The School of Economics is the dependence of the National Autonomous University of Mexico responsible for conducting research and teaching in economics.

Has its direct predecessor in the so-called National School of Economics.

Since its beginning and up to 1934 it operated from the National School of Jurisprudence building.

Eventually, the National School of Economics began to occupy several buildings of the downtown area, the one it occupied the longest (from March 1938 to June 1954) was located at 92 Tacuba Street.

In 1954 the National School of Economics finally moved to Ciudad Universitaria.