Unhas was established on September 10, 1956,[4] and named after Sultan Hasanuddin, a former King of the Gowa Kingdom.
Hasanuddin University's history was begun at Makassar in 1947 as part of the Faculty of Economics of University of Indonesia based on the Decree of the Lieutenant General Governor of the Netherlands East Indies Government Number 127 dated July 23, 1947, which during the early years of its establishment had faculties scattered across the archipelago.
Wolhoff until the establishment of the State University Committee (Indonesian: Panitia Pejuang Universitas Negeri) in March 1950.
Faculty of Medicine was formed through an agreement between Yayasan Balai Perguruan Tinggi Sawerigading and the Ministry of Education and Culture which was established in a Council of Ministers meeting on October 22, 1953.
88130/S on September 8, 1960, the Faculty of Engineering was inaugurated by J. Pongrekun and Ramli Cambari Saka as his secretary with three departments, which as follows Civil, Machinery, and Naval.
The Faculty of Literature was formed after the merger of several units of the B.1 Course Program from Yayasan Perguruan Tinggi Makassar to Hasanuddin University.
This faculty was a private tertiary institution named the Faculty of Civil Service (Indonesian: Fakultas Tata Praja) of the University of 17 August 1945 which was founded by Tjia Kok Tjiang with Sukamto as his secretary.
When Ahmad Amiruddin was a Rector, based on the Minister of Education and Culture Decree No.
This collaboration resulted in a Decree of Minister of Higher Education and Science, Toyib Hadiwidjaya on August 17, 1962, and officially became the Faculty of Agriculture of Hasanuddin University.
In 1963, Founding Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry (FKHP) was formed, chaired by Syamsuddin Daeng Mangawing and consisting Andi Pangerang Pettarani, Achmad Dahlan and Andi Patiwiri as members.
Dentistry Education was established on January 23, 1969, as a result of collaboration between the university and the Indonesian Navy consists Mursalim Daeng Mamanggun, S.H., Rector of Hasanuddin University Natsir Said, and Halima Daeng Sikati and named the Dental Institute of Yos Sudarso.
As a realization of the development of Basic Scientific Pattern (Indonesian: Pola Ilmiah Pokok/PIP) as a reference for orientation of higher education institutions in Indonesia, in 1988, Hasanuddin University officially opened the Marine Science majors through the Decree of Directorate General of Higher Education (Dirjen Dikti) No.
At the 25th Dies Natalis on September 17, 1981, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Soeharto was inaugurated the Tamalanrea Campus (Indonesian: Kampus Tamalanrea) which designed by Paddock Inc., Massachusetts, United States and was built by OD 205, Netherlands in collaboration with PT Sangkuriang Bandung on 220 Ha land area.