The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Arabic: وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي) is the government ministry that is responsible for maintaining and implementing government policies in higher education in Jordan.

The ministry provides the support, services and organization aimed at guiding higher education sector in Jordan.

[1] The Council of Higher Education was established in 1982 in response to the increased demand of regulating and planning the policies of higher education.

[2] The ministry following its re-establishment in 2001, was given a new responsibility of guiding the scientific research sector of higher education in Jordan.

Since 2006, the ministry issues several internationally peer-reviewed journals in cooperation with several Jordanian universities: