Ministry of Education and Research (Sweden)

The Ministry of Education and Research (Utbildningsdepartementet) is a government ministry in Sweden responsible for matters relating to schools, universities, colleges, and research.

Before 1968, the ministry was called the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs.

The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 16 in central Stockholm.

Organization
The Ministry of Education and Research has a staff of 200. The head of the ministry is the Minister for Education, currently Mats Persson (L).

Areas of responsibility

 * Education and research

Government agencies
The Ministry of Education and Research is principal to the following government agencies: