Honorary Graduates

Nominations for Honorary Graduates

The Honorary Degrees Committee invites nominations for the award of Honorary Degrees.

Nominators

Any member of Court, Council, Academic Board and Convocation may make a nomination.

Where several members make a joint nomination, one should be shown as the nominator and the others as supporters.

Criteria for award

To view the criteria for awarding honorary degrees, please download our Principles for the award of Honorary Degrees (PDF: 49 KB). Consult this before making a nomination.

The committee welcomes nominees from a diverse range of backgrounds and we also welcome nominations for NUMed Malaysia and NU in Singapore.

How to make a nomination

The call for nominations is currently open. Please submit nominations using the below form by Friday 29 November 2024.

Honorary Degree Nomination Form (Word: 46 KB)

More information

For queries please email Heidi Shultz (Executive and Governance Team Manager, Executive and Governance Office, Academic Hub).

Current Honorary Graduates

The most recent recipients are listed below.

To view an alphabetical list of Honorary Graduates click here.‌

Honorary DCL

2006 – Hammill, Elizabeth Lawrence Masten and Briggs, Mary Rosamund (PDF: 11 KB)
2006 – Maude, Alan (PDF: 9 KB)
2006 – Stevens, John Arthur (PDF: 12 KB)
2007 – Brown, Gordon (PDF: 30 KB)
2007 – Geldof, Bob (PDF: 29 KB)
2007 – George, Susan (PDF: 30 KB)
2007 – Golding, David (PDF: 31 KB)
2007 – Hey, Anthony John Grenville (PDF: 33 KB)
2007 – Mkapa, Benjamin William (PDF: 29 KB)
2007 – Oxburgh, Ernest Ronald (PDF: 35 KB)
2007 – Rana, Prem Singh (PDF: 31 KB)
2007 – Ridley, Matthew White (PDF: 31 KB)
2008 – Curry, Donald (PDF: 32 KB)
2008 – Edwards, Christopher (PDF: 38 KB)
2008 – Midgley, Mary (PDF: 32 KB)
2008 – O’Neill, Onora (PDF: 32 KB)
2008 – Rawlins, Michael (PDF: 34 KB)
2009 – Akhtar, Parveen and Mattu, Pummi (PDF: 27 KB)
2009 – Choo, Chiau Beng (PDF: 37 KB)
2009 – Davis, Karen Padgett (PDF: 35 KB)
2009 – Hall, Lee (PDF: 37 KB)
2009 – Sadler, Richard (PDF: 32 KB)
2009 – Shearer, Alan (PDF: 53 KB)
2009 – Walsh, Fergus (PDF: 54 KB)
2010 – Bakewell, Joan (PDF: 60 KB)
2010 – Hamnett, Andrew (PDF: 76 KB)
2010 – Martin-Matthews, Anne (PDF: 70 KB)
2011 (July) - Grant, Olivia (PDF: 18 KB)
2011 (July) - Gregg, Ian (PDF: 9 KB)
2011 (July) - Nelmes, Dianne (PDF: 71 KB)
2011 (December) - Beddington, John Rex (PDF: 60 KB)
2011 (December) - Mullin, Chris (PDF: 59 KB)
2011 (December) - Nussbaum, David Simon Matthew (PDF: 52 KB)
2011 (December) - Porritt, Jonathon (PDF: 63 KB)
2012 (December) - Chakrabarti, Shami (PDF: 12 KB)
2012 (December) - Mittal, Rakesh Bharti (PDF: 16 KB)
2012 (December) - Mittal, Sunil Bharti (PDF: 16 KB)
2012 (December) - Runciman, Garry (PDF: 42 KB)
2013 (July) - Walport, Mark (PDF: 82 KB)
2013 (July) - Nussbaum, Martha (PDF: 73 KB)
2013 (July) - Davies, Sally (PDF: 86 KB)
2013 (December) - Marmot, Michael (PDF: 56 KB)
2013 (December) - Melchett, Peter (PDF: 48 KB)
2014 (July) - Sutherland, Stewart (PDF: 22 KB)
2014 (July) - East, Warren (PDF: 22 KB)
2014 (December) - Marshall, Paul Roderick Clucas (PDF: 18 KB)
2014 (December) - Rippon, Angela (PDF: 17 KB)
2015 (July) - Babbitt, Bruce (PDF: 26 KB)
2015 (July) - Healey, Patsy (PDF: 19 KB)
2015 (December) - Altmann, Rosalind Miriam (PDF: 69 KB)
2016 (July) - Longfield, Anne (PDF: 54 KB)
2016 (July) - Thomas, Professor Sir Eric (PDF: 44 KB)
2016 (December) - Greengross, Sally (PDF: 43 KB)
2016 (December) - Saunders, Jenny (PDF: 59 KB)
2017 (July) - Brink, Chris (PDF: 51 KB)
2017 (November) - Caulker, Tom (PDF: 53 KB)
2017 (November) - Sibeko, Archie (PDF: 52 KB)
2017 (November) - Young, Andrew (PDF: 61 KB)
2018 (July) - Cairns, Ann (PDF: 54 KB)
2018 (July) - I'Anson, Mark (PDF: 80 KB)
2018 (July) - Nail, Jimmy (PDF: 59 KB)
2018 (October) - Andersson, Bertil (in Singapore) (PDF: 44 KB)
2019 (July) - Imam, Umme (PDF: 57 KB)
2022 (July) - Bradshaw, Frances (PDF: 22 KB)
2022 (July) - Bunch, Lonnie (PDF: 24 KB)
2022 (July) - Hislop, Neil Shaka (PDF: 35 KB)
2022 (July) - Thorne, Anne (PDF: 32 KB)
2‌022 (December) - Polman, Paul (PDF: 46 KB)
2023 (July) - Ahmad, Khairil (PDF: 113 KB)
2‌023 (July) - Dickinson, Jackie (PDF: 67 KB)
2023 (July) - Quin, Joyce (PDF: 85 KB)
2023 (December) - Mos-Shogbamimu, Shola (PDF: 91 KB)
2024 (July) - Chia, Michael (111 KB)
2024 (July) - Darroch, Jeremy (PDF: 84KB)
2024 (July) - McCall, Davina (PDF: 71 KB)
2024 (July) - The Rt Hon The Lord Vaizey of Didcot (PDF: 76 KB)

Honorary DEng

2015 (July) - Trapp, Tony (PDF: 25 KB)
2019 (July) - Heller, Leo (PDF: 54 KB)
2022 (July) - Sillem, Hayaatun (PDF: 34 KB)
2023 (July) - Koh, Nicholas (PDF: 147 KB)

Honorary DHuSc

2019 (July) - ‌Donaldson, Liam (PDF: 52 KB)

Honorary DLitt

2005 – Plater, Alan Frederick (PDF: 11 KB)
2010 – Stevenson, Anne (PDF: 74 KB)
2011 (July) - Almond, David (PDF: 111 KB)
2013 (July) - Wrightson, Keith (PDF: 80 KB)
2016 (July) - Alderson, Brian (PDF: 58 KB)
2016 (December) - Rankine, Claudia (PDF: 59 KB)
2017 (July) - Morpurgo, Michael (PDF: 50 KB)
2017 (November) - Blackman, Malorie (PDF: 68 KB)
2018 (July) - Scully, Sean (PDF: 55 KB)
2019 (July) - Smith, Ali (PDF: 52 KB)
2022 (July) - Cleeves, Ann (PDF: 33 KB)
2022 (July) - Duffy, Carol Ann (PDF: 24 KB)
2022 (July) - Dwyer, Rachel (PDF: 23 KB)
2022 (July) - Konttinen, Sirkka-Liisa (PDF: 37 KB)
2‌022 (December) - Woof, Pamela (PDF: 59 KB)
2‌023 (July) - Lloyd, Errol (PDF: 71 KB)
2023 (December) - Hartley, Kay (PDF: 52 KB)
2024 (July) - McHugh, Catrina (PDF: 122 KB)

Honorary DMus

2006 – Sting (PDF: 22 KB)
2010 – Kirkby, Emma (PDF: 64 KB)
2012 (July) - Zehetmair, Thomas (PDF: 47 KB)
2014 (July) - Ferry, Bryan (PDF: 25 KB)
2015 (July) - Sargent, Anthony (PDF: 20 KB)
2019 (July) - Tickell, Kathryn (PDF: 47 KB)
2‌023 (July) - Brathwaite, Peter (PDF: 47 KB)

‌Honorary DSc

2006 – Brewis, Robert Alistair Livingston (PDF: 9 KB)
2006 – Dunning, Mary (PDF: 51 KB)
2006 – Fenwick, Leonard Raymond (PDF: 10 KB)
2006 – Hamilton, John (PDF: 12 KB)
2006 – King, David Anthony (PDF: 11 KB)
2006 – Reece, Alan Richard (PDF: 12 KB)
2010 – Hardy, John (PDF: 69 KB)
2012 (July) - Krebs, John (PDF: 12 KB)
2013 (July) - Bishop, Dorothy (PDF: 65 KB)
2014 (July) - Nurse, Paul (PDF: 21 KB)
2014 (July) - Molyneux, Elizabeth (PDF: 23 KB)
2014 (November) - Lane, David (PDF: 24 KB)
2015 (July) - Kumar, Harpal (PDF: 23 KB)
2016 (July) - Syvitski, James (PDF: 48 KB)
2017 (July) - Hanson, Vicki (PDF: 51 KB)
2017 (July) - Dorn, Silvia (PDF: 52 KB)
2018 (October) - Ujang, Zaini (in Malaysia) (PDF: 58 KB)
2019 (July) - Davies, Paul (PDF: 56 KB)
2019 (July) - Gallagher, Patrick (PDF: 61 KB)
2022 (July) - Al-Khalili, Jim (PDF: 26 KB)
2‌022 (December) - Poliakoff, Martyn (PDF: 50 KB)
2‌023 (July) - Huq, Saleemul (PDF: 80 KB)
2024 (July) - Haldane, Andy (PDF: 38 KB)
2024 (July) - Jones, Phil (PDF: 41 KB)

Honorary LLD

2024 (July) - Ruru, Jacinta (PDF: 119 KB)

Honorary MD

2009 – Darzi, Ara (PDF: 35 KB)
2010 – Westendorp, Rudi (PDF: 68 KB)
2014 - Abdullah, Noor Hisham bin
2016 (July) - Sengupta, Robin (Ram Prasad) (PDF: 43 KB)
2016 (December) - Pronovost, Peter (PDF: 54 KB)
2019 (July) - Ghebreyesus, Tedros (PDF: 43 KB)

Congregations