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 | |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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