Morgan, who moves from the Treasury, is set to retain her current role as minister for women and equalities that she took on in April, alongside becoming Secretary of State for Education.
She has been Conservative MP for Loughborough since 2010 and is a qualified solicitor. She has a parliamentary majority of 3,744 votes.
Gove, who has been Education Secretary since the coalition government took office in May 2010, is to become Chief Whip in charge of Tory party discipline in the run-up to the 2015 general election.
Liz Truss is leaving the DfE after less than two years as childcare minister, having been promoted to Environment Secretary.
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