Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology

Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology   (University)
Formation	1946
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Is considered one of Mexico's (neoliberal) think tanks and has the highest rank of admission to the Mexican Foreign Service

The Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology), commonly known as ITAM, is a private Ph.D.-granting research university. It is one of Mexico's most important institutions of higher learning; highly prestigious in the social sciences; regarded as the best undergraduate Economics, International Relations, Law, and Political Science school in Mexico. Also, it is considered one of Mexico's think tanks and has the highest rank of admission to the Mexican Foreign Service.

History

It was originally an Economics School and one year later it opened its undergraduate business school. Due to the opening of the Accounting School, the institute grew from 52 students in 1947 to 500 in 1951. In 1963, by government decree, the ITAM was recognized as a “Free University School” and the school added the word "autonomous" to its name. However the inclusion of the word autonomous in its name was not recognized officially by the government until 1985.

During the 1970s new programs were added including Applied Mathematics (1974), Social Science (1975) and a Master of Business Administration (1974). In the 1980s and '90s the additions were: Law (1980), Actuarial Science (1982), Computer Science (1983), Political Science (1991, instead of Social Science), International Relations (1992), Telematics (1993) and Industrial Engineering (1997). During the last decade the academic offer was increased by the establishment of Business Engineering (2004), Financial Management and Mechatronics (2010).

Department of Economics

The ITAM, through this department, offers an education in modern economics, with a considerable emphasis on analytic techniques and economic models, in line with the subjects being taught in economics departments around the world. The Department of Economics has been especially influential. It is a major feeder for Latin American candidates into top international graduate programs, and has played an important role in the economic liberalization process that the Mexican Government started in the mid 1980s; in the last 20 years most of Mexico's Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of Finance have been either ITAM professors or alumni. The department is ranked as the best Economics school in Mexico, depending on the survey, and one of the Top 75 Economics departments globally.

Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science has been considered the leading faculty in the field since the mid 1980s. With the formal change of the major in 1991, the program was adapted to modern American political science, and thus incorporated important tools like mathematics, economics and statistics. The program has since been a tremendous success, becoming a leading school in the subject. This is largely due to the number of students and full-time faculty with PhDs from other leading universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke, Chicago, Michigan, Princeton, UCLA, UCSD, and Yale. Many of its undergraduate students are recruited in the best universities in the United States and Europe and others are employed in the federal and local governments and political parties.

Notable alumni, faculty and staff

Alumni

Mexican Presidents

• Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, 56th President of Mexico (2006-2012), graduate school.

Mexican Secretaries of Finance

• Agustín Carstens Carstens, General manager of the Bank of International Settlements (2017-), Governor of the Bank of Mexico (2009-2017); Secretary of Finance (2006-2009).
• José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, Presidential nominee for the PRI (2018); Secretary of Finance (2016-2017); Secretary of Social Development (2015-2016); Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2012-2015); Secretary of Finance (2011-2012); Secretary of Energy (2011).
• Luis Videgaray Caso, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2016-2018); Secretary of Finance (2012-2016).
• Ernesto Javier Cordero Arroyo, Senator of Mexico (2012-2018); Secretary of Finance (2009-2011); Secretary of Social Development (2011).
• Francisco Gil Díaz, Secretary of Finance (2000-2006).
• Pedro Aspe Armella, Secretary of Finance (1988-1994).
• Gustavo Petricioli Iturbide, Secretary of Finance (1986-1988).

Other Secretaries in the Mexican Government

• Alonso Lujambio Irazábal, Secretary of Public Education (2006-2012).
• Alejandro Poiré Romero, former Secretary of Interior.
• Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, former Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries, and Nourishment.
• Dionisio Pérez-Jácome Friscione, former Secretary of Transportation and Communications.
• Alejandra Sota Mirafuentes, former Media Coordinator of the Presidency of Mexico.
• Emilio Lozoya Austin, former CEO of PEMEX.
• Ariel Cano Cuevas, current CEO of the National Housing Commission.
• Jaime González Aguadé, current CEO of the Bank of National Savings and Financial Services.
• Eduardo Pérez Motta, current CEO of the Federal Competition Commission.
• Georgina Kessel Martínez, former Secretary of Energy and current CEO of Banobras.
• Jesús F. Reyes Heroles, former Secretary of Energy and former CEO of PEMEX.
• Luis Téllez Kuenzler, former Secretary of Energy, former Secretary of Transportation and Communications, and former President of the Mexican Stock Exchange.

Government (others)

• Francisco del Río, Mexican Ambassador (SEM).
• Ernesto Céspedes Oropeza, Mexican Ambassador (SEM).
• Luis Carlos Ugalde, former president of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute (IFE).
• Miguel Mancera Aguayo, former Governor of the Bank of Mexico.

Politicians

• Alberto Cinta, politician affiliated to the New Alliance Party.
• Gabriela Cuevas, Senator of Mexico (2012-) and former Jefe Delegacional of Miguel Hidalgo.
• Federico Döring, Senator of Mexico (2012-).
• Tomás Ruíz González, president of New Alliance Party.
• Rodrigo Pérez-Alonso González, Federal Deputy in the LXI Legislature of the Congress of the Union and former lecturer at Universidad Iberoamericana.

Business persons

• María Asunción Aramburuzabala, Mexico's richest woman, shareholder of Grupo Modelo.
• Alberto Baillères, third richest man in Mexico and ninth in Latin America, owner of Grupo Bal, Peñoles, El Palacio de Hierro, and Grupo Nacional Provincial.

Academics

• Aaron Tornell, professor of Economics UCLA.
• Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, professor of Economics Princeton University.
• Luis Rayo Fierro, professor of management Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
• Beatriz Magaloni, professor of Pollitical Science, Stanford University.
• Ana de la O Torres, associate professor of Political Science, Yale University.
• Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, associate professor Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC-Berkeley.
• Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, director Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University.
• Jose Luis Montiel Olea, assistant professor of Economics, Columbia University.
• Noriko Amano-Patiño, lecturer in Economics, University of Cambridge.

Others

• Carlos Loret de Mola, journalist and news anchor.

Faculty

Some famous faculty members include:

• Guillermo Ortiz Martínez
• Pedro Aspe Armella
• Denise Dresser
• Francisco Gil Díaz
• Luis Carlos Ugalde
• Hector Zagal
• Ernesto Piedras Feria
• Rossana Fuentes Berain
• Rafael Fernández de Castro
• Jesús Silva Herzog Márquez
• José Ramón Cossío
• Catherine Mansell Carstens
• Romeo Ortega
• Maria Marván Laborde

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Nationality	Summary	Description
Felipe Calderón	8 August 1962		Politician Puppet leader	WEF/Global Leader for Tomorrow 1997. President of Mexico 2006-2012.
Agustín Carstens	9 June 1958	Mexico	Economist Central banker	BIS General Manager
Salomon Chertorivski Woldenberg	28 September 1974	Mexico	Politician Economist	Mexican Health Minister. Selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014.

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