An honorary degree is an academic degree for which the university has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases honoris causa or ad honorem. The degree is typically a doctorate or, less commonly, a master's degree, and may be awarded to someone who has no prior connection with the academic institution or no previous postsecondary education.
1978
Arthur Beedle
1950
Morris Jamieson
1954
Richard Eric Holtum
1959
John William Field
1968
L.C. Bateman
1999
Malcolm Harris
2001
Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen bin Tengku Ibrahim
2005
T.K. Mukherjee
2007
Ahmed Zewail
2017
Lee Shin Cheng
1981
Syed Mahmood bin Syed Hussain Jamalullail
2001
Mohd Hassan Marican
2003
Chan Ah Chye
1950
Edgar Kingsley Tratman
1951
Robert Gordon Scott MacGregor
1952
Christopher Joseph Oliverio
1954
Richard Brunel Hawes
1955
Adolphus Josiah Thumboo
1955
Cecil Vernon Jumeaux
1955
Philip Manson
1959
Karuppiah Vellasamy
1960
Arthur Anatharaj Sandosham
1960
Muttiah Doraisingham
1962
Soo Kim Lan
1963
Sattanda Ganesan Rajahram
1972
Mohamad Din bin Ahmed
1982
Ibrahim bin Haji Mohd Yassin
2005
S.D. Putchucheary
2018
Mahmood Osman Merican
1951
Han Hoe Lim
1951
Kwa Siew Tee
1951
Mohamed Eusoff bin Mohamed
1951
Richard Olaf Winstedt
1952
Chen Su Lan
1952
Franklin Charles Gimson
1952
George Allen
1952
Onn bin Ja' afar
1953
Ernest Emmanuel Clough
1953
Wilfred Edward Gros Clark
1954
Baratham Ramaswamy Sreenivasan
1955
Alfred William Frisby
1955
Nik Ahmad Kamil
1955
Tay Teck Eng
1956
Desmond William George Faris
1956
Ho Seng Ong
1956
Sydney Caine
1957
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
1957
Lim Yew Hock
1958
Lee Kong Chian
1958
Tunku Ya'acob
1959
Megat Khas bin Megat Omar
1960
Fredric Mason
1961
Abdul Razak Hussain
1961
Foo Yin Chew
1961
Mustapha Albakri
1961
Thio Chan Bee
1961
Yap Pheng Geck
1962
Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib
1963
Hussien Hassanally Abdoolcader
1963
Tom Eames Hughes
1964
Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid
1964
George Maxwell Davies
1964
Ismail bin Dato' Abdul Rahman
1965
II Kwon Chung
1965
Tan Siew Sin
1966
Mohamed Khir Johari
1966
Zakir Hussain
1968
Abdul Jamil bin Abdul Rais
1968
Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Republic of Philippines
1971
Lee Boon Chim
1971
Veerasamy Thirugnana Sambanthan
1972
Tan Chee Khoon
1973
Ismail bin Mohamed Ali
1974
Yaacob bin Abdul Latiff
1975
Fatimah binti Haji Hashim
1975
Lee Yan Lian
1976
Hamdan bin Sheikh Tahir
1978
Syed Mohamed Alwi Alhady
1979
Rafeal Montinola Sales
1980
Richard Cerdin Griffiths
1981
Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan
1984
Ahmad Noordin bin Hj. Zakaria
1989
Teh Hong Piow
1991
Abdullah bin Ayub
1992
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan dan Yang di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam
2003
Syed Zahiruddin Syed Hassan
2005
Harry Kenneth Woolf
2005
P. Balan
2007
P.N. Bhagwati
2019
Rafiah Salim
1979
Tuanku Hajjah Bahiyah bte Al-Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman
1982
Khurshid Ahmad
1992
Ainuddin bin Abdul Wahid
1995
Siti Hasmah bte Haji Mohd Ali
1999
Abu Bakar Apong
2000
Othman Mohd Noor
2002
Johari bin Mat
2005
Arshad Ayub
2006
Abdul Rahman Arshad
2008
Asiah Abu Samah
2012
Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid
2012
N.S. Selvamany
2014
Rasammah Noami Bhupalan Rajendram nee Navarednam
2016
Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling
1980
Dato’ Philip Kuok Hock Khee
1982
Exxedin Ibrahim Mustafa
1998
Raja Muhammad Alias Raja Muhammad Ali
2000
Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad
2001
Just Faaland
2003
Basir bin Ismail
2005
Ungku Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid
2007
Muhammad Jusuf Kalla
2012
Zeti Akhtar Aziz
2015
Andrew Sheng Len Tao
2015
Rafidah Aziz
1981
Omar Yoke Lin Ong
1997
Sulaiman bin Haji Daud
2001
Harussani Zakaria
2004
Mahathir bin Mohamad
2005
Ling Liong Sik
2007
Musa Hitam
2005
Abdul Majid Ismail
2005
Aishah Ghani
2005
Halim Mohammad
2016
David Chua Kok Tee
2005
Hijjas Kasturi
2013
Kenneth Yeang King Mun
2005
P. Ramlee
2006
Razali Ismail
2008
Permaisuri Rania Al Abdullah, Queen of Jordan
2013
Surin Abdul Halim Ismail Pitsuwan
2014
Ahmad Kamil bin Jaafar
2008
Kim Dae-jung
2009
Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi
2010
Daisaku Ikeda
2012
Yohei Sasakawa
2013
Irina Georgieva Bokova
2017
Anthony Crothers Milner
2016
Abdullah Haji Salleh
2018
Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman
2013
Azman Bin Hashim
2023
Tan Eng Chye
1951
Brian Baurice Johns
1951
Charles Aubrey Hamilton Franklyn
1978
Hamzah bin Dolmat
1980
Abdul Samad Ahmad
1982
Harun bin Hj Mohd Amin
1982
Zakaria bin Hitam
1979
Ishak bin Tadin
Last Update: 04/12/2023