Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)

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| agency_name = Ministry of Science and Higher Education

| nativename = Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego

| logo = Logo Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego 2024.svg

| logo_caption = Ministerial logotype

| formed = 5 May 2006
1 January 2024[https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19900100060 Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 16 grudnia 2023 r. w sprawie utworzenia Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego.], In: 2023 Journal of Laws, position: 2695. 16 December 2023.

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| headquarters = ul. Wspólna 1/3, Warsaw

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| chief1_name = Marcin Kulasek

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Minister of Science and Higher Education

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First Deputy Minister

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| website = [http://www.mnisw.gov.pl/ www.mnisw.gov.pl]

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The Ministry of Science and Higher Education ({{langx|pl|Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego}}) in Poland was opened on 5 May 2006 by the Minister of Science and Higher Education, in replacement of several parts of the Ministry of Education and Science. The Minister of Science and Higher Education administers governmental activities in science and higher education and has a budget for scientific research provided by State funds. The Rada Nauki (Science Council) acts together with the Minister, in replacement of the Komitet Badań Naukowych (Science Research Council) which was closed in 2005. The headquarters of the ministry are located at ulica Wspólna 1/3, Warsaw.

{{As of|2025}}, the current Minister of Science and Higher Education is Marcin Kulasek.

List of ministers

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!Cabinet (Prime minister)

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|Michał Seweryński

|Law and Justice

|31 October 2005

|5 May 2006

|Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz)

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|Michał Seweryński

|Law and Justice

|5 May 2006

|7 September 2007

|Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (Marcinkiewicz),

Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)

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|Jarosław Kaczyński

|Law and Justice

|7 September 2007

|11 September 2007

|Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)

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|Michał Seweryński

|Law and Justice

|11 September 2007

|16 November 2007

|Jarosław Kaczyński (Kaczyński)

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|Barbara Kudrycka

|Civic Platform

|16 November 2007

|27 November 2013

|Donald Tusk (Tusk I),
(Tusk II)

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|Lena Kolarska-Bobińska{{cite web|url=http://www.nauka.gov.pl/sylwetki/lena-kolarska-bobinska.html|title=Lena Kolarska-Bobińska|language=pl|accessdate=2014-05-31|agency=Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego}}

|Civic Platform

|27 November 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.nauka.gov.pl/aktualnosci-ministerstwo/prof-lena-kolarska-bobinska-nowym-ministrem-nauki-i-szkolnictwa-wyzszego.html|title=Prof. Lena Kolarska-Bobińska nowym ministrem nauki i szkolnictwa wyższego|date=3 December 2013|language=pl|accessdate=2014-05-31|agency=Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego}}

|16 November 2015

|Donald Tusk (Tusk II)

Ewa Kopacz (Kopacz)

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|Jarosław Gowin

|Agreement

|16 November 2015

|9 April 2020

|Beata Szydło (Szydło)

Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki I),
(Morawiecki II)

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|9 April 2020

|16 April 2020

|Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)

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|Wojciech Murdzek

|Agreement

|16 April 2020

|19 October 2020

|Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)

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|Przemysław Czarnek

|Law and Justice

|19 October 2020

|27 November 2023

|Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki II)

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|Krzysztof Szczucki

|Law and Justice

|27 November 2023

|13 December 2023

|Mateusz Morawiecki (Morawiecki III)

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| Dariusz Wieczorek

|New Left

|13 December 2023

|17 January 2025

|Donald Tusk (Tusk III)

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|Marcin Kulasek

|New Left

|17 January 2025

|present

|Donald Tusk (Tusk III)

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