Honorary Graduates in 2018
Recipients of Honorary Degrees, Fellowships, University Benefactors and Principal's Medal Winners to be awarded in 2018.
| Honorary/ Benefactor | Position | Award | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Sylvia Alice Earle | Marine Scientist, explorer, conservationist | Doctor of Science | Tuesday 10 April 2018 | |
| Professor Emerita Joan Wallach Scott | Professor Emerita, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science, Princeton | Doctor of Science in Social Science | Thursday 12 April 2018 | |
| Professor E F Konrad Koerner | Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Ottawa | Doctor of Science in Social Science | Wednesday 18 April 2018 | |
| The Honourable Dr Kirsty Duncan MP | Member of Parliament for Etobicoke North (Ontario), Canada | Doctor honoris causa | Saturday 30 June 2018 | 11.00am |
| Dr Robin Thompson | Lawes Senior Fellow, Rothamsted Research (Agricultural research centre) | Doctor honoris causa | Saturday 30 June 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon | Honorary Professor, IHES (l'Institut des hautes études scientifiques) | Doctor honoris causa | Monday 2 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Professor Sheila Bird, OBE | Former Programme Leader of the MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge | Doctor of Science | Monday 2 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Professor Moshe Y Vardi | Distinguished Professor in Computational Engineering, Rice University, USA | Doctor of Science | Monday 2 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Professor Ronald Eaton Asher | Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh | Doctor of Letters | Monday 2 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Professor Alison Tierney, CBE | Retired Professor of Nursing Research, University of Edinburgh | Doctor honoris causa | Tuesday 3 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Professor Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler | Master of Darwin College, Cambridge | Doctor of Science | Tuesday 3 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Professor Michael Grant Ignatieff | President and Rector of Central European University, Budapest | Doctor of Science in Social Science | Tuesday 3 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Professor R Antony Duff | Specialist in philosophy of criminal law | Doctor of Laws | Wednesday 4 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Professor Joseph Norton | Champion of the study of international financial regulation | Doctor of Laws | Wednesday 4 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Dr R Byron Pipes | Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Purdue University, USA | Doctor honoris causa | Wednesday 4 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Professor Andrea Goldsmith | Professor in Engineering, Stanford, pioneer in communications signal processing | Doctor of Science | Wednesday 4 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Dr Takahiro Iwasaki | Artist | Doctor honoris causa | Thursday 5 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Ms Rosamund West | Editor-in-Chief of The Skinny Magazine, Radge Media | Doctor honoris causa | Thursday 5 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Mr Brian Ashley | Former director of School of Community Studies at Moray House | Doctor honoris causa | Friday 6 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Mr Jonathan David Kinross | CEO of the Grassmarket Community Project | Doctor honoris causa | Saturday 7 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Mr Alan Smith | One of the founders of the Erasmus Programme | Doctor honoris causa | Saturday 7 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Ms Rachel Ann Margaret Barrie | Whisky Maker at BenRiach and Glendronach Distillery Co Ltd | Doctor of Science | Monday 9 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Professor Dame Linda Partridge | Research scientist in biology and genetics of ageing | Doctor of Science | Monday 9 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Mr John Verth | Retired Central Biosciences Services Operations Manager, University of Edinburgh | Honorary Fellowship | Monday 9 July 2018 | 11.00am |
| Professor Emeritus John Eldridge | Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Glasgow | Doctor of Science in Social Science | Monday 9 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Professor Joyce Lishman | Emeritus Professor in Social Work Education, Robert Gordon University | Doctor honoris causa | Monday 9 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Dr Hywel Ceri Jones | Founding father of the Erasmus student mobility programme | Doctor honoris causa | Monday 9 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Right Reverend Brian Arthur Smith | Bishop of Edinburgh (2001-2011) | Doctor of Divinity | Tuesday 10 July 2018 | 3.00pm |
| Dr Naushad D Forbes | Co-Chairman, Forbes-Marshall; President, Confederation of Indian Industry (2016-17) | Doctor honoris causa | In the period 26 November to 1 December 2018 | |
| Professor Nicola Lacey, CBE | Criminal law theorist | Doctor of Laws | In the period 26 November to 1 December 2018 | |
| Professor Hisanori (Nori) Shinohara | Professor, Graduate School of Science and Director of Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Japan | Doctor of Science | In the period 26 November to 1 December 2018 | |
| Professor William Stirling | former Director, Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), Grenoble, France | Doctor of Science | In the period 26 November to 1 December 2018 | |
| Ms Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen | Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | Doctor honoris causa | In the period 26 November to 1 December 2018 | |
| Mr David James Gow, CBE | Head of SMART Services, NHS Scotland and Inventor of the bionic hand | Doctor of Science | In the period 26 November to 1 December 2018 | |
| Mr Sabyasachi Mukherjee | Director of the (CSMVS) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya formerly Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai | Doctor honoris causa | In the period 26 November to 1 December 2018 |