Maktab Sains Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan started in 1978 to meet the government’s aim to produce students with a good grounding in Science and Mathematics and to make available a pool of students that could be trained to deal with the challenges and requirements of a rapidly developing Brunei and an ever changing world.

The setting up of a special school with selected students, the cream of the crop, gathered together under one roof would be a good way of achieving this objective. A special school like this would provide the conducive environment, the stimuli and the challenge for students to achieve their fullest potential.

Students are admitted at Secondary One (Form One) and completed their Pre-University ( Sixth Form) here. They are selected on the basis of their performance in the Primary Certificate of Education Examination taken at the end of their Sixth (6th) year in primary school. The best students in the Brunei-Muara District, those with straight A's in Malay, English, Mathematics, Science and General Paper are offered places here. Only citizens are admitted.