Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Dominican Republic)

Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología
Agency overview
Formed13 August 2001 (2001-08-13)
Jurisdiction Dominican Republic
HeadquartersAv. Máximo Gómez, esq. Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Santo Domingo
Annual budgetRD$ 16,876,109,465.18 (2021)
Minister responsible
  • Franklin García Fermín
Websitehttps://mescyt.gob.do/

The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología or MESCYT) of the Dominican Republic is a government institution that regulates higher education in the country as well as research, grants and technology.

It originated from a commission to modernize the Dominican government and it was officially created as the Secretaría de Estado de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología on 2001. The current minister is Franklin García Fermín, who assumed office on August 16, 2020. Its headquarters are located at Santo Domingo.