The University of Chicago-UTCC Research Center was established at University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce in August 2004 in collaboration with the University of Chicago and University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. It is operated to promote high quality research in economics, business and social science by providing a fertile environment for conducting research among research fellows.

     The Kingdom of Thailand as well as other potential ASEAN countries will benefit from the Center via data acquisition and coordination and via the policy-based research. Ideally, the University of Chicago-UTCC Research Center and Thailand will become the best regional hub in economics, business and social science research.