To provide an optical element having improved light resistance by providing an inorganic/organic laminated layer wherein at least a pair of inorganic/organic laminated films is laminated in the order of the inorganic layer and the organic layer on the surface of a molded part made of a resin, and to provide a method for manufacturing the optical element.

In the optical element (objective lens) having the molded part 50 molded from a resin material, the resin material has an alicyclic hydrocarbon structure, and has at least a pair of inorganic/organic laminated films 52 formed at least in the order of the inorganic layer and the organic layer on the surface of the molded part 50.