The creation of Universities as an institution was one of the best things to come out of the Middle Ages. The institution's commitment to extending the boundaries of human knowledge, transmitting this knowledge, and thereby increasing the humanity of the human race has kept it at the forefront of civilization in the 21st century. The Université catholique de Louvain has played a part in this process with pride since 1425.

But above all, UCL's mission to be a great European university is directed towards the future. It takes in teachers, researchers and students from far and wide and the need for strict quality control has never been higher. The internationalization of tertiary education brings new challenges. Inspired by a long history of welcoming others, the university campuses are developing into living communities.

UCL is a microcosm of the world it serves. It is a centre of knowledge and innovation, a place of cultural celebration and invention, of achievement and extending the limits of human accomplishment.

The Center for operations research and econometrics (CORE) is a research centre of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), located in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). It is recognized as a leading interdisciplinary research institute in the fields of economic theory, game theory, operations research and econometrics.

It has developed contributions and expertise in Bayesian inference in econometrics, economic geography, economics of information, environmental economics, financial econometrics, general equilibrium theory, macroeconomic dynamics, industrial organization, public economics and social choice theory, political economics, integer programming as well as convex and large scale optimization, computational economics, regulation of network industries and risk management in the gas and electricity industries.

CORE is also hosting the Chair Lhoist Berghmans