The journal is one of the oldest scientific periodicals in Russia based on a technical educational institution. The first issue dates back to 1936. For many years, the journal was published under the name "Proceedings of the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics". The publication was resumed in 2001 as a scientific research and educational periodical.

Due to the change in the status of the University, the journal changed its name several times: "Scientific and Technical Bulletin of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics (Technical University)" - until 2003; "Scientific and Technical Bulletin of the St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics" - from 2004 to 2011.

In December 2011, the journal was published under its current name "Scientific and Technical Journal of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics".