The Ministry of Education and Research (Romanian: Ministerul Educației și Cercetării) is one of the fourteen ministries of the government of Moldova.

The ministry was established on 27 May 1953.

In 2017, as part of the government reform in Moldova, the Ministry of Culture was renamed to Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, and absorbed the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports, becoming their legal successor.

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