# Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Denmark)

The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Danish: Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet) is the Danish ministry in charge of research and education above high school/upper secondary school.
The ministry has also been known as the "Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education", the "Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Denmark", the "Science Ministry", the "Research Ministry", and the "Ministry of Research and Technology".
Its primary purpose is to promote and coordinate the interaction between the industry and trade, centres of research and education and strengthen industry and research policies.

## List of ministers

| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party | Political Party | Government | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born-died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political Party | Political Party | Government | Ref. |
| Minister of Science and Technology (Forsknings- og teknologiminister) ||||||||||
| 1 | | Svend Bergstein (1941–2014) | 25 January 1993 | 28 January 1994 | 1 year, 3 days | | Centre Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| Minister of Science (Forskningsminister) ||||||||||
| 2 | | Frank Jensen (born 1961) | 27 September 1994 | 30 December 1996 | 2 years, 94 days | | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen II Cabinet |
| 3 | | Jytte Hilden (born 1942) | 30 December 1996 | 23 March 1998 | 1 year, 83 days | | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen III Cabinet |
| 4 | | Jan Trøjborg (1955–2012) | 23 March 1998 | 10 July 1999 | 1 year, 109 days | | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
| 5 | | Birte Weiss (born 1941) | 10 July 1999 | 21 December 2000 | 1 year, 164 days | | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
| Minister of IT and Science (IT- og forskningsminister) ||||||||||
| 5 | | Birte Weiss (born 1941) | 21 December 2000 | 27 November 2001 | 341 days | | Social Democrats | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen IV Cabinet |
| Minister of Science, Technology and Development (Minister for videnskab, teknologi og udvikling) ||||||||||
| 6 | | Helge Sander (born 1950) | 27 November 2001 | 23 February 2010 | 8 years, 88 days | | Venstre | Anders Fogh Rasmussen I Cabinet–II–III Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| 7 | | Charlotte Sahl-Madsen (born 1964) | 23 February 2010 | 3 October 2011 | 1 year, 222 days | | Conservatives | Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet |
| Minister of Higher Education and Science (Uddannelses- og forskningsminister) ||||||||||
| 8 | | Morten Østergaard (born 1976) | 3 October 2011 | 3 February 2014 | 2 years, 123 days | | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt I Cabinet |
| 8 | | Sofie Carsten Nielsen (born 1975) | 3 February 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 2 years, 123 days | | Social Liberals | Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet |
| 9 | | Esben Lunde Larsen (born 1978) | 28 June 2015 | 29 February 2016 | 246 days | | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet |
| 10 | | Ulla Tørnæs (born 1962) | 29 February 2016 | 28 November 2016 | 273 days | | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet |
| 11 | | Søren Pind (born 1969) | 28 November 2016 | 2 May 2018 | 1 year, 155 days | | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet |
| 12 | | Tommy Ahlers (born 1975) | 2 May 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 56 days | | Venstre | Lars Løkke Rasmussen III Cabinet |
| 13 | | Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (born 1983) | 27 June 2019 | 16 August 2021 | 2 years, 50 days | | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet |
| 14 | | Jesper Petersen (born 1981) | 16 August 2021 | 15 December 2022 | 1 year, 121 days | | Social Democrats | Frederiksen I Cabinet |
| 15 | | Christina Egelund (born 1977) | 15 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 21 days | | Moderates | Frederiksen II Cabinet |