The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство науки и высшего образования Российской Федерации) is a ministry established in May 2018 as a result of splitting the Ministry of Education and Science, which existed from March 2004, into two separate agencies.

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education is responsible for a state control over the scientific institutions and the university-level education in the Russian Federation.

Particularly, all institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences are now under jurisdiction of this Ministry.

Mikhail Kotyukov was appointed as the first Minister.

[1][2] Since January 21, 2020, the Ministry is headed by Valery Falkov.