Ministry of Science and ICT

{{Short description|Government ministry of South Korea}}

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| nativename_a = 과학기술정보통신부

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| formed = {{Start date and age|df=y|2017|07|26}}

| preceding1= Ministry of Science and Technology {{small|(1967–2008)}}

| preceding2= Ministry of Education, Science and Technology {{small|(2008–2013)}}

| preceding3= Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning {{small|(2013–2017)}}

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| jurisdiction = Government of South Korea

| headquarters = Sejong, South Korea

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| employees = 2,007 {{small|(excluding Korea Post)}}Article 36 and 37, Decree on the Organization of the Ministry of Science and ICT and its Constituents (Presidential Decree No.29568, amended Feb 26th, 2019)Article 27 and 28, Enforcement Rule of the Decree on the Organization of the Ministry of Science and ICT and its Constituents (Ordinance of the Minister of Science and ICT No. 23, Amended Feb 26th, 2019)

| budget = {{nowrap|₩18.9 trillion
(US$13.2 billion)
{{small|(FY2025)}}}}{{Cite news |date=11 December 2024 |title=Science ministry's budget set at $13.2 bil. for 2025 |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/health/20241211/science-ministrys-budget-set-at-132-billion-dollars-for-next-year |work=The Korea Times}}

| minister1_name = Yoo Sang-im

| minister1_pfo = Minister

| deputyminister1_name = Lee Chang-yoon

| deputyminister1_pfo = 1st Vice Minister - R&D Policy

| deputyminister2_name = Kang Kang-hyun

| deputyminister2_pfo = 2nd Vice Minister - Information & Communication & Broadcasting

| deputyminister3_name = Ryu Kwang-jun

| deputyminister3_pfo = General Director-Head of Science and Technology Innovation Division

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| child1_agency = Korea AeroSpace Administration

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| website = {{URL|www.msit.go.kr/eng/}}

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| footnotes = {{Infobox Korean name/auto

| hangul = ^과학_기술_정보_통신부

| hanja = 科學技術情報通信部

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The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT; {{korean|과학기술정보통신부}}) is a ministry of the government of South Korea. It succeeded the former Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. "ICT" stands for "Information and Communication Technology".

The headquarters was originally in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do before relocating to Sejong City in 2019 with new buildings constructed in 2021.{{cite web |url= https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/02/356_243500.html |title= Two ministries moving to Sejong in 2019 |last= Kwak |first= Yeon-soo |date= 2 February 2018 |website= The Korea Times |publisher= |access-date= 28 March 2019 |quote=}}