In the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject, UNSRI is placed in the 1001+ category for both Engineering & Technology and Physical Sciences.

[8][9] This Faculty was officially opened on October 31, 1953 in a ceremony attended by Mr. Hadi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Education Teaching and Culture (KDP), Drg.

[10][11] The Foundation of Higher Education Syakhyakirti continued the efforts to establish the university by organizing Panitia Penyelenggaraan Fakultas Hukum (Law Faculty Committee).

With the persistent efforts of community leaders of South Sumatera, like Colonel Harun Sohar (A Commander as well as Chairman of Paperda TT II/Sriwijaya) and A. Bastari (Governor), the obstacles of building the university could be overcome.

Yamin) where they managed to obtain the Government willingness guarantee for taking over Syakhyakirti college to become a state university.

42 of 1960 dated October 29, 1960 (State Archive year 1960 no.135) Sriwijaya University was officially inaugurated on the 3rd of November 1960 and President Sukarno ceremonially signing the charter witnessed by Minister of KDP (Mr. Priyono) and several Ambassadors of the fellow countries.

[15] The South Sumatera’s Governor at that time, Ramli Hasan Basri H, gave his inaugural lecture on Indralaya campus on September 1, 1993.

Bukit Besar Campus with an area of 32.5 hectares, used as an educational facility for vocational (D3), master (S2), doctoral (S3), and some of the bachelor programs.

Unsri also owns a 50 hectares farm for experiments in Gelumbang, Muara Enim Regency (62 kilometers southwest of Palembang).