Educational management is a science that studies the process and laws of educational management. According to the characteristics of educational management objects, it can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Education management in a broad sense takes the management of the whole national education system as the research object. Education management in a narrow sense takes a certain type of school organization as the research object.

Education management mainly studies the management of schools, educational institutions and non-profit organizations, understands the education system and its policies, and improves managers' awareness and management ability. Educational management is a branch of educational science. It studies the management, organization and leadership of educational work, including the scientific theories and laws of action of educational administrative organs at all levels and schools at all levels. Before the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China), it was called educational administration.