UP Prominents & Honorary Doctors

In accordance with the requirements stipulated in the doctoral statutes of the University of Pécs the Senate of the University confers the degree of honorary doctor upon those persons from Hungary and abroad who:

  • have achieved outstanding results in their respective fields for several decades,
  • have gained international recognition,
  • have maintained close links with the University of Pécs,
  • have rendered the university and the Hungarian sciences outstanding services,
  • and the recognition of whose activities, by conferring upon them the honorary doctor title, boosts the prestige of the University of Pécs.

We announce that our honorary doctors have held their inaugural addresses in compliance with Appendix 14. of the Rules of Organization and Operation of the University of Pécs at the respective faculties.

 

The University of Pécs is honoured to call the following much respected persons Doctor honoris causa:

 

  Date of the ceremony
2018.  
   
Dušan Nikolić 8 November 2018
Stefan Pollak 8 November 2018
Jun Kaneko 25 May 2018
Csányi Sándor 4 May 2018
Károly Attila Soós 14 March 2018
   
2017.  
   
Donald Tusk 8 December 2017
Catherine Vértesi 16 November 2017
Ismet Güral 16 November 2017
Lajos Gelencsér 16 November 2017
Maurizio Ferraris 16 November 2017
Norbert Kersken 16 November 2017
Predrag Sikirić 16 November 2017
Stephen M. Jordan 16 November 2017
Yuan Juxiang 8 September 2017
Buzsáki György 1 September 2017
Schipp Ferenc 16 March 2017
Árpád Kovács 16 March 2017
2016.  
Serafino Gladiali 9 November 2016
Markus W. Büchler 9 November 2016
Csaba Makó 9 November 2016
Ekkehard Nuissl 9 November 2016
Ronald L. Hayes 9 November 2016
Chen Qingchang 18 March 2016
Plácido Domingo 7 February 2016
2015.  
Attila Harmathy 20 November 2015
Petar Cindrić 20 November 2015
Andrew J. Morgan 20 November 2015
Abhaykumar R. Vasavada 20 November 2015
John K. Grande 12 March 2015
László Tabár 12 March 2015
Wang Tie 12 March 2015
2014.  
Sandra Dee Haynes 15 March 2014
Herbert Küpper 15 March 2014
Ferenc Szidarovszky 15 March 2014
2013.  
Edward Frank Bell 7 November 2013
Mohammad Jaradat 7 November 2013
Petra Arck 7 November 2013
Patric Östergard 7 November 2013
Peter Weibel 7 November 2013
Antal Ádám 14 March 2013
János Bergou 14 March 2013
John Raven 14 March 2013
Heinz Brandl 14 March 2013
Pierre Vasarely 14 March 2013
2012.  
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu 13 December 2012
Jari Pekka Olavi Vilén 13 December 2012
Béla Kádár 8 November 2012
Peter Hay 8 November 2012
Reinhold Würth 8 November 2012
Tuomo Lahdelma 8 November 2012
Werner Ogris  14 March 2012
2011.  
Bernd Neumann 21 October 2011
Gerhard Hausladen 21 October 2011
Denys Neville Wheatley 21 October 2011
John Theodore Povlishock 10 March 2011
Gunter Pauli 10 March 2011
András Béres 10 March 2011
2010.  
David N. Reinhoudt 04 November 2010
Barry Hilary Valentine Topping 04 November 2010
Zoltan Paul Dienes  24 April 2010
Sveinung Lunde 11 March 2010
Peter Möhringer 11 March 2010
Norbert Lammert 11 March 2010
Gerhard Pieschl 11 March 2010
Antti Piippo 11 March 2010
András Zempléni 11 March 2010
2009.  
Pier Giorgio Natali 14 October 2009
József Finta 14 October 2009
Geert Hofstede 14 October 2009
Gabriel A. Elgavish 14 October 2009
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko 07 May 2009
Stefanie Bode-Böger 12 March 2009
Nguyen Huu Ninh 12 March 2009
Kristóf Nyíri 12 March 2009
2008.  
Walter Zsilincsar 06 November 2008
Volker Arnold 06 November 2008
Ulrich Sieber 06 November 2008
Periannan Kuppusamy 06 November 2008
Win Aung 13 March 2008
Vladimir Palicka 13 March 2008
Edgar Mayr 13 March 2008
2007.  
Frantisek Mezihorak 08 November 2007
Edwin L. Cooper 08 November 2007
José Carreras 29 August 2007
Kurt Wüthrich 14 March 2007
Horst-Peter Maentele  14 March 2007
George Herbert Walker 14 March 2007
Gábor Hoványi 14 March 2007
Dong Sheng Huan 14 March 2007
2006.  
Zoltán Joseph Ács 09 November 2006
Søren Nielsen 09 November 2006
Peter Agre 09 November 2006
Lóránd Hegyi 14 March 2006
2005.  
Jean-Luc Moreau 10 November 2005
Jane Goodall 10 March 2005
Jan Perhać 10 March 2005
Heribert Weber 10 March 2005
Hans-Jörg Albrecht 10 March 2005
2004.  
Mária Vincze 04 November 2004
Hans-Rudolf Tinneberg 04 November 2004
Boguslaw Banaszak 04 November 2004
Wolfgang Rascher 11 March 2004
Jörg Hacker 11 March 2004
2003.  
János Kornai 06 November 2003
Anton Schwob 06 November 2003
Tibor T. Glant 15 March 2003
Peter Raspor 15 March 2003
Ivan Vasilevich Abramov 15 March 2003
Hugh Spall 15 March 2003
Gilbert-Hanno Michael Gornig 15 March 2003
2002.  
Vilmos Vécsei 07 November 2002
Valerie J. Gilchrist 07 November 2002
Peter Jarvis 07 November 2002
Koji Takeuchi 07 November 2002
Jürgen Kuhl 07 November 2002
Jeanette G. Brown 07 November 2002
György Enyedi  07 November 2002
Gyula Kristó  26 September 2002
Cornelia Isler-Kerényi 26 September 2002
József Mikuska  26 September 2002
Vladimir Michailovich Zolotarev 26 September 2002
Kamill Sándorfy  26 September 2002
Otto Braasch 14 March 2002
Manfred Osten 14 March 2002
Ervin László 14 March 2002
2001.  
Susumu Okabe 08 November 2001
Rolf Birk 08 November 2001
Robert S. Blacklow 08 November 2001
Manfred Frank 08 November 2001
Herbert Zeitler  08 November 2001
Charles Simonyi 08 November 2001
György Oláh  25 May 2001
Mirko Pak 13 March 2001
Hans-Georg Lössl 13 March 2001
2000.  
Luciano Martini 21 December 2000
J. Wyrozumski 21 December 2000
David de Wied 21 December 2000
R. Morris 13 June 2000
Peter Lorange 13 June 2000
J. Schermerhorn 13 June 2000
F. Olbert 13 June 2000
F. C. Luft 13 June 2000
1999.  
László Kapolyi 22 December 1999
Norbert F. Elbert 18 November 1999
Heribert Hinzen 18 November 1999
Agnes Kühnel 18 November 1999
Vilhelm Stellan Hjertén 22 October 1999
M. J. G. Farthing 22 October 1999
Irene Jakab 22 October 1999
Ermelando V. Cosmi 22 October 1999
Albert Schinzel 22 October 1999
Richard Rorty 02 September 1999
Harald Zimmermann 02 September 1999
1998.  
Wayne L. Hubbell 22 October 1998
Takeshi Tabira 22 October 1998
A. Perneczky 22 October 1998
A. Aynsley-Green 22 October 1998
László Jakucs 08 October 1998
Gernot Kocher 06 October 1998
Walter H. Rechberger 14 May 1998
Georg Brunner 14 May 1998
Ferenc Mádl 14 May 1998
Béla Herczegh 14 May 1998
V. G. Kosztomarov 05 February 1998
Paul Witkovszky 05 February 1998
László Nádori 05 February 1998
1997.  
Mete A. Sozen 30 October 1997
Kim D. Rainsford 22 October 1997
Ivan Lee Cameron 22 October 1997
Hanspeter Pfandert 22 October 1997
Gérard Chaouat 22 October 1997
Marc Quaghebeur 11 September 1997
Jörg Maier 11 September 1997
Gallieno Denardo 11 September 1997
1996.  
Szilárd Donhoffer 18 October 1996
Arimura Akira 18 October 1996
Karl-Heinz Indlekofer 04 June 1996
Gopal Krishan 04 June 1996
Wolfgang Fechner 12 March 1996
Janet O. Trotter 12 March 1996
István Ferenczi 12 March 1996
1995.  
Shaul G. Massry 21 October 1995
Carlton F. Hazlewood 21 October 1995
Iván Berend T. 04 September 1995
Iván Berend 04 September 1995
Francis Joseph Aguilar 04 September 1995
1994.  
Ferenc Fejtő 01 December 1994
Yvette Taché 21 October 1994
Miklós Halmágyi 21 October 1994
H. W. Kreysel 21 October 1994
Gilbert N. Ling 21 October 1994
Dieter Lutz 21 October 1994
Tamás Bécsy 18 May 1994
Hans Lenk 21 April 1994
György Halasi-Kun 25 February 1994
Bálint Zólyomi 25 February 1994
1993.  
Jacques Derrida 12 November 1993
Botond Berde 22 October 1993
Áron Kibédi Varga 21 April 1993
1992.  
Yves Bridel 24 April 1992
Erik Larsen 24 April 1992
Géza Alföldy 18 March 1992
Otto Habsburg 16 March 1992
1991.  
Vilmos Nemény 19 December 1991
Mrs. Ferenc Nyitrai 19 December 1991
Kálmán Szabó 19 December 1991
Béla Martos 19 December 1991
A. Kümpers-Greve 19 December 1991
János S. Petőfi 25 April 1991
1990.  
Sándor Szabó 05 October 1990
Paul A. Srere 05 October 1990
Nils G. Kock 05 October 1990
Hans-Rudolf Wiedermann 05 October 1990
Väinö Kaukonen 03 May 1990
H. Pfeiffer 15 February 1990
1989.  
Lajos Szamel 06 October 1989
Kálmán Kulcsár 06 October 1989
Ny. V. Karlov 15 June 1989
Lothar Späth 08 June 1989
E. Roy John 08 June 1989
1988.  
Harro Otto 06 October 1988
Gerhard Hoffmann 06 October 1988
Gerhard Haney 06 October 1988
1986.  
A. V. Schally 28 August 1986
1985.  
W. Frommhold 04 October 1985
Tibor Kárpáti 04 October 1985
M. Goldstein 04 October 1985
1984.  
T. Vanha-Petulla 05 October 1984
1981.  
Wilhelm Weber 28 April 1981
1980.  
Jenő Ernst 10 October 1980
János Szentágothai 10 October 1980
1979.  
F. Linen 24 April 1979
D. D. Venediktov 21 March 1979
1978.  
György Kelemen 06 October 1978
1975.  
J. C. Kendrew 03 October 1975
1974.  
M. V. Danilenko 18 October 1974
1973.  
Adam Vetulani 06 October 1973
1972.  
G. M. Frank 13 October 1972
Alain M. Monnier 13 October 1972
1971.  
Nils Alwall 15 October 1971
László Zechmeister 15 October 1971
1969.  
August Sundermann 30 October 1969
1967.  
Kasimierz Opalek 06 October 1967
Jacques Dehaussy 06 October 1967
Erwin Melichar 06 October 1967
1962.  
Lipót Kauser 21 December 1962
1941.  
Béla Fischer 03 December 1941
1938.  
Tihamér Fabinyi 04 June 1938
1937.  
Gyula Kornis 16 October 1937
Baron Sándor Korányi 06 June 1937
1935.  
Bálint Hóman 05 May 1935
1934.  
Károly Stange 29 June 1934
Sándor Csikesz 13 May 1934
István Kiss 13 May 1934
Henrik Pröhle 13 May 1934
Endre Mayer 13 May 1934
Antal Bancsó 13 May 1934
1933.  
Frederik Llewellyn-Jones 22 November 1933
1930.  
Károly Henrik Becker 05 June 1930
1929.  
Sándor Raffay 13 October 1929
Lord Harmsworth, H. S. 13 October 1929
László Ravasz 13 October 1929
István Schneller 13 October 1929
Henrik Geduly 13 October 1929
Ferenc Kiss 13 October 1929
Béla Kapi 13 October 1929
Baron Dezső Prónay 13 October 1929
Baron Albert Radvánszky 13 October 1929
Náthán Söderdlom 27 February 1929
Lajos D. Ihmels 27 February 1929
Ferenc D. Rendtroff 27 February 1929
1928.  
Péter Fedele 24 October 1928
1927.  
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer 11 December 1927
Baron Móric Kornfeld 11 December 1927
Andor Nendtvich 11 December 1927
1925.  
Count Kuno Klebelsberg 27 May 1925
1921.  
Count Albert Apponyi 21 December 1921
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