28. oktober 2016
Professor Rita Felski
Professor Stanley J. Brodsky
Professor Dani Rodrik
Professor Dr. Abass Alavi
Professor Valid Tarokh
Professor Paul M. Vanhoutte
30. oktober 2015
Jonathan Phillips
Wolfgang Streeck
Catherine Carr
V. M. Shalaev
3. oktober 2014
Gareth Morgan
Andrew Knoll
Alberto Ascherio
Herman Bruyninckx
4. oktober 2013
Professor, Dr. Lorenza Mondada, Department of Linguistics and Literature, Universität Basel, Schweiz
Professor, Dr. Michael S. Waterman, University of Southern California, USA
Professor, Dr. Diana Mutz, Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Professor, Dr. Kate Bushby, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Count Jacques Rogge, Belgien, 8th President of the International Olympic Committee
Professor, Dr. Karl Leo, Technical University of Dresden
5. oktober 2012
Professor, Dr. Lisbeth Larsson, Department og Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg Sweden
Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Ph.D. William Richard Miller, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, USA
Prof. Dr.-ing Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Tyskland
7. oktober 2011
Professor emeritus, dr.phil.h.c. Michael A. K. Halliday (tidligere University of Sidney, Australien)
Professor, dr.scient.h.c. Françoise Brochard-Wyart, Professeur de Chimie-Physique à l’Université P. et M.Curie
Dr. dr.jur.h.c. Karin Cornils (tidligere Max Planck-Instituttet)
Professor, overlæge, dr.med., dr.med.h.c. Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Institut for Sygdomsforebyggelse
1. oktober 2010
Professor Brian MacWhinney, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Professor Angus I. Lamond, Welcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Science, University of Dundee, Scotland
Professor Danial A. Levinthal, Department of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Professor Howard I. Maibach, Department of Dermatology UCSF, School of Medicine, San Fransisco, USA
2. oktober 2009
Professor Alain Connes, Léon Motchane Chair, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France
Professor, Ph.D. James F. Sallis, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, USA
Professor Thomas W. Ebbesen SIS, Université de Strasbourg, France
3. oktober 2008
Professor Peter Mortimore, Independent educational consultant, Pro-vice-chancellor, London University
Professor emeritus Stuart Hall, The Open University, United Kingdom, Æresdoktorgraden konfereret in absentia pga. sygdom
Professor Stig Wall, Director, Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Sverige
5. oktober 2007
Professor ph.d. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, McGill University, Montreal, Letlands præsident 1999-2007
6. oktober 2006
Professor, dr.merc.h.c. Sidney G. Winter, Management Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Professor, MD, dr.med.h.c. Gerald M. Reaven, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, USA
Professor, dr.phil.h.c. Gilles Kepel, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
Professor, MD, PhD, dr.med.h.c. Jaakko Arthur Kaprio,Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki
Direktør, professor, dr.scient.h.c. Bo Barker Jørgensen, Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen
Professor, dr.scient.h.c. Jack Edmonds, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Canada
3. oktober 2003
Professor, dr.med.h.c. Fritz Gustav Folke Sjöqvist, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm
Professor, dr.phil.h.c. Jacques Derrida, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
5. oktober 2001
Professor, J.D., LL.M., dr.merc.h.c. James D. Cox,Duke University, USA
27. september 1996
Professor, overlæge, dr.med.h.c. Povl Riis,Københavns Universitet
Professor, dr.oecon.h.c. Edgar Nahoun Morin, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Professor, dr.scient.h.c. Jens Lindhard, Aarhus Universitet
30. september 1994
Professor, dr.merc.h.c. Joel S. Demski, University of Florida, USA
24. september 1993
Professor, dr.med.h.c. (post mortem) Gunnar Lomholt
25. september 1992
Professor, dr.phil.h.c. Franz Huber, Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Tyskland
4. oktober 1991
Dr.phil.h.c. Piet Hein
26. september 1986
Generalkonsul, professor, dr.phil.h.c. Troels Marstrand Trier Fink
Professor, dr.phil.h.c. Umberto Eco, Università di Bologna, Italien
20. september 1985
Dr.phil.h.c. Rudolf Broby Johansen
22. maj 1981
Rektor emeritus, dr.phil.h.c. Erik Lund
Professor, dr.med.h.c. E. M. deMaeyer, Senior Medical Officer, WHO, Schweiz
21. maj 1976
Lektor, dr.phil.h.c. Aage Kragelund
Lektor, dr.phil.h.c. Jørgen Hæstrup
Lektor, dr.phil.h.c. Niels Foged
20. maj 1974
Dr.phil.h.c. Kristján Eldjárn, Islands præsident 1968-80