Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands)

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Department overview
FormedSeptember 9, 1918 (1918-09-09)
JurisdictionKingdom of the Netherlands
HeadquartersRijnstraat 50, The Hague, Netherlands
Annual budget€38,5 billion (2018)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Eppo Bruins, Minister of Education, Culture and Science
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Mariëlle Paul, State Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education and Equal Opportunities
WebsiteMinistry of Education, Culture and Science

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Dutch: Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen; OCW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for education, culture, science, research, gender equality and communications. The Ministry was created in 1918 as the Ministry of Education, Arts and Sciences and had several name changes before it became the Education, Culture and Science in 1994. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, currently Eppo Bruins.

  1. ^ "Miljoenennota en Rijksbegroting". Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

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