NOMINATION CEREMONIES
The Honorary Doctorate is the highest honour conferred by the University.
Distinguished personalities, who through their work contributed decisively to the progress of science, politics, literature, arts,
and civilization in general, have been honoured by the University with the title of Honorary Doctorate.
• Nota Kourou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 4/10/2022
• Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 10/9/2022
• Richard Fentiman, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 12/4/2022
• Jaklin Kornfilt, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Humanities, 4/11/2021
• Georgios N. Chatzikyriakou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 15/4/2019
• Polis Polyviou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 29/11/2018
• Kypros Nicolaides, Honorary Doctorate of the Medical School, 12/10/2017
• Peter C.B. Phillips, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 7/6/2017
• S.P. Kothari, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 21/3/2017
• George Bizos, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 25/10/2016
• Jacqueline Karageorghis – Girard, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Humanities, 22/9/2015
• Jagannath Prasad Das, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty Social Sciences and Education, 16/09/2015
• Giorgos Christou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 4/3/2015
• Anastasios P. Leventis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 17/2/2015
• Sylvia Ioannou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 17/11/2014
• Symeon C. Symeonides, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 20/3/2014
• Theodosios Tassios, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Engineering, 27/6/2013
• Bruno D' Amore, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 15/10/2013
• Costa Gavras, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 9/4/2013
• Alki Zei, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 7/11/2012
• Angus Deaton, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 6/9/2012
• George Constantinides, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 13/9/2011
• Edmund Keeley, Honorary Doctorateate of the Faculty of Letters, 17/10/2010
• Ioannis K. Chasiotis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 14/06/2010
• Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 17/6/2010
• Andrew Viterbi, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering, 5/3/2010
• James D. Muhly, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 9/10/2009
• Christopher Pissarides, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 12/2/2009
• Bertrand Bouvier, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 26/11/2008
• Spyridon Iakovidis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 6/5/2008
• † Martin L. West, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 14/4/2008
• Christos Ch. Papadimitriou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 11/3/2008
• Julia Kristeva, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Humanities, 24/09/2007
• Guy Brousseau, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2/3/2007
• Grigoris Sifakis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 27/9/2006
• Noam Chomsky, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Humanities, 18/5/2006
• † Jean Richard, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 7/4/2006
• Juan Pascual-Leone, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 3/3/2006
• Vincenzo Rotolo, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 10/5/2005
• † Michael Cacoyannis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 28/11/2003
• Dimitrios Christodoulou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 31/5/2003
• George Vassiliou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 7/5/2003
• Spyridon Vryonis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 6/3/2003
• † Phivos D. Drymis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 29/10/2002
• † John Argyris, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 16/10/2001
• Harry M. Markowitz, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 16/5/2001
• C. R. Rao, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 23/4/2001
• Robert J. Sternberg, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 27/11/2000
• Mario Vitti, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 20/11/2000
• Chrysostomos L. Nikias, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 22/6/2000
• Kenneth J. Arrow, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 9/6/2000
• Theodoros Papadopoulos, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 10/03/1999
• Nicolaos Konomis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 27/1/1999
• Stylianos Alexiou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 1/12/1998
• † John Brademas, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1/6/1998
• † Sture Linner, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 9/4/1998
• Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 7/11/1997
• † Kostas Montis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 10/4/1997
• † Kyriakos Chatziioannou, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 27/1/1997
• † Iakovos Kambanellis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 16/12/1996
• † George Philippou Pierides, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Letters, 11/11/1996
• Costas Simitis, Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Economics and Management, 2/10/1996
