The Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia (EPGE, Graduate School of Economics) is a Brazilian private higher education institution, founded in 1960 and linked to the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, located in Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. It was established with the name Centro de Aperfeiçoamento de Economistas (Economist Improvement Center – CAE), where Bachelors of Economics prepared to take master's and doctoral programs abroad. In January, 1966, CAE became known as EPGE, with the introduction of its master's graduate program. Eight years later, in 1974, the Doctoral program was created.