The Catholic University of Graben, UCG in acronym, is an institution of higher and university education and scientific research. It is erected in the diocese of Butembo-Beni, in the province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Established in 1989, on the initiative of His Excellency Monseigneur Emmanuel KATALIKO, it obtained its provisional approval by Ministerial Order No. ESU/CABMIN/0280/93 of September 13, 1993.