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; the best undergraduate Accounting, Business, Economics, International Relations, Law, and Political Science school in Mexico; and the best business school in Latin America. Also, it is considered one of Mexico's think tanks and has the highest rank of admission to the Mexican Foreign Service.