Ngo-2006, iqela lezazinzulu ezixhalabileyo kunye neechwephesha zamava abanzi zadibana okokuqala kwiBhunga loPhando laseMauritius ukuze lixoxe ngeendlela kunye neendlela zokuseka iAkhademi yeSayensi yaseMauritius. Injongo yeli ziko yayikukusebenza njengetanki yokucinga ekwinqanaba eliphezulu elizimeleyo kwimiba yenzululwazi nobuchwephesha echaphazela ilizwe, nokucebisa abo bakurhulumente namashishini abucala ngokufanelekileyo. Iakhademi yayiza kuba ngumbutho wenzululwazi kunye nethekhinoloji onobulungu basekhaya kunye nabangaphandle kweMauritius. IAkhademi yasungulwa ngokusesikweni ngo-2007.
Imisebenzi ye-MAST iququzelelwa libhunga lesigqeba elinamalungu ali-11, lihlaziywa ngonyulo kwindibano rhoqo emva kweminyaka emibini. Ngokunyanisekileyo kwinjongo yokuqinisa ingxoxo phakathi kweenzululwazi kunye nabaqulunqi bomgaqo-nkqubo, iBhunga le-MAST lathatha isigqibo sokuseka amaqela asebenzayo ngenjongo yokuxubusha imixholo yehlabathi ngokugxila kwisizwe esikhokelela kwiingcebiso zomgaqo-nkqubo, ukwenzela ukuba isayensi ibe negalelo kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo. Imizekelo yemixholo ekuye kwaxoxwa ngayo 'ngokhuseleko lokutya', 'ubhubhani we-COVID-19', 'iNzululwazi, iTekhnoloji kunye neMiba yeNtlalo' kunye 'Imfundo yeSayensi kumxholo obanzi we-STEM'. Kwimeko nganye, kwakhutshwa iphepha lomgaqo-nkqubo/lesicwangciso. Ukusukela ngo-2007, i-MAST ibikhupha incwadana yeendaba ekwi-intanethi kunye nejenali yonyaka okanye ebakho emva kweminyaka emibini.
Ukongeza kubulungu be-ISC, i-MAST ilungu leNASAC kunye ne-IAP, kwaye ithatha inxaxheba rhoqo kwizenzo zabo. I-MAST ikwagcina ubudlelwane obusondeleyo bokusebenza kunye namaziko enzululwazi aliqela, afana ne-ASSAf, i-INSA, i-AAS, iRoyal Society, i-l'Academie des Sciences de Paris, phakathi kwezinye.
