Honorary graduates: 1995 to 2015
Honorary degree recipients between 1995 and 2015.
| Name | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Stella Rosemary Clarke (JP, DL) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1996 |
| Joanna Katharine Foster (CBE, DLitt, DU, LLD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1996 |
| Lord Goff of Chieveley (PC, MA, DCL, DLitt, LLD, FBA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1996 |
| Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (LLB, LLD, DLitt, DrHC) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1996 |
| Clifford Isaac Morgan (OBE, CVO, MA, DU) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1996 |
| George Henry Poste (PhD, DSc, FRCVS, FRCPath, FRCP) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1996 |
| Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma (BSc, MB, ChB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1996 |
| Helena Ann Kennedy (QC, LLD, DUniv) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1997 |
| Herbert Schmalstieg (CBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1997 |
| Lal Chand Vorhrah (LLB, LLM, JSM) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1997 |
| John Keith Oates (BSc, MSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1998 |
| Her Grace the Duchess Beaufort | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1995 |
| The Countess of Limerick (CBE, MA, DLitt) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1998 |
| Aung San SuuKyi (MA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1998 |
| Edward Alan John George (DSc, LLD, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1999 |
| Calliopa Pearlette Louisy (GCSL, BA, MA, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1999 |
| The Rt. Hon Sir Stephen Sedley (BA, LLD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1999 |
| Andrew Sheng Len Tao (JSM, BSocSc, FCA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1999 |
| Derek Wyndham Hariram Zutshi (MB, ChB, FRCP) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 1999 |
| Keith Burgess (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2000 |
| Terence Charles Mordaunt | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2000 |
| Baroness Noakes (DBE, LLB, DBA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2000 |
| Christopher Brian Stringer (BSc, PhD, DSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2000 |
| Garfield Howard Weston (BA, DLitt) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2000 |
| The Rt. Rev. Mervyn Alban Alexander (DD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2001 |
| Jane Asher | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2001 |
| Peter Floor (PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2001 |
| Peter Lampl (OBE, BA, MA, DSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2001 |
| Professor Brian Thomas Pickering (BSc, PhD, DSc, HonMD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2001 |
| Professor Sir William Taylor (CBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2001 |
| Professor Jorge dos Santos Veiga (MSc, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2001 |
| The Rt Hon Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2001 |
| Jane Susan Campbell (MBE, BA, MA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| Thomas Peter Durie (MBE, GM, DL, LLB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| Balram Gidoomal (CBE, BSc, CIMgt, FRSA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| The Rt. Hon Lady Justice Hale (DBE, PC, MA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| Abdul Majid Sheikh Hussein (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| Baroness Pitkeathley (OBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| Lip Ping Thean (LLB, LLM) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| James Napier Tidmarsh (MBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| Dame Janet Olive Trotter (DBE, OBE, BD, MA, MSc, DTec, DEd, DHL) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2002 |
| Father John Edward Crouzet (OSB, MA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2003 |
| Professor Glynis Marie Breakwell (BA, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, FBPsP, AcSS) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2003 |
| Dr Paul John Magelli (PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2003 |
| Brigadier Hugh William Kellow Pye | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2003 |
| Sir Charles Pollard (Kt, QPM, LLB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2003 |
| Professor Shu-Sheng Jiang (BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2003 |
| William Nicholas Hutton (BSocSc, MBA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2003 |
| The Very Rev. John Ballantyne Cairns (LLB, LTh, DD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2004 |
| Donald Insall (CBE, FSA, RWA, FRIBA, FRTPI, SPDipl(Hons)) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2004 |
| Professor Eric Jackson Thomas (MB, BS, MD, FRCOG, FMedSci, FRSA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2004 |
| Professor Charles Tomlinson | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2004 |
| Professor Alastair James Scott Summerlee (PhD, MRCVS, HonDip) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2004 |
| Jennifer Susan Murray (OBE, BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2004 |
| John Moger Woolley (BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Nigel William Wray (BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Anne Judith Weyman (OBE, BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| His Excellency James Ernest Williams (BA, MEd) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Professor Sir Brian Keith Follett (BSc, PhD, DSc, DL, FRS) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Sir John Reginald Hartnell Bond | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| John Christopher Savage | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Stephen Charles Pilkington (CBE, QPM, BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Herbert William Massie (CBE, BA, CQSW) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Denis Chang Khen-Lee (QC, CBE, SC, JP, LLB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Sir Derek Higgs (BA, FCA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2005 |
| Ellen Malos (BA, MA, DSA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2006 |
| Professor Dora Nkem Akunyili (BPharm, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2006 |
| Graham Roy Robertson (OBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2006 |
| Bhikhu Chhotabhai Patel (BAArch, DipArch, CCMI, RIBA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2006 |
| Geoffrey Alan Matthews (BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2006 |
| John Graham Pontin (OBE, MA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2007 |
| David John Sainsbury, Lord Sainsbury of Turville (BA, MBA, LLD(Hon)) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2007 |
| Councillor William Leslie Martin | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2007 |
| Stuart Goldsmith (BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2007 |
| Alistair James Stewart (OBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2008 |
| The Rt. Hon David James Fletcher, Baron Hunt of Wirral (MBE, LLB, PC, HonFCII, HonFIA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2008 |
| Jonathan Evans (BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2008 |
| Peter Clarke (CVO, OBE, QPM, LLB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2008 |
| Surin Pitsuwan | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2008 |
| Timothy Richie Thom (FCA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2008 |
| Veronica O'Dea (BSc, Mst) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2008 |
| Alison Smale (BA, AM) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2009 |
| Professor Caroline Victoria Gipps (BSc, MSc, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2009 |
| Iain Bryden Percy (OBE, MBE, MSc(Hon)) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2009 |
| Owen Joshua Lewsey (MBE, BSc, PGOL) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2009 |
| The Very Rev. Robert William Grimley (MA, MA, DLitt(Hon)) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2009 |
| Trevor Smallwood (OBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2009 |
| Professor Wolfgang FranzFrühwald (DrPhil, DrPhilHabil, LitD) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1995 |
| The Rt. Hon Paul Boateng (LLD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2007 |
| Monica Furlong (DD) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1995 |
| Richard Julian Long | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1995 |
| Kenneth Loach | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1996 |
| Adrian Keith Noble (BA, DLitt) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1996 |
| Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1997 |
| Nicholas Wulstan Park (CBE, BA, DArt) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1997 |
| Professor Regis Ritz | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1997 |
| Harold Pinter (CH, CBE, DLitt) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1998 |
| Professor Pierre Vidal-Naquet (Dr) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1998 |
| Professor Sir Anthony Wrigley (MA, PhD, DLitt) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1998 |
| Basil Risbridger Davidson (MC, DLitt) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1999 |
| Patricia Elizabeth Easterling (MA, DPhil, DLit, FBA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 1999 |
| Rosemary Jane Hartill (BA, DLitt) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2000 |
| Professor Madeline Harrison Caviness (BA, PhD, FSA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2000 |
| Professor Andreas Michael Kazamias (BA, MSc, EdD) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2000 |
| Monica Louie Sims (OBE, MA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2000 |
| Professor Christian Karlson Stead (CBE, MA, PhD, LittD, FRSL) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2001 |
| Professor Barry Emanuel Supple (CBE, BSc, PhD, LittD, FBA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2001 |
| Professor Philip Arthur Rahtz (MA, FSA, MIFA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2002 |
| Professor Timothy Clark (MA, PhD) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2003 |
| Professor Christopher Bruce Ricks (MA, BLitt, FBA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2003 |
| John Fortune (MA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2004 |
| Professor Judith Ann Kathleen Howard | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2004 |
| Terrence David John Pratchett (OBE) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2004 |
| Deborah Moggach (BA, BEd) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2005 |
| Phyllida Christian Lloyd (BA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2006 |
| Professor John Dixon Hunt (MA, PhD) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2006 |
| Diana Wynne Jones (BA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2006 |
| Professor Linda Jane Colley (BA, MA, PhD, FBA, FRSL, FRHS) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2006 |
| Simon Barnes (BA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2007 |
| Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith (BA, DLitt(Hon)) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2008 |
| Professor Peter James Marshall (CBE, BA, MA, DPhil, FBA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2008 |
| Philip Charles Ball (BA, PhD) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2009 |
| Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie (OBE, DMus, DLitt, FRCM, FRAM) | Doctor of Music (DMus) | 1995 |
| Jillian Mary White (FRAM) | Doctor of Music (DMus) | 2003 |
| Jennifer Lucy Bate (BA, FRCD, ARCM, LRAM, FRSA) | Doctor of Music (DMus) | 2007 |
| Bridget Margaret Ogilvie (PhD, ScD, DSc, FIBiol, FRCPath) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1995 |
| Professor Donald Hill Perkins (CBE, BSc, PhD, DSc, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1995 |
| Sir Richard Sykes (BSc, PhD, DSc, FRCP) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1995 |
| Professor Richard John Chorley (MA, DSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1996 |
| Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (DSc, DLitt) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1996 |
| Professor Yakir Aharonov (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1997 |
| Professor Peter Ware Higgs (MSc, PhD, FRSEd, FIP, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1997 |
| Christopher Hubert Llewellyn Smith (BA, DPhil, FAPS, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1997 |
| Professor Roger Valentine Short (BVSc, MSc, PhD, ScD, DSc, FRCVS, FRCOG, FRSEd, FAAAS, FAA, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1997 |
| Professor Alice Mary Stewart (MD, FRCP) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1997 |
| Professor Emil Wolf (PhD, DSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1997 |
| Professor Claude JeanAllegre | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1998 |
| Professor Albrecht Frohlich (BSc, PhD, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1998 |
| John Theodore Braunholtz (MA, PhD, FRSC) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1999 |
| Professor Dan Peter McKenzie (BSc, MA, PhD, DSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 1999 |
| Professor Laurance David Hall (BSc, PhD, MA, FRSCan, FCIC, FRSChem) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2000 |
| Professor Edmond Arthur Lisle (MA, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2001 |
| Keith Douglas Scholey (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2001 |
| Professor Steven Blair (BS, MS, PED) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2002 |
| Professor Margaret Ann Boden (ScD, PhD, FBA) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2002 |
| Professor Julia Mary Goodfellow (CBE, BSc, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FIBiol, FIoP) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2002 |
| Professor Peter Neville Goodfellow (BSc, DPhil, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2002 |
| Adam Hart-Davis (BA, DPhil) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2003 |
| Sir Paul Nurse (Kt, FRS, BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2003 |
| Professor Sir Gabriel Horn (Kt, FRS, MA, MD, ScD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2003 |
| Professor Raman Bedi (DDS, DSc, FDSRCSEm FDSRCS, FFPH) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2003 |
| Professor Carol Marie Black (DBE, MBChB, FRCP, FMedSci) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2003 |
| Frances Cairncross (MA, MAEcon) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2004 |
| Professor Judith Howard (CBE, DPhil, Dsc, DUniv, FRS, CChem, FRSC) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2004 |
| Professor Lance Lanyon (CBE, PhD, DSc, MRCVS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2004 |
| James Partridge (OBE, MA, MSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2005 |
| Professor Sir John Edwin Enderby (CBE, BSc, PhD, DSc, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2006 |
| Clifford Cocks (CB, MA) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2008 |
| Deborah Judith Reynolds (BVSc, PhD, CB, DipECVPH) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2008 |
| Penny Dobson (MSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2008 |
| Professor Sir Brian Hoskins (MA, PhD, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2008 |
| Una Scully Ryan (OBE, BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2009 |
| Alison Taunton-Rigby (OBE, BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2009 |
| Beryl Dorothy Corner (JP, MD, BS, FRCP, MRCS) | Doctor of Medicine (MD) | 1996 |
| Professor Liam Joseph Donaldson (MSc, MD, FRCSEd, FFPHM, FRCP) | Doctor of Medicine (MD) | 1999 |
| Professor Marko Ivan Turina (MD) | Doctor of Medicine (MD) | 2000 |
| Professor Sir Keith Peters (MB, BCh, FRCP, FRS, FMedSci) | Doctor of Medicine (MD) | 2005 |
| Dr The Hon Gilbert Greenall (CBE) | Doctor of Medicine (MD) | 2006 |
| Professor Kenneth Michael Welch (MB, ChB, MRCP, FRCP) | Doctor of Medicine (MD) | 2006 |
| David Martin Leakey (BSc, PhD, DIC, FCGI, FIEE, FEng) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 1995 |
| Professor Philip Charles Ruffles (BSc, FRAeS, FIMechE) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 1995 |
| Ronald William Hobbs (BSc, DEng) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 1996 |
| Colin Henry Green (BSc, FIMechE, FRAeS) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 1997 |
| John Michael Taylor (OBE, MA, PhD, FEng, FIEE, FBCS) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 1997 |
| Alan Garnett Davenport (PhD, FRSCan, PEng) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 1998 |
| Professor William Alexander Gambling (PhD, DSc) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 1999 |
| Sir Robert William Wall (OBE, MA) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 1999 |
| Professor Ralph Benjamin (CB, PhD, DSc, FIEE, FREng) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2000 |
| Professor Michael John Hamlin (CBE, BSc, LLD, DEng, FREng, FRSE) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2000 |
| William Ian Liddell (MA, DIC) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2001 |
| Sir David Roberts McMurtry (DEng) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2001 |
| Professor Michael Shears (CBE, BSc, MSc, DSc) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2002 |
| Professor Patrick Godfrey (FREng, FICE, FInstPet) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2004 |
| Iain Gilmour Gray (BSc, MPhil, CEng, FRAeS) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2006 |
| Rear Admiral Nigel Charles Forbes Guild (CB, BA, PhD, FIEE, FIMarEST, MIMA) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2006 |
| David Milne (OBE, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRSE, FRAE, FIET, SMIEE) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2007 |
| Peter Richard Head (OBE, BSc, FREng, FRSA) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2008 |
| Peter Ridgway Taylor (BSc, MASc, PhD) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2009 |
| Andrew Douglas Garrad (BA, PhD, FIMechE, FRAeroSoc, FEI) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2009 |
| Emma Joyce Buchanan Cooper | Master of Arts (MA) | 1995 |
| John Richard Pool (FRICS) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1995 |
| Peter John Harris | Master of Arts (MA) | 1996 |
| Elisabeth Charlotte Leschke (BA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1996 |
| Roger Herbert Bennett | Master of Arts (MA) | 1997 |
| Cynthia Yvonne Fleming | Master of Arts (MA) | 1997 |
| Jack Desmond Fisk (OBE) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1998 |
| Elizabeth Mary Ingham (MA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1998 |
| Mary Caroline Vera Sansbury (MBE) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1998 |
| David John Shattock (CBE, QPM) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1998 |
| Kenneth Walter Stradling | Master of Arts (MA) | 1998 |
| George Robin Paget Ferguson (BA, BArch) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1999 |
| Aglaia Hill (BEd) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1999 |
| John Hurley Michael Parry (MA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1999 |
| Ronald Gordon King-Smith (BEd) | Master of Laws (LLM) | 1999 |
| Tony Robinson | Master of Arts (MA) | 1999 |
| Jack Russell (MBE) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1999 |
| Helen Maureen Willoughby (BA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 1999 |
| Lt. Col. Arthur Montague Graves (TD, BSc) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2000 |
| Arnold Geoffrey Denman | Master of Arts (MA) | 2000 |
| Edward Francis Morrison | Master of Arts (MA) | 2000 |
| Linda Kay Edwards (BA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2001 |
| Barbara Muriel Bell (BA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2001 |
| Stephanie Cole | Master of Arts (MA) | 2002 |
| Doreen Edith Mahoney (MBE) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2002 |
| Clement Arthur Milton | Master of Arts (MA) | 2002 |
| William John Nicholas | Master of Arts (MA) | 2002 |
| Richard Appleby Lalonde | Master of Arts (MA) | 2003 |
| Emily Watson (BA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2003 |
| Gerald Hicks (MBE, RWA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2004 |
| Alastair Hignell (MA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2004 |
| Charles Henry Mark Ellingham (BA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2004 |
| Natania Maria Jansz (BSc) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2004 |
| Peter John Owen | Master of Arts (MA) | 2004 |
| Francis Anthony Powell | Master of Arts (MA) | 2004 |
| Lilian Edna Brown (BA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2005 |
| Bernard Stanley (Acker) Bilk (MBE) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2005 |
| Henry John Patch | Master of Arts (MA) | 2005 |
| Micheal Eavis | Master of Arts (MA) | 2006 |
| Mary Mead | Master of Arts (MA) | 2006 |
| Marg Longman | Master of Arts (MA) | 2007 |
| Andrew Patrick Kelly (BA, MPhil, MBA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2008 |
| Batook Pandya (MBE, DL) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2009 |
| Caroline James (MBE) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2009 |
| John Wilkins | Master of Arts (MA) | 2009 |
| Sue McMullen (BA, PhD, HonMEd) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2009 |
| James Royle Avery (MA, FRSA) | Master of Letters (MLitt) | 1996 |
| Michael Salisbury | Master of Science (MSc) | 2000 |
| Martin John West | Master of Science (MSc) | 2000 |
| David Constantine (BSc, MA) | Master of Science (MSc) | 2003 |
| John Grimshaw (MBE, MA, RIBA) | Master of Science (MSc) | 2007 |
| Heston Blumenthal (OBE, FRSC, HonDSc) | Master of Science (MSc) | 2007 |
| Dame Jane Roberts (DBE, MBChB, MSc, MRCP, FRCPsych) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2007 |
| Stephen Cretney (QC(Hon), MA, DCL) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2007 |
| Peter Louis Michael Sherwood (BA, MBA, MA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2008 |
| Professor Geoffrey William Hill (MA, HonDLitt, HonDLitt) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2009 |
| Professor John Collinge (CBE, BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2008 |
| Philip Campbell (BSc, MSc, PhD, HonDSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2008 |
| Professor Christopher Graham Rapley (CBE, MA, MSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2009 |
| Lady Isobel (Molly) Wood (BA) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2009 |
| Pasquale Pistorio (BSc) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2007 |
| Jane Venner-Pack (LLB, CIPD) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2007 |
| Kipchoge Keino (EBS, HonDLitt) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2007 |
| Matthew Warchus (BA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2010 |
| James Stewart Foulds (MBA, CCIPD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2010 |
| Michael Joseph Peirce (MBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2010 |
| Professor Patricia Mary Broadfoot (CBE, BA, PGCE, MEd, PhD, DSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2010 |
| Charles Henry Bennett (BA, MA, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2010 |
| Professor Nigel John Thrift (FBA, BA(Hons, PhD, DSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2010 |
| Alan Bond (BSc, MechEng) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2010 |
| William John Lewis (BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2010 |
| Professor Michael Henry Malim (FRS, BSc, DPhil) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2010 |
| Dennis Roy Stinchcombe (MBE) | Master of Arts (MA) | 2010 |
| Peter Duncan Fraser Lord (CBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2010 |
| David Alan Sproxton (CBE, BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2010 |
| Helen Jean Sutherland Fraser (CBE, MA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2010 |
| Professor Julia Mary Slingo (OBE, BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2010 |
| Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2010 |
| Richard William Penny | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2010 |
| David Delius Anton Bantock (MBE, MA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2010 |
| Julia Catherine Donaldson (BA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2011 |
| Dr Jonathan Henry William Gipps (OBE) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2011 |
| Dr Andrew Stewart Mackenzie (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2011 |
| Professor Ann Henderson-Sellers (BSc, DSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2011 |
| Ben Matthew Morris (BEng) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2011 |
| Professor Geoffrey Alan Parker (FRS, BSc, PhD, MA) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2011 |
| Professor Paul Gerard O'Prey (PhD, DLitt(Hon)) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2011 |
| Alison Helen Bernays | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2011 |
| Professor Sir Nicholas Alcwyn Wright (MD, PhD, DSc, FRCS, FRCP, FRCPath, DSc(Hon), MD (Hon)) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2011 |
| Dr Graham B. Spanier (BS, MS, PhD, LLD (Hon)) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2011 |
| Sir Ian James Carruthers (OBE, BA, DBA, LLD(Hon), DSc(Hon)) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2011 |
| Geoffrey Herbert Rowley (BA,MBA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2011 |
| John Sansom | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2011 |
| Gregory Doran | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2011 |
| Phoebe Caldwell (BSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2011 |
| Timothy Paul Stevenson (FRICS) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Dame Oriana Clare Tickell (FCGI) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Julie Wright | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2012 |
| Michael Winterbottom (BA, MA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2012 |
| Professor Raymond Priest (BEd, Med, Hon DSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Stephen Philip Lansdown (FICA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Peter Kendal Hargreaves | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Graham Coupe Harrison | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2012 |
| Maxine Room (CBE, BEd Hons, MEd) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Angela Betty Yeoman (OBE, DL) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Michelle Janet McDowell (MBE, BSc (Hons) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2012 |
| Professor Graham Richard Fleming (BSc (Hons), PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2012 |
| Derek William Pretty (BSc, MBA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Kate Adie (BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Sir Stephen Charles Laws (LLB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| Professor David William Harvey (BA (Hons), MA, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2012 |
| Professor Sidney William Ricketts (BSc (Hons), BVSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2012 |
| Professor Winifred Mary Beard (MA, PhD) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2012 |
| Dame Denise Mary Holt (BA (Hons)) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2012 |
| George Alastair Ronald Sawday (MA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2012 |
| John Rutley | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Professor Margaret Jean Golding (OBE, FMedSci) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Professor Anne Phillips (BSc, MSc, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Dr Caroline Anne Harper (OBE, BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2013 |
| Dr Charles Kit Hung Wong (BSc, MA, Hon DEd, Hon DEd) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Martyn Charles Brabbins (BMus, DMus) | Doctor of Music (DMus) | 2013 |
| Anthony Thomas Juniper (BSc, MSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2013 |
| Roger Anthony Holmes (BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Professor David William Townsend (BSc, PhD, PD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2013 |
| Professor Lynn Faith Gladden (CBE, BSc, PGCE, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2013 |
| Professor Dame Carol Vivien Robinson (MSc, PhD, FRS) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2013 |
| Anthony Dale Falconer (MBChB, DM, DSc, FRCOG, FICOG, FCOGSA, FRCP, FACOG) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2013 |
| Roger Bruce Pettman (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2013 |
| Professor John Brownlie (CBE, BVSc, PhD, DSc, DipECVP, FRCPath, ARAgS, FRASE, FRCVS) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| James Landale (BSc, MSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Professor David John Feldman (MA, DCL, FBA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Laura Anne Tomlinson (MBE, BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Andrew Piers Marsden Hilton (BA, MA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2013 |
| Professor Yang Wei | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2013 |
| Jasmine Whitbread (BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Professor Steve Anthony Kay (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2014 |
| Dr Jacqueline M M Cornish (OBE, MbChB, FRCP) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2014 |
| Sir David Anthony Carter | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Charles Frank Bolden Jr, (BSc, MSc) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2014 |
| Andrew Shore (BA) | Doctor of Music (DMus) | 2014 |
| Dr Julian Alan Lowther Hector (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2014 |
| Rosalind Savage (MBE, BA, FRGS) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Professor Sir Mark E. Welland (BSc, MSc, PhD, MA, FRS, FREng) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2014 |
| Steven John Dayman (MBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| David Scott (BSc) | Doctor of Engineering (DEng) | 2014 |
| Princess Eldoris Campbell (MBE, RMN) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Professor Sir John Graham Temple (Kt, MB Ch B (hons), Ch M. (Liverpool, FRCS (Ed & Eng), F Med Sci, Hon FRCS(Eng), Hon FRCS (Ire), Hon FACS, Hon FHKCS, Hon FRCGP, Hon FCEM, FRCP(Ed & Lond), FRCP&S(Glas), FRCA, FFICM) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2014 |
| Rt Hon Lady Justice Sharp (DBE) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Professor Steven George West (DL, BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Professor Eric Stewart Sheppard (BSc, MA, PhD) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Robert Anthony Reeves (BSc, MEd) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Robert Dufton (LLB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Paul Stephenson (OBE, BA, MEd, MS) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2014 |
| Professor David Clarke (MA, LL.M, Solicitor) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| James Graham Hilton Wadsworth (BA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Laura Perella Marshall | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Peter Henry Marshall | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Professor Russell Grant Foster (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2015 |
| Sarah Montague (BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Professor Viv Bennett (BA, MSc, RGN, HV) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| David C Ord (BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Professor Frances Balkwill (OBE, BSc, PhD, FMedSci) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2015 |
| Christopher Ian James Hartley (BSc, FRSA) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Matthew Richard Tanner (MA, MPhil) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Professor Elizabeth Mary Morris (OBE, BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (Dsc) | 2015 |
| Stephanie Vera Hilborne (OBE, BSc, MSc) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2015 |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews (LLB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Professor Keith John Beven (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2015 |
| Professor David Stuart (BSc, PhD, FRS, FMedSci) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2015 |
| Nik Gowing (BSc) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Isobel Christine Iles (BA) | Doctor of Letters (DLitt) | 2015 |
| Ben Emmerson (QC, LLB) | Doctor of Laws (LLD) | 2015 |
| Dr Wendy Darke (BSc, PhD) | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2015 |
| Professor Bai Chunli | Doctor of Science (DSc) | 2015 |
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