ITAM is a private, secular, non profit Mexican institution of higher education. Its mission is to contribute to the comprehensive education of students and to the development of a freer, more just and more prosperous society. In order to carry out its teaching and research objectives, ITAM aspires to the highest levels of academic excellence, while supporting a diversity of ideas and a community that respects ethnic, cultural, and religious differences. ITAM offers ten graduate programs with full time and part time options. We also have a full time Ph.D. in Economics. Thanks to the balance between theory and practice, ITAM`s graduate programs include a range of aspects that respond to real demands made by the public, academic and private sectors. They also promote the development of intellectual abilities that allow students to obtain a fundamental experience in rigorous methods that help them in order to use their potentials, academically and professionally speaking.