A Ministry of Higher Education is a government department that focuses on the provision or regulation of institutions of higher education. In some countries these exist as ministries compounded with other responsibilities like the oversight of scientific research.
Examples include:
Ministry of Higher Education (Afghanistan)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Algeria)
Ministry of Higher Education (Egypt)
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Iraq)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Ivory Coast)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Jordan)
Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Lebanon)
Ministry of Higher Education (Malaysia)
Ministry of Higher Education (Oman)
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland
Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (Portugal)
Ministry of Higher Education and Highways (Sri Lanka)
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, of Tanzania
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Tunisia)
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (UAE)
