IEX Labs · IE School of Science and Technology
Accelerating Research and Education to Address Industry Needs and Global Challenges
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About IE University
4 campuses · Madrid · Segovia · New York · Riyadh
6 schools · 25 global hubs
About IE School of Science & Technology
A rigorous academic core connected to research and industry.
Academic core
Bachelor’s → Master’s → PhD
Three academic pillars
Students build strong scientific foundations through work with faculty, researchers and industry partners.
About Research at IE Sci-Tech
IE Sci-Tech, Sci-Tech Research, and IEX Labs connect education, research and industry to generate knowledge and co-create solutions to real-world challenges.
Education
Developing talent and leaders with a strong scientific and technological foundation.
Knowledge creation
Generating new knowledge and advancing frontiers of science and technology.
Real-world challenges integration
Co-creating solutions to address society’s most pressing challenges.
Interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle complex challenges.
Excellence in research driving innovation and impact.
About IEX Labs
IEX Labs is IE University’s global platform for applied research, education and innovation — connecting faculty, researchers and students with industry, entrepreneurs, investors and leading universities.
Through collaborative projects, shared infrastructure and a network of physical hubs, IEX Labs transforms research and emerging technologies into practical solutions — accelerating innovation, addressing industry needs and delivering measurable impact on complex global challenges.
IEX Labs
Advancing fintech, digital assets, and financial regulation.
Driving innovation in biotechnology, precision medicine, and healthcare systems.
Harnessing AI, data science, and algorithms for climate solutions.
AI · Machine Learning · Quantum · Blockchain · Robotics · Emerging Technologies
Applied research, prototypes and industry-relevant challenges
Gateways, bootcamps, immersions and challenge-based learning
Colliders, summits, panels and partner engagement
Turning research and education into ventures, pilots and startups
IE Sci-Tech and IEX Labs
IEX Labs
IEX Financial Systems Lab
A multidisciplinary collaboration that advances research, education, innovation and ecosystem development in blockchain, digital assets, responsible and inclusive financial systems.
IEX Health & MedTech Lab
A multidisciplinary collaboration bringing together researchers, healthcare experts and industry stakeholders to advance the responsible application of AI and data science in healthcare, improve clinical-trial design, support better treatment decisions and accelerate the development of personalized therapies.
IEX Climate & Energy Lab
A multidisciplinary collaboration that applies emerging technologies, data and research to challenges facing the insurance industry. The Lab aims to strengthen risk modelling, inform product and pricing decisions, and help the industry anticipate and respond to evolving risks.
Examples of Industry Collaboration
Simultaneous Research Projects
The Ripple-funded research portfolio examines how blockchain and digital assets can support responsible innovation, economic participation and new forms of decentralized coordination. The initial research projects explored the balance between protective and innovation-enabling regulation, governance and value creation in blockchain platforms for financial inclusion, and the Internet of Assets, including the economic autonomy of a crypto-enabled smart home.
The research combines regulatory, economic and governance analysis with technical development and experimentation.
The portfolio aims to produce research findings and practical frameworks that support regulatory clarity, responsible blockchain adoption and real-world applications.
Examples of Industry Collaboration
Research Project: Biophysics Neural Networks for Digital Twins: Clinical Trials
The project develops biophysics-informed neural networks, or BioPINNs, that combine physiological models with artificial intelligence to create trustworthy, patient-specific digital twins. The research aims to model individual patient trajectories, improve clinical-trial design and stratification, and support better treatment decisions.
The project combines physiological knowledge, AI and patient data to create reliable models and virtual simulators for safely testing treatments before clinical application.
A proof-of-concept digital twin for clinical-trial design and patient stratification, supported by a scientific publication, open-source software and postdoctoral research, with potential for future industry, clinical and regulatory applications.
Examples of Industry Collaboration
Research Project: Impact of Climate Change on Life Insurance
The project examines how climate-related factors may affect mortality, life expectancy and long-term insurance risk. Its purpose is to translate climate and health data into evidence that can strengthen actuarial modelling, insurance decision-making and industry resilience.
The project uses interdisciplinary, data-driven research combining climate science, health, applied mathematics and actuarial expertise.
The project aims to improve life-expectancy projections and inform the pricing of life-assurance and annuity products. It will also support the review of policy values, reserves and funding requirements, while helping insurers develop risk-mitigation strategies and strengthen long-term planning for climate-related mortality risks.
IEX Labs Education
IEX Labs Industry Gateways are selective, multidisciplinary learning programs, typically lasting four months, that connect advanced undergraduate and master’s students with leading companies to explore strategic industry topics and address real business and societal challenges.
Co-designed and co-delivered by IE faculty and industry experts, each Gateway examines its sector through business, technology and regulatory perspectives, combining academic learning, industry insight, professional mentoring and direct access to practitioners with an immersive experience at the partner’s facilities.
The Gateway culminates in an applied industry challenge or venture project.
IEX Labs Education
Madrid & Paris
Focuses on blockchain, digital assets and the XRP Ledger. Students explore decentralized applications, enterprise use cases, digital-asset policy and venture creation, culminating in an XRPL-based venture project.
Madrid & Aranda del Duero
Focuses on the transformation of the biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors through AI, data and emerging technologies. Students apply their learning to a real industry challenge defined with GSK.
Madrid & partner’s facilities
Focuses on how technology, innovation and circular-economy principles can accelerate industrial and energy transformation. Students applied their learning to a real challenge proposed by the industry partner.
IEX Labs Education
Experiences that take students beyond the classroom into industry, venture creation, hands-on learning and career acceleration.
Open to IE University undergraduate and master’s students from all Schools
A five-day intensive, hands-on experience where students form cross-disciplinary teams, design, build and test tech prototypes and/or ventures, and pitch to industry experts, investors and mentors.
Open to IE Sci-Tech + IE Business School dual-degree students
A six-month program developing the management, technology and exponential mindset to lead in rapidly changing industries.
IEX Labs Education
Real-world industry challenges where students build, test and pitch solutions under intense time constraints.
Students use data to tackle real-world industry challenges, developing models and recommendations to support better decisions.
IEX Labs · Ecosystem Development & Events
Brought together leaders from academia, technology, venture and policy to explore how institutions, technologies and markets must adapt to a more complex and fragmented world.
Themes: AI, data governance, education reform and scalable innovation.
IEX Labs · Ecosystem Development & Events
Dubai, 2024
Brought together fintech and blockchain experts to discuss industry challenges and share perspectives. Showcased findings from the Ripple–IE collaborative research and informed future research.
Ingelheim, 2024
Focused on challenges across drug discovery, clinical trials and regulatory approval, exploring how closer industry–academia–regulator collaboration could accelerate the development of personalized therapies.
Madrid, 2026
Explored whether climate change is shifting mortality risk and quantifying the potential implications under different climate scenarios. Aims to strengthen long-term risk assessment and help quantify potential impacts on life insurance products, including term life and annuity portfolios.
IE Sci-Tech and IEX Labs
IE Sci-Tech
Dean, IE Sci-Tech
Dean of Programs, IE Sci-Tech
Vice Dean of Faculty and Research, IE Sci-Tech
Chief Development Officer, IE Sci-Tech
Vice Dean of External Relations, IE Sci-Tech
IEX Labs
Managing Director, IEX Labs
Executive Director Education Initiatives, IEX Labs
Associate Director, IEX Labs
Transversal Project Coordinator, IEX Labs
Build with IEX Labs
Turn a strategic challenge into applied research, talent and real-world results.
Leticia Cabral · Managing Director, IEX Labs