Ministry of Science and ICT

Ministry of Science and ICT

과학기술정보통신부
Agency overview
Formed	26 July 2017; 8 years ago (2017-07-26)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Science and Technology (1967–2008) Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2008–2013) Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (2013–2017)
Jurisdiction	Government of South Korea
Headquarters	Sejong, South Korea
Employees	2,007 (excluding Korea Post)[1][2]
Annual budget	₩18.9 trillion (US$13.2 billion) (FY2025)[3]
Minister responsible	Bae Kyung-hoon, Minister
Deputy Ministers responsible	Koo Hyuk Chae, 1st Vice Minister Ryu Jemyung, 2nd Vice Minister Park In Kyu, Vice Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation
Child agency	Korea AeroSpace Administration
Website	www.msit.go.kr/eng/
Footnotes
Korean name
Hangul	과학기술정보통신부
Hanja	科學技術情報通信部
RR	Gwahak gisul jeongbo tongsinbu
MR	Kwahak kisul chŏngbo t'ongsinbu

The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT; Korean: 과학기술정보통신부) is a ministry of the government of South Korea. It succeeded the former Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. "ICT" stands for "Information and Communication Technology".

The headquarters was originally in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do before relocating to Sejong City in 2019 with new buildings constructed in 2021.^[4]

The organization consists of the Minister, the First and Second Vice Ministers, the Headquarters Director, three offices (실), 19 bureaus (국) and offices (관), and 70 divisions (과) and teams. There is a policy advisor under the Minister, and it is divided into the First and Second Vice Ministers and the Science and Technology Innovation Headquarters.^[5]

• Korea AeroSpace Administration
• Korea Post
• National Science Museum
• Gwacheon National Science Museum
• National Radio Research Agency
• Central Radio Management Service

• Science and technology in South Korea
• Internet in South Korea
• KAIST
• National Science Museum

• Ministry of Science and ICT
• Ministry of Science and ICT (in Korean)