Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education ( or MCTES) is a Portuguese government ministry dedicated to the design, development, execution and assessment of the science, technology and higher education national policy. Its official address is the Palácio das Laranjeiras in Lisbon. The rest of the education system falls within the scope of the Ministry of Education. Since March 30, 2022, the current minister is Elvira Fortunato, aided by Pedro Nuno Teixeira as secretary of State of the Higher Education. As all other ministers, the minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education is part of the Council of Ministers. Powers 
The MCTES' main powers are creating, executing and assessing the science, technology and higher education national policy, but it has many other powers, among them, governing the General Directorate of Higher Education (Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior), tutelage over the public higher education institutions, and tutelage and oversight over the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and the Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre. The MCTES co-governs (with other Ministries and within its scope) the General Secretariat for Education and Science (Secretaria-Geral da Educação e Ciência), the General Inspectorate of Education and Science (Inspeção-Geral da Educação e Ciência), and the Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics (Direção-Geral de Estatísticas da Educação e Ciência) and has co-tutelage and co-oversight of the Institute of Financial Management of Education (Instituto de Gestão Financeira da Educação) and the Agência Nacional de Inovação. The MCTES has legal influence over the National Agency for Management of the Erasmus+ Programme, the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and observes the work done by Portugal Space, the Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation's (Agência para a Investigação Clínica e Inovação Biomédica), and all state laboratories. The MCTES can consult two national boards, the Education National Board and the Science, Technology and Innovation National board. List of ministers

See also
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
 Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino
 Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (disambiguation): Some countries had a ministry formerly with both of these names

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