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Honorary doctorates

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Honorary doctorates

Outstanding research achievements

The University’s faculties may award honorary doctorates for outstanding academic achievement. Below is a list for each faculty of all those who have been awarded an honorary doctorate, either the title doctor honoris causa (Dr. h.c.) or Doktor ehrenhalber (Dr. e.h.) over the past few decades.

  • Wilhelm Bergmann (1986)
  • Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Bronfen (2021)
  • Prof. Dr. Hans Dieter Betz (2007)
  • Prof. Dr. Gabriele Brandstetter (2022)
  • Prof. Dr. Werner Breig (2009)
  • Prof. Dr. phil. h.c. Peter Felix Ganz (1993)
  • Prof. Dr. José Martínez Gázquez (2014)
  • Prof. Dr. Adele Goldberg (2024)
  • StD D. theol. Karl Friedrich Haag (2002)
  • D. theol. Gerhard Hammer (1993)
  • Prof. D. theol. Franz Hesse (1960)
  • Prof. Dr. phil. h.c. Friedrich W. Heuser (1951)
  • Prof. Dr. phil. h.c. Henry Kissinger, PhD (1988)
  • Rudolf Kreutner, MA (2006)
  • Dr. phil. Siegfried Lenz (2001)
  • Pfarrer D. theol. Karl H. Mau (1980)
  • Dr. Matthias Mende (2005)
  • Prof. Dr. phil h.c. Otto Meyer (1993)
  • Dr. phil. h.c. Heinrich von Mosch (1994)
  • Helene Richter (1931)
  • Klaus Röhring (2010)
  • Prof. Dr. phil. D. theol. Gerhard Schmidtchen (1990)
  • Prof. Dr. Kathryn Sikkink (2023)
  • Prof. John McHardy Sinclair, PhD (2007)
  • Dr. phil. h.c. Hermann Süß (1997)
  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Ullmann
  • Prof. Dr. h.c. Stanislaw Urbanczyk (1996)
  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Wegenast (2006)
  • Archbishop of Canterbury Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams (1999)

  • Prof. Dr. phil. James Coleman (1988)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. rer. pol. Santiago García Echevarría (1995)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. h.c. mult. Herbert Giersch (1977)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Makoto Ida (2012)
  • Dipl.-Ing. Dr. h.c. rer. pol. Klaus Küber (1995)
  • Prof. Dr. Georgios Mitropoulos (2003)
  • Prof. Dr. Dennis C. Mueller (2003)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. rer. pol. Vamireh Chacon de Albuquerque Nascimento (1995)
  • Hans Novotny (2001)
  • Prof. Dr. Margit Osterloh (2024)
  • Dr. jur. h.c. Wolfgang Schäuble (1992)
  • Prof. Dr. jur. h.c. Hermann Jan Scheltema (1957)
  • Dr. jur. h.c. Thomas A.H. Schöck (2020)
  • Dr. jur. h.c. Carl Schumacher (1963)
  • Dipl.-Volksw. Dr. rer. pol. h.c. Heinz Sebiger (1986)
  • Prof. (Austria) Dr. jur. h.c. Norbert Simon (1995)
  • Dr. Christian Stubbe (2011)
  • Prof. Dr. Iván Szelényi (2003)
  • Dr. phil. Dr. jur. h.c. Georg Ziegler (1958)
  • Prof. Oliver Zipse (2024)

  • Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. h.c. Jacques Bourguet (1979)
  • Prof. Ronald C. Desrosiers (2009)
  • Prof. Dr. med. dent. Dr. med. dent. h.c. Robert M. Frank (1979)
  • Dr. phil. Dr. med. h.c. mult. Heinz Götze (1972)
  • Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen (2005)
  • Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Dr. med. h.c. Franz Hermann (2001)
  • Prof. Dr. Dontscho Kerjaschki (2008)
  • Dr. med. h.c. Kurt Köhler (1988)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Kühn (1999)
  • Prof. Dr. Micha Levy (2002)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedrich Luft (2019)
  • Prof. Dr. Georg Friedrich Melchers (2003)
  • Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. jur. h.c. Akira Mikazuki (1993)
  • Prof. Dr. Bruce D. Minsky, MD, PhD (2004)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. med. h.c. Norbert J. Pelc (2016)
  • Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Ravetch (2013)
  • Wolfgang Schaffer (2010)
  • Dr. med. h.c. Christian Schelter (1997)
  • Dr. rer. pol. Dr. med. h.c. Erich Dieter Schneider (1996)
  • Senator E. h. Konsul Dr. med h.c. Theo Schöller (1997)
  • Prof. Hermona Soreq, PhD (2007)
  • Prof. Dr. Ralph M. Steinman, MD (2006)
  • Dr. med. h.c. Walther Weissauer (1975)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. h.c. Erich Wünsch (1976)

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. mult. Ernst Otto Fischer (1977)
  • Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Freund (2017)
  • Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Gebhard (1998)
  • Prof. Roy J. Glauber, PhD (2006)
  • Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Ludwig Häßlein (1967)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. mult. Edmund Hlawka (1992)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. mult. Rolf Huisgen (1980)
  • Dipl.-Kaufm. Hermann Wolf Ibach (2003)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Louis Mesnil (1962)
  • Prof. Dr. Ernest J. Moniz (2000)
  • Generaldir. Dr. phil. nat. h.c. Hans Friedrich Neumeyer (1956)
  • Prof. Sir John B. Pendry, PhD (2009)
  • Dr. phil. nat. h.c. Felix Portig (1952)
  • Reg.-Amtmann Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Georg Priehäußer (1954)
  • Prof. Dr. Rolf Rannacher (2009)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Alfred Rieche (1966)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Günter Scheibe (1966)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Herwig Schopper (1982)
  • Prof. Dr. Heinz Gerischer (1979)

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Morten Andreasen (2002)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang-Martin Boerner (2003)
  • Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Bouzakis (2007)
  • Dr. Dorin Comaniciu (2022)
  • Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Diehl (1999)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Hans-Jürgen Engell (1991)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Nikolaus Fiebiger (1997)
  • Prof. Dr. E.h. James G. Fujimoto (2018)
  • Prof. Dr. Joachim Hagenauer (2006)
  • Dr.-Ing. E.h. Anthony C. Hearn (2012)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Wolfgang Hilger (1990)
  • Dipl.-Ing. Adolf Hüttl (2000)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. -Ing. E. h. Bernhard Ilschner (1994)
  • Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Wolfgang Johann M. Keydel (2003)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Karl Küpfmüller (1976)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. John McCarthy (2000)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Ing. E. h. Walter Michaeli (1998)
  • Prof. Dr. E.h. Peter Neumann (2005)
  • Dr. phil. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Juir Pawlowski (1986)
  • Dr.-Ing. E. h. Dr.-Ing E.h. Bernhard Plettner (1984)
  • Prof. Dr. E. h. Ulf Plöcker (2005)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Erich R. Reinhardt (2002)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. D. B. Spalding (1997)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Erman Tekkaya (2012)
  • Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Tietze (2022)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. mult. Hans Kurt Tönshoff (1992)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat Dr.-Ing. E. h. Gerhard Wegner (2004)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Klaus Wucherer (2004)
  • Prof. Dr. tech. Dr. tech. h.c. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Heinz Zemanek (1986)
  • Prof. Dr. E. h. Christoph Zenger (2008)



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