IUHPST yakhala membala kuyambira 1947.
International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) inakhazikitsidwa mu 1956 ndi bungwe la International Union of History of Science, lomwe linakhazikitsidwa mu 1947, ndi International Union of Philosophy of Science, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa mu 1949. mabungwe awiri ogwirizana anakhala magawo awiri a Union, Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) ndi Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (DLMPS).
Zolinga za IUHPST ndi kukhazikitsa ndi kulimbikitsa kulankhulana kwa mayiko pakati pa akatswiri a mbiri yakale ndi afilosofi a sayansi ndi asayansi omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi mbiri yakale ndi mavuto oyambirira a chilango chawo; kusonkhanitsa zikalata zothandiza pa chitukuko cha mbiri ndi nzeru za sayansi; kulimbikitsa ndi kulimbikitsa kafukufuku ndi kuphunzira za zovuta zofunika m'magawo awa; ndi kukonza ndi kuthandizira misonkhano yapadziko lonse, symposia ndi mitundu ina ya kusinthana kwa sayansi.
Gawo lirilonse liri ndi umembala ndi mabungwe ake ndipo lirilonse limapanga ma congress a mayiko pazaka zinayi, nthawi yomwe DHST ndi DLMPS international congresses zimasinthana pakapita zaka ziwiri. Pazaka zapakati pakati pa ma congress awa, Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse Wogwirizana Wachidwi umakonzedwa ndi nthumwi za Magawo onse awiri. Izi zimapereka mgwirizano wofunika kwambiri pakati pa maphunziro awiriwa.
The DHST amachita monga kholo thupi kwa zigawo zitatu zachuma autonomous sayansi, International Committee for the History of Technology, International Committee for History of Metrology ndi International Association for Science and Cultural Diversity. Imathandiziranso makomiti angapo apadziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza Joint Commission of History ndi Philosophy of Science pamodzi ndi DLMPS. DLMPS imathandizira misonkhano ndi kafukufuku m'magawo osiyanasiyana amalingaliro, komanso filosofi ya sayansi, ndipo imalumikizana kwambiri ndi mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi m'magawo awa.
Pakali pano mamembala a dziko 49, makomiti 13 ndi zigawo zitatu zodziyimira pawokha amatsatira DHST, ndi makomiti 3 ndi makomiti 38 ku DLMPS. Magawo awiriwa amagawana magawo awiri mwa ntchito zawo; DHST ilinso ndi ma 4 Inter-Union Commissions.