further committed to educational innovation, having pioneered in launching a department for Learning Innovation. IE has released the WOW room as well as high-impact Exponential Learning and several MOOCs and integrates technology to the classroom actively. IE’s online MBA is further ranked #1 worldwide by QS (2018). Other centers that cater to I&E include the Center for Diversity, Center for Corporate Social Innovation, Global Corporation Center and Center for Governance of Change. IE further sponsors or co-organizes several I&E events including: South Summit (largest startup fair in Southern Europe), Thinkers50 and IE Rockets.