IE University's programs are run in English and Spanish, and are compliant with the terms of the European Higher Education Area (Bologna Process).

[1] IE (Instituto de Empresa) was founded in Madrid, Spain as a graduate professional school in business and law in 1973 with the goal of fostering an entrepreneurial environment through its various programs.

IE University opened to undergraduates in 2006 and was established in Santa Maria la Real Convent after Instituto de Empresa Ltd. acquired Universidad S.E.K.

Among the main complaints are the exponential increase in rental prices in the city, which was the largest in Spain in 2023,[10][11] the continuous noise from parties,[12][13] attacks on police officers,[14][15][16] dumping of garbage on public roads[17] and the progressive expulsion of Segovians in the city old area in favor of students, illegally renting out the apartments as tourist flats.

[19]IE University's newest campus, opened in 2021, is a 180-meter tower[20] in the Cuatro Torres Business Area of Northern Madrid, Spain.

Diego de Colmenares, a 16th-century chronicler, adds that Saint Dominic did penance in a cave near the river to the north of the city, outside its walls and that he founded the order in this spot.

Although the city's institutions had played a part in the convent's development, the Dominicans were not a prosperous order until the Catholic Monarchs came to the throne, when they were given control of the Inquisition.

The convent was rebuilt over the former 13th century Romanesque structure and the current church, with its monumental portal, was also erected under Friar Tomás de Torquemada, the first Grand Inquisitor and prior of the Holy Cross community.

The convent church was designed by fifteenth century Spanish architect Juan Guasa, and is a faithful example of late gothic architecture.

Bachelor in: Brown University offers eligible IEU students the opportunity to attend a joint two-week summer program in Providence, Rhode Island.