Student Administration

Honorary Graduands and other awards 2023.

Recipients of Honorary Degrees and other awards to be made in 2023 and later

Professor James Fraser Stoddart Professor of Chemistry Northwestern University Doctor of Science Monday 3 July 2023 11.00 am  
Professor Justine Cassell Computer Scientist Doctor of Science Monday 3 July 2023 3.00 pm  
Dr Kate Ho Co-founder and Chief Technology and Product Officer, Valla Doctor honoris causa Monday 3 July 2023 3.00 pm  
Professor Richard Jonathan Parker, CBE Director of Research and Technology 2001-16, Rolls-Royce Group Doctor honoris causa Tuesday 4 July 2023 11.00 am  
Professor Sergios Theodoridis Professor of Signal Processing and Machine Learning, University of Athens Doctor of Science Tuesday 4 July 2023 3.00 pm  
Professor Claude Thomas Herzberg Experimental petrologist, Rutgers University, New Jersey Doctor of Science Wednesday 5 July 2023 3.00pm  
Professor Alison Mary Phipps Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts, and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network, The University of Glasgow Doctor of Letters Thursday 6 July 2023 3.00 pm  
Professor Julie Fitzpatrick Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland and Scientific Director of the Moredun Research Institute Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery Friday 7 July 2023 3.00 pm  
Dr Niall Thomas Connell Formerly President of RCVS Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery Friday 7 July 2023 3.00 pm  
Dr Sheila Margaret Voas Chief Veterinary Officer for Scotland Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery Friday 7 July 2023 3.00 pm  

Majid & Lynn Jafar on behalf of LouLou Foundation

  University Benefactor Saturday 8 July 2023 3.00 pm  
Emeritus Professor Norma Margaret Dawson Legal Historian & Honorary Professor at UoE Doctor of Laws Monday 10 July 2023 11.00 am  
Ms Sinead Burke  Writer, academic and disability activist Doctor honoris causa Tuesday 11 July 2023 11.00 am  
Dr Rebecca Saunders Musician/Composer Doctor of Music Tuesday 11 July 2023 3.00 pm  
Professor Carl Lindahl Research Professor of English, University of Houston Doctor honoris causa Wednesday 12 July 2023 11.00 am  
Dr Nick Barley Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival since 2009 Doctor of Letters Wednesday 12 July 2023 11.00 am  
Dr Christopher John Sansom Author Doctor of Divinity Wednesday 12 July 2023 3.00pm, in absentia  
Joyce Darling (In Memoriam)   University Benefactor Thursday 13 July 2023 3.00 pm  
The Rt Hon Lord Reed of Allermuir President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Doctor of Laws Friday 24 November 2023 at 3.00pm  
Mrs Lindsay Jack Director of Student Experience, UoE School of Law Principal's Medal winner Friday 24 November 2023 at 3.00pm  
Professor Peter Kind Personal Chair of Developmental Neuroscience, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences Principal's Medal Winner Saturday 25 November 2023 at 3.00pm  
The R(D)SVS Accreditation Team The team provide the critical process of accrediting Edinburgh BVM&S graduates to practice veterinary medicine and surgery across the UK and the world Principal's Medal winners Saturday 25 November 2023 at 3.00pm  
Dr Esther Mombo Associate Professor in Church History, Gender and Theology, St Paul’s University, Kenya Doctor of Divinity Monday 27 November 2023 at 3.00pm  
Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah Novelist and Academic Doctor honoris causa Wednesday 29 November 2023 at 11.00am  
Ms Reeta Roy CEO and President, Mastercard Foundation Doctor honoris causa Wednesday 29 November 2023 at 3.00pm  
Tara Schwarze-Chintapatla UoE MA Landscape Architecture student, graduated July 2023 Principal's Medal winner

Thursday 30 November 2023 at 3.00pm

 
Claire Cruikshank UoE Head of Performance Ladies' Rugby Principal's Medal Winner Friday 1 December 2023 at 3.00pm  
The Graduation Team Comprising staff from Registry Services and Estates Principal's Medal Winners Friday 1 December 2023 at 3.00pm  
Professor Stuart J Reid Principal of the Royal Veterinary College Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery Date TBC  
Emeritus Professor El Anatsui Visionary Artist. Professor of Sculpture, University of Nigeria Doctor honoris causa Date TBC

 

Professor Leslie Gabriel Valiant T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University Doctor of Science Date TBC