Ministry of Education, University and Research

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Ministry of Education and Merit [1]
Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito
MIM
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Formed2001 (2001)
Superseding agencies
Jurisdiction Government of Italy
HeadquartersViale Trastevere, 76/a
00153 Rome
Website www.miur.gov.it

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.

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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

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)
PortraitTerm of OfficePartyCabinet
Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR) [4]
Letizia Moratti
(1949– )
Letizia Moratti.jpg 11 June 200117 May 2006 Forza Italia Berlusconi II
Berlusconi III
Minister of Public Education
Giuseppe Fioroni
(1958– )
Giuseppe Fioroni daticamera.jpg 17 May 20068 May 2008 The Daisy
Democratic Party
Prodi II
Minister of University and Research
Fabio Mussi
(1948– )
Fabio Mussi Trento 2007.jpg 17 May 20068 May 2008 Democrats of the Left
Democratic Left
Prodi II
Minister of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
Mariastella Gelmini
(1973– )
Mariastella Gelmini daticamera 2018.jpg 8 May 200816 November 2011 The People of Freedom Berlusconi IV
Francesco Profumo
(1953– )
Francesco Profumo.jpg 16 November 201128 April 2013 Independent Monti
Maria Chiara Carrozza
(1965– )
Maria Chiara Carrozza daticamera.jpg 28 April 201322 February 2014 Democratic Party Letta
Stefania Giannini
(1960– )
Stefania Giannini.jpg 22 February 201412 December 2016 Civic Choice
Democratic Party
Renzi
Valeria Fedeli
(1949– )
Valeria Fedeli datisenato 2018.jpg 12 December 20161 June 2018 Democratic Party Gentiloni
Marco Bussetti
(1962– )
Ministro Bussetti .jpg 1 June 20185 September 2019 Lega Nord Conte I
Lorenzo Fioramonti
(1977– )
Lorenzo Fioramonti daticamera 2018.jpg 5 September 201925 December 2019 Five Star Movement Conte II
Minister of Public Education
Lucia Azzolina
(1982– )
Lucia Azzolina 2021 (cropped).jpg 10 January 202013 February 2021 Five Star Movement Conte II
Patrizio Bianchi
(1952– )
Patrizio Bianchi 2018.jpg 13 February 202122 October 2022 Independent Draghi
Giuseppe Valditara
(1961– )
Giuseppe Valditara (cropped).jpg 22 October 2022Incumbent League Meloni
Minister of University and Research
Gaetano Manfredi
(1964– )
Gaetano Manfredi 2020 (cropped).jpg 10 January 202013 February 2021 Independent Conte II
Maria Cristina Messa
(1961– )
Cristina Messa 2019 (cropped).jpg 13 February 202122 October 2022 Independent Draghi
Anna Maria Bernini
(1965– )
Visit of Anna Maria Bernini, Minister of University and Research of Italy, to the European Commission (04) (cropped).jpg 22 October 2022Incumbent Forza Italia Meloni

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References

  1. Since October 2022
  2. "Fondi premiali alle università solo per le pubblicazioni "aperte" a tutti" [Funding to universities only for publications "open" to all], Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian), 16 November 2019
  3. La proposta di legge Gallo sull'accesso aperto all'informazione scientifica (DDL n. 1146) [The Gallo bill on open access to scientific information] (in Italian), Associazione italiana per la promozione della scienza aperta, 3 November 2019
  4. The Public Education ministry was subsumed into the Ministro dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca