Ministry of Science and Technology is formerly known as “Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy” which was established on March 24, 1979 under the AmendmentAct of the Proclamation of Revolutionary Party No 216 Dated September 29, 1972 an announced in Royal Gazette Vol. 96 dated March 23, 1979.
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MOSTE) had 3 main responsibilities : science and technology,environment and energy. MOSTE had its roles and objectives to formulate the national policy on 3 aspects, to implement these policies efficiently and in coordination to bring about the most socio-economic benefits and national stability.
Due to MOSTE's responsibilities on science and technology, environment and energy was not directly related in each field, the mechanism to achieve the objectives of national development was inefficient. MOSTE should restructure the administration to be 3 Ministries: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Science and Technology in order to solve the above problem.
The government has restructured the bureaucratic system in October 2002. According to the Bureaucratic Restructuring Act B.E.2545 (Section 5), Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment has changed its name to “Ministry of Science and Technology”
Ministry of Science and Technology consists of 14 organizations: 4 Government agencies, 2 Autonomous agencies, 2 State enterprises, 2 Public organizations and 4 Agencies under transformation to be public organization (see Organization Chart of MOST)
