IPS ta kasance memba tun 1952.
An kafa IPSA a cikin Paris a cikin 1949 a ƙarƙashin ikon UNESCO.
Wa'adi na musamman na IPSA, wanda aka bayyana a cikin Kundin Tsarin Mulki, shine tallafawa ci gaban kimiyyar siyasa a duk sassan duniya, gina hanyoyin sadarwa na ilimi da ke haɗa gabas da yamma, Arewa da Kudu. Manufarta ita ce ƙirƙirar al'ummar kimiyyar siyasa ta duniya baki ɗaya wacce kowa zai iya shiga ciki. Yana neman haɓaka haɗin gwiwa tsakanin masana a cikin ci gaba da kafa dimokuradiyya da kuma tallafawa 'yancin ilimi da ake buƙata don ilimin zamantakewa ya bunƙasa.