IPSA wakhala membala kuyambira 1952.
IPSA idakhazikitsidwa ku Paris mu 1949 motsogozedwa ndi UNESCO.
Ntchito yapadera ya IPSA, yofotokozedwa mu Constitution yake, ndikuthandizira chitukuko cha sayansi ya ndale m'madera onse a dziko lapansi, kumanga maukonde a maphunziro ogwirizanitsa East ndi West, North ndi South. Cholinga chake ndikupanga gulu lophatikizana komanso lasayansi yandale padziko lonse lapansi momwe onse atha kutenga nawo mbali. Ikufuna kulimbikitsa mgwirizano pakati pa akatswiri m'mademokalase omwe akutukuka ndi okhazikika komanso kuthandizira ufulu wamaphunziro wofunikira kuti sayansi ya chikhalidwe cha anthu ipite patsogolo.