The Ministry of Education and Research (Swedish: 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.

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).

• Education and research

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

Schools, children and youth

• National Agency for Education, or (Skolverket)
• Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen)
• Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten)
• Sami Education Board (Sameskolstyrelsen)
• Board of Appeal for Education (Skolväsendets överklagandenämnd)

Higher education

• Public universities and colleges
• Council for Higher Education, or (Universitets- och högskolerådet)
• Board of Student Finance, or (Centrala studiestödsnämnden)
• Higher Education Appeals Board (Överklagandenämnden för högskolan)
• National Board of Appeal for Student Aid (Överklagandenämnden för studiestöd)
• Office of the Chancellor of the Swedish Universities (Universitetskanslersämbetet)
• Agency for Higher Vocational Education (Myndigheten för yrkeshögskolan)

Research

• Institute of Space Physics, or (Institutet för rymdfysik)
• National Library, or (Kungliga biblioteket)
• Polar Research Secretariat, or (Polarforskningssekretariatet)
• Space Agency, or (Rymdstyrelsen)
• Research Council, or (Vetenskapsrådet)
• Institute for Educational Research (Skolforskningsinstitutet)
• Royal Academy of Science (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademie)
• Ethical Review Authority (Etikprövningsmyndigheten)