The Royal Ministry of Education and Research (Norwegian: Kunnskapsdepartementet, KD; full name: Det kongelige kunnskapsdepartement[1]) is a Norwegian government ministry responsible for education, research, kindergartens and integration.

The current Minister of Education is Tonje Brenna of the Labour Party and the current Minister of Research and Higher Education is Ola Borten Moe of the Centre Party.

The ministry was established in 1814, following the dissolution of Denmark–Norway, in which the joint central government administration of the two formally separate but closely integrated kingdoms, had been based in Copenhagen.

Norway was in a union with Sweden with a common foreign and defense policy until 1905, however church and educational policy was entirely the domain of each respective national government.

[2] The full formal name of the ministry is Det kongelige kunnskapsdepartement (literally "the royal ministry of knowledge"),[1] but this name tends to be used only on formal occasions and in formal letters.