Ministry of Education, University and Research

The Ministry of Education and Merit (in Italian: Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito or MIM) is the ministry of the Italian government for the national education system, the Italian universities and research agencies. The current Italian Minister of Public Education is Giuseppe Valditara and the Italian Minister of University and Research is Anna Maria Bernini.

Ministry of Education and Merit^[1]

Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito MIM
Agency overview
Formed	2001 (2001)
Superseding agencies	Ministry of Public Education Ministry of University and Research
Jurisdiction	Government of Italy
Headquarters	Viale Trastevere, 76/a 00153 Rome
Website	www.miur.gov.it

History

In 1988, the Ministry of University and Research was split off from the Ministry of Public Education. In the first Prodi cabinet the two were merged back into the Ministry of Education, University and Scientific and Technological Research, then as the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) in the second and third Berlusconi cabinets. The two were re-separated in the second Prodi cabinet of 17 May 2006, but then re-merged in the fourth Berlusconi cabinet of 7 May 2008.

In 2019, the ministry drafted a policy combining evaluation of grants to research institutions with a requirement to publish research outputs in open access mode.^[2][3]

Structure

National level

• Department for ministerial planning and for ministerial management of the education budget, human resources and information
• Department for education
• Department for the universities, higher education establishments in art, music and dance,

The three Departments carry out policies dictated by the Ministry and form the body which directs and programs educational policy.

Local level

Regional education "uffici", which are autonomous administrative centres, carrying out the instructions of the Departments, directly supporting individual schools, and articulating the policies on the ground.

Ministers

Since 2001

Name (Born-Died)		Portrait	Term of Office		Party	Cabinet
Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR)[4]
	Letizia Moratti (1949– )		11 June 2001	17 May 2006	Forza Italia	Berlusconi II Berlusconi III
Minister of Public Education
	Giuseppe Fioroni (1958– )		17 May 2006	8 May 2008	The Daisy Democratic Party	Prodi II
Minister of University and Research
	Fabio Mussi (1948– )		17 May 2006	8 May 2008	Democrats of the Left Democratic Left	Prodi II
Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
	Mariastella Gelmini (1973– )		8 May 2008	16 November 2011	The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Francesco Profumo (1953– )		16 November 2011	28 April 2013	Independent	Monti
	Maria Chiara Carrozza (1965– )		28 April 2013	22 February 2014	Democratic Party	Letta
	Stefania Giannini (1960– )		22 February 2014	12 December 2016	Civic Choice Democratic Party	Renzi
	Valeria Fedeli (1949– )		12 December 2016	1 June 2018	Democratic Party	Gentiloni
	Marco Bussetti (1962– )		1 June 2018	5 September 2019	Lega Nord	Conte I
	Lorenzo Fioramonti (1977– )		5 September 2019	25 December 2019	Five Star Movement	Conte II
Minister of Public Education
	Lucia Azzolina (1982– )		10 January 2020	13 February 2021	Five Star Movement	Conte II
	Patrizio Bianchi (1952– )		13 February 2021	22 October 2022	Independent	Draghi
	Giuseppe Valditara (1961– )		22 October 2022	Incumbent	League	Meloni
Minister of University and Research
	Gaetano Manfredi (1964– )		10 January 2020	13 February 2021	Independent	Conte II
	Maria Cristina Messa (1961– )		13 February 2021	22 October 2022	Independent	Draghi
	Anna Maria Bernini (1965– )		22 October 2022	Incumbent	Forza Italia	Meloni

See also

• Ministry of University and Research
• Ministry of Public Education (Italy)