The University of Leuven (KU Leuven) is the major university in Belgium.
Within KU Leuven, research on cultural heritage policies and preventive conservation is conducted by the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation.
As a host of the UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Maintenance and Monitoring of Monuments and Sites (PRECOM3OS), the Centre and its more than 800 alumni from 70 countries, collaborate in a vast network with international and local actors.