In Working Cabinet in 2014, Directorate General of Higher Education, previously under Ministry of Education, was merged into Ministry of Research & Technology. However, in Onward Indonesia Cabinet, the ministry later reverted to its original form as Ministry of Research and Technology in pursuant of Presidential Decision No. 113/P/2019 and Presidential Decree No. 73/2019, while Higher Education returned again to Ministry of Education and Culture (Indonesia) according to Presidential Decree No. 72/2019 In addition, this ministry also included a new agency, National Research and Innovation Agency, which established by Presidential Decree No. 74/2019, resulting the minister also has role as the Head of National Research and Innovation Agency.
