Honorary graduates
The University of Stirling is proud and pleased to confer honorary degrees at our graduation ceremonies.
Through the awarding of an honorary degree, the University recognises the contribution made by distinguished individuals in the worlds of academia, business, politics, public service and the arts.
Our archive of honorary graduates begins with our first cohort from 1968.
2019-present
22 November 2024
26 September 2024
25-27 June 2024
22 March 2024
27-29 June 2023
24 March 2023
- Professor Kathleen Jamie, Doctor of the University
- Dr Sally Witcher OBE, Doctor of the University
25 November 2022
- Dr Angela Mudge, Doctor of the University
- Dr Malcolm Fairweather, Doctor of the University
24 November 2022
- Dr Mathis Wackernagel, Doctor of the University
30 June 2022
- Lydia Okroj, Doctor of the University
- David Smith MBE, Doctor of the University
29 June 2022
- Mike Robinson, Doctor of the University
- Lewis Pugh, Doctor of the University
1 April 2022
- Professor Sir Ian Boyd FRS, Doctor of the University
- Catriona Matthew OBE, Doctor of the University
1 November 2019
- James Jopling, Doctor of the University
27 June 2019
- Professor Dawson, Doctor of the University
- Sam Heughan, Doctor of the University
26 June 2019
- Alison Brittain CBE, Doctor of the University
- Pete Cheema OBE, Doctor of the University
- Lilian Thuram, Doctor of the University
25 June 2019
- Hamish Hamilton, Doctor of the University
2010-2019
23 November 2018
- David Strang, Doctor of the University
- Martin Valenti, Doctor of the University
2 November 2018
- Eve Muirhead, Doctor of the University
4 October 2018
- Dr Lee Kwok Cheong, Doctor of the University
28 June 2018
- Dame Anne McGuire, Doctor of the University
27 June 2018
- Mark Daly, Doctor of the University
- Patrick McGrath, Doctor of the University
24 November 2017
- Dr Anthony Phillips, Doctor of the University
- Dr James Robertson, Doctor of the University
5 October 2017
- Dr Benedict Tan, Doctor of the University
29 June 2017
- Mr Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain, Doctor of the University
- Emeritus Professor Angela Smith, Doctor of the University
28 June 2017
- Bernard Gallacher OBE, Doctor of the University
- Professor Steve Peters, Doctor of the University
25 November 2016
- Dr Alan Bissett, Doctor of the University
- Emeritus Professor Andrew Whiten, Doctor of the University
3 November 2016
- Dr Helen Bevan OBE, Doctor of the University
30 June 2016
- Professor Zhengshuan Li, Doctor of the University
- Mrs Elaine Wyllie, Master of Arts
29 June 2016
- Dr Rita Colwell, Doctor of the University
- Dr Alan Simpson OBE, Doctor of the University
27 November 2015
- Laura Dunlop QC, Doctor of the University
- Professor Alexander McCall Smith, Doctor of the University
15 October 2015
- Dato' Dr Jannie Chan Siew Lee, Doctor of the University
25 June 2015
- Mr Kevin Clarke, Doctor of the University
- Ms Sally Magnusson, Doctor of the University
24 June 2015
- Mr John Byrne, Doctor of the University
- Sir John Elvidge, Doctor of the University
21 November 2014
- Mr Paul Dumbleton, Master of Arts
- Dame Mary Perkins, Doctor of the University
31 October 2014
- Professor Faith Gibson, Doctor of the University
- Mr Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, Doctor of the University
15 August 2014
- Mr Terry O'Connor, Doctor of the University
23 April 2014
- Mr Andy Murray OBE, Doctor of the University
26 June 2014
- Sir Craig Reedie, Doctor of the University
- Melanie Reid, Doctor of the University
25 June 2014
- Mark Cousins, Doctor of the University
- Dr Charles Jencks, Doctor of the University
22 November 2013
- Right Honourable Dame Elish Angiolini, Doctor of the University
- Dr Judy Murray, Doctor of the University
- Dr Taeko Seki, Doctor of the University
27 June 2013
- Gordon Buchanan, Doctor of the University
- Iain Macdonald, Doctor of the University
- Professor James Smith, Doctor of the University
26 June 2013
- Sheikh Dr Ahmed Abdullah Al Ghazali. Doctor of the University
- Dame Judi Dench, Doctor of the University
23 November 2012
- Dr Ranee Jayamaha, Doctor of the University
- Ms Jean King, Doctor of the University
- Senator Feargal Quinn, Doctor of the University
2 November 2012
-
Dr Winifred Margaret Ewing, Doctor of the University
7 September 2012
-
Mr Chan Lee Mun, Doctor of the University
28 June 2012
- Professor Christine Hallett, Doctor of the University
- Graeme Simmers CBE, Doctor of the University
27 June 2012
-
The Right Honourable the Baroness Greengross of Notting Hill OBE, Doctor of the University
- The Right Honourable the Lord Davidson of Glen Clova, Doctor of the University
25 November 2011
- Dr Robert Steedman, Doctor of the University
- Professor Donald Worster, Doctor of the University
4 November 2011
- William Ross Culbard, Master of Arts
30 June 2011
- Professor Ian Aitken OBE, Doctor of the University
- The Rt Hon Lord McFall of Alcluith. Doctor of the University
29 June 2011
- Professor Karl Butzer, Doctor of the University
- Sir Alex Ferguson, Doctor of the University
26 November 2010
- Philip Craven, Doctor of the University
- John Gilbert, Doctor of the University
- Keenan Smart, Doctor of the University
5 November 2010
- Isabel Hilton, Doctor of the University
1 July 2010
- Valerie Amos, Doctor of the University
- Neil Brailsford, Doctor of the University
- Derek Casey, Doctor of the University
30 June 2010
- Richard Holloway, Doctor of the University
- Jim McColl, Doctor of the University
- Graham Stewart, Doctor of the University
2000-2009
27 November 2009
- Douglas Hall, Doctor of the University
- Rory Stewart, Doctor of the University
- Ian Thomson, Doctor of the University
6 November 2009
- Meta Ramsay, Doctor of the University
25 June 2009
- Sylvia Jackson, Master of Arts
- Peter Lederer, Doctor of the University
- Patrick Smith, Doctor of the University
24 June 2009
- John Reid, Doctor of the University
- Kenneth Schofield, Doctor of the University
21 November 2008
- Margaret Barr, Doctor of the University
- Dennis Canavan, Doctor of the University
- Kathleen Dalyell, Doctor of the University
7 November 2008
- Sir Alex Markham, Doctor of the University
9 October 2008
- Louise Martin, Doctor of the University
- Jack McConnell MSP, Doctor of the University
- Jasminder Singh, Doctor of the University
26 June 2008
- Eddie Reader, Doctor of the University
- George Newlands Reid, Doctor of the University
25 June 2008
- Vivien Helen Stern, Doctor of the University
- Jonathan Edward Harland Mills, Doctor of the University
- Margaret Anne Ford, Doctor of the University
- Kirsty Young, Doctor of the University
23 November 2007
- Douglas Allan, Doctor of the University
- Hugh Boyle, Doctor of the University
- Jarl Ake Ingvar Bengtsson, Doctor of the University
- Richard Demarco, Doctor of the University
- George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Doctor of the University
- Adrienne Rich, Doctor of the University
2 November 2007
- Victor Saunders, Master of Arts
28 June 2007
- Nicholas Cameron Abeil Nairn, Doctor of the University
- Donald Macleod, Doctor of the University
27 June 2007
- Alan David Hansen, Doctor of the University
- Paul Ellsworth Lovejoy, Doctor of the University
- Ian Alexander Laing, Doctor of the University
11 May 2007
- Jean-Claude Anne Marie Louis Trichet, Doctor of the University
22 November 2006
- Peter Stevenson Murdoch, Doctor of the University
- John Tarbit, Doctor of the University
- James Breingan Fraser, Master of Arts
3 November 2006
- Philip Martin Cunningham, Doctor of the University
- Mary Tara Marshall, Doctor of the University
29 June 2006
- Tam Dalyell, Doctor of the University
- John Stuart Lloyd Barnes, Master of Arts
- William Mervyn Lloyd Barnes, Master of Arts
- William Benjamin Bowring Gammell, Master of Arts
- Frank Hendrick Hitchman, Master of Arts
28 June 2006
- Timothy John Rix, Doctor of the University
- James Martin Haldane of Gleneagles, Doctor of the University
- Ian William Richardson, Doctor of the University
24 March 2006
- Shirley Ann Robertson, Doctor of the University
- Anthony Paul Lester, Doctor of the University
- Thomas Gorman, Master of Arts
25 November 2005
- Beverly Louise Malone, Doctor of the University
- Hazel Jane Irvine, Doctor of the University
1 July 2005
- James Armour, Doctor of the University
30 June 2005
- Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Doctor of the University
- Eric Williamson (posthumous), Master of Arts
- Joyce Irene Williamson, Master of Arts
18 March 2005
- Elspeth Russell King, Doctor of the University
- James Macdonald Hastie, Master of Arts
- David Charles Moulsdale, Master of Arts
2 July 2004
- Alice Brown, Doctor of the University
1 July 2004
- Hazel Josephine Cosgrove, Doctor of the University
26 March 2004
- Sara Lamb Parkin, Doctor of the University
- Malcolm Christopher McCarthy, Doctor of the University
- James Stirling of Garden, Doctor of the University
28 November 2003
- Mairi Crawford Hedderwick, Doctor of the University
- Catriona I Matthew, Master of Arts
4 July 2003
- Aly Bain, Doctor of the University
3 July 2003
- Denise Patricia Byrne Kingsmill, Doctor of the University
- Anne Jarvie, Doctor of the University
- William Ritchie, Doctor of the University
28 March 2003
- John Daniel, Doctor of the University
- Michael Brian Cantlay, Doctor of the University
28 June 2002
- Andrew Miller, Doctor of the University
- Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett, Doctor of the University
- Peter Brereton Townsend, Doctor of the University
27 June 2002
- Beryl Bainbridge, Doctor of the University
- Thomas Christopher Smout, Doctor of the University
- Howard Joseph Newby, Doctor of the University
- Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, Doctor of the University
- Sally Ann Brown, Doctor of the University
22 March 2002
- Alexander Norman Jaffares, Doctor of the University
29 June 2001
- James Whyte Black, Doctor of the University
- Duncan James Macleod, Doctor of the University
28 June 2001
- James Naughtie, Doctor of the University
- Gordon Marshall, Master of Arts
- John Young Stewart, Master of Arts
- Thomas Hudson, Master of Arts
- Gerald Brian Marjoribanks, Master of Arts
- Alfred Cruickshank Philip, Master of Arts
31 March 2001
- George William Penrose, Doctor of the University
- Sandy Bryce, Master of Arts
- William Clark, Master of Arts
- Marjory Bruce Russell, Master of Arts
30 June 2000
- Deirdre Mary Hutton, Doctor of the University
- John Richard Krebs, Master of Arts
- John Moore Paterson, Master of Arts
29 June 2000
- Tom Blundell, Doctor of the University
- Stephen Gordon Hendry, Master of Arts
- David Jacobs, Master of Arts
- Jacqueline Margaret Kay, Master of Arts
- David Philip Lane, Master of Arts
- Cathrine Mary Parsons, Master of Arts
25 March 2000
- Campbell Christie, Doctor of the University
- James Lobban Geddes (posthumous), Doctor of the University
- Stephanie Shirley, Doctor of the University
- Peter Northcote Wilson, Doctor of the University
1990-1999
19 November 1999
- Robert Cooper, Master of Arts
2 July 1999
- Martin Kenneth Jones, Doctor of the University
- Malcolm Alexander Jeeves, Doctor of the University
- Gerald Robertson Wilson, Doctor of the University
1 July 1999
- Robert Anthony McNaughton Crampsey, Doctor of the University
- William Gilmour Whitecross Rodger, Master of Arts
- Joan Mary Watt, Master of Arts
27 March 1999
- Ross Flockhart, Doctor of the University
5 October 1998
- Marion Anne Fraser, Doctor of the University
- Aaron Klug, Doctor of the University
3 July 1998
- Roy Malcolm Anderson, Doctor of the University
- Geroge Karoly Radda, Doctor of the University
2 July 1998
- David Colvin, Doctor of the University
- Lord Ewing of Kirkford, Doctor of the University
- William Fisher Hunter Carson, Doctor of the University
- Brian John Loasby, Doctor of the University
- Peter Heatly, Doctor of the University
28 March 1998
- George W Albee, Doctor of the University
- Donald Garvin Harris, Master of Arts
- Ian Hamilton MacRae, Master of Arts
12 September 1997
- Hamish MacInnes, Doctor of the University
27 June 1997
- Nathan Woolf Cohen, Doctor of the University
- William Andrew Murray Boyd, Doctor of the University
26 June 1997
- Alasdair Duncan McIntyre, Doctor of the University
- Patricia Anne Greenhill, Master of Arts
8 March 1997
- Iain Menzies Banks, Doctor of the University
- David Morgan Phillips, Master of Arts
28 June 1996
- Robert George Bomont, Doctor of the University
- Dato' Ir Haji Ahmad Zaidee Laidin, Doctor of the University
- Arthur John Robin Gorell Milner, Doctor of the University
- David Bruce Pattulo, Doctor of the University
- Donald Michie, Doctor of the University
- Antony Gerald Hopkins, Doctor of the University
- Wong Yip Yan, Doctor of the University
- Jack Mapanje, Doctor of the University
- Michael Ignatieff, Doctor of the University
27 June 1996
- Winifred Mary Brancker, Doctor of the University
- Alan David Baddeley, Doctor of the University
- Michael Barham Usher, Doctor of the University
- Rupert Ridgeway, Master of Arts
24 February 1996
- Ronald James Stevenson, Doctor of the University
- Graeme Gordon, Doctor of the University
- Rennie McOwan, Doctor of the University
- James Taylor, Master of Arts
5 September 1995
- John Lister-Kaye, Doctor of the University
- Valerie MacIver, Doctor of the University
- Alexander Ferrier Sharp Morrison, Doctor of the University
30 June 1995
- Olivier Todd, Doctor of the University
- John Blair, Doctor of the University
- Liz Lochhead, Doctor of the University
- Geoffrey Mulcahy, Doctor of the University
29 June 1995
- Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Doctor of the University
- James Woodham Menter, Doctor of the University
- Dai A Rees, Doctor of the University
25 February 1995
- Arthur John Forty, Doctor of the University
- David Chilton Phillips, Doctor of the University
- Barbara Scott Young, Doctor of the University
- Lindsay Corbett, Master of Arts
1 July 1994
- Donald Iain MacKay, Doctor of the University
- Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes, Doctor of the University
- James Aitken Whyte, Doctor of the University
30 June 1994
- Peter Maurice Barclay, Doctor of the University
- Lalage Jean Bown, Doctor of the University
- George Mackenzie Dunnet, Doctor of the University
26 February 1994
- John Harry Savage Blaxter, Doctor of the University
- Michael Francis Bonallack, Doctor of the University
- Ruth Wishart, Doctor of the University
2 July 1993
- W Gordon Graham, Doctor of the University
- John McGrath, Doctor of the University
- James Alastair Hay Cairns, Master of Arts
- James MacColl MacDuff MacGlone, Master of Arts
1 July 1993
- Stewart Ross Sutherland, Doctor of the University
- Stephen Tumim, Doctor of the University
- Simon Michael Hornby, Doctor of the University
- Eleanor Harz Jorden, Doctor of the University
- John Mitchell, Master of Arts
27 February 1993
- Doris Littlejohn, Doctor of the University
- Kenneth John Hurry, Doctor of the University
- Elaine Murphy, Doctor of the University
- Lewis Robertson, Doctor of the University
- James Bowden, Master of Arts
- John James Scott, Master of Arts
3 July 1992
- John Angus Macbeth Mitchell, Doctor of the University
- Angus John MacDonald, Doctor of the University
- Michel Trembley, Doctor of the University
2 July 1992
- Jean Balfour, Doctor of the University
- Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Doctor of the University
- Anthony Barnes Atkinson, Doctor of the University
29 February 1992
- John Theodore Houghton, Doctor of the University
- Leslie Allan Murray, Doctor of the University
- Kenneth Charles Calman, Doctor of the University
28 June 1991
- William Campbell Rough Bryden, Doctor of the University
- Ludovic Henry Kennedy, Doctor of the University
- David Martin Scott Steel, Doctor of the University
27 June 1991
- Robert Aubrey Hinde, Doctor of the University
- William Duncan Paterson Stewart, Doctor of the University
2 March 1991
- Augusto Odone, Doctor of the University
- John Henry Hemming, Doctor of the University
31 August 1990
- Jerome Seymour Bruner, Doctor of the University
29 June 1990
- Robert Cowan, Doctor of the University
- Richard Langton Gregory, Master of Arts
- Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell, Master of Arts
- Anne Day Bolton, Master of Arts
- Joyce Mary Armstrong Dunn, Master of Arts
28 June 1990
- Seamus Justin Heaney, Doctor of the University
1980-1989
30 June 1989
- Christopher William Brasher, Doctor of the University
- William MacGregor Henderson, Doctor of the University
- Donald MacKenzie MacKinnon, Doctor of the University
- Edwin George Morgan, Doctor of the University
4 March 1989
- William David Forsyth, Doctor of the University
- John Stoneman, Doctor of the University
4 November 1988
- Robert Balfour of Burleigh, Doctor of the University
- Joan Macintosh, Doctor of the University
- Ved Parkash Mehta, Doctor of the University
- Diana Rigg, Doctor of the University
1 July 1988
- William Fleming Hoggan Jarrett, Doctor of the University
- Jean Redpath, Doctor of the University
- Gordon Donaldson, Doctor of the University
- Marie Jahoda, Doctor of the University
27 February 1988
- Henry Arthur Hugh Cortazzi, Doctor of the University
3 July 1987
- James Frazer Gillan Anderson, Doctor of the University
- David John Dace, Doctor of the University
- Ian Charter MacLaurin, Doctor of the University
- Alberto Morrocco, Doctor of the University
- William Purves, Doctor of the University
- Patrick Pierre Rafroidi, Doctor of the University
- Peter Drury Walker, Doctor of the University
- Peter Ingram Walters, Doctor of the University
28 February 1987
- Raymond Illsley, Doctor of the University
- Peter Jeffrey Wordie, Doctor of the University
- James Herkes, Master of Arts
20 October 1986
- Jinnosuke Miyai, Doctor of the University
27 June 1986
- Alexander Ronald Miller, Doctor of the University
- James Fyffe Thomson Morrison, Master of Arts
- David Wigley Nickson, Master of Arts
- Omar Abdul Rahman, Master of Arts
- Marcus Joseph Sieff, Master of Arts
- Ninian Smart, Master of Arts
- Archibald Norman Walker, Master of Arts
1 March 1986
- David Robert Bates, Doctor of the University
- An Wang, Doctor of the University
- Jack Cunningham, Master of Arts
28 June 1985
- Hugh Fraser, Doctor of the University
- Philip Hughes, Doctor of the University
- Hector Laing, Doctor of the University
- Angus MacVicar, Doctor of the University
- Donald Murdo McCallum, Doctor of the University
- Charles Walter Suckling, Doctor of the University
2 June 1985
- Ethelwynn Trewavas, Doctor of the University
2 March 1985
- Joseph Grimond. Doctor of the University
- Edwin Ronald Nixon, Doctor of the University
1 September 1984
- Toshio Namba, Doctor of the University
29 June 1984
- John Ivan George Cadogan, Doctor of the University
- William Alexander Park Jack, Doctor of the University
- Thomas Erskine Wright, Doctor of the University
- James David Frederick Miller, Doctor of the University
- William Alexander Cramond, Doctor of the University
1 July 1983
- Charles Forte, Doctor of the University
- Dennis Norman Frederick Hall, Doctor of the University
- John Michael Raisman, Doctor of the University
- Frederick George Thomas Holliday, Doctor of the University
- Ewan George Francis Stewart, Doctor of the University
26 February 1983
- Alasdair David Gordon Milne, Doctor of the University
- David MacIntyre Bell Armour Smith, Doctor of the University
- James Carlisle Stormonth Darling, Doctor of the University
- Archibald Henderson Young, Master of Arts
2 July 1982
- Denis Forman, Doctor of the University
- Ralph Alexander Raphael, Doctor of the University
- John Hicks, Doctor of the University
27 February 1982
- Harold Matthew Evans, Doctor of the University
- Michael Kelly, Doctor of the University
- Thomas Wilson, Doctor of the University
26 June 1981
- William Harris Allaway, Doctor of the University
- Thomas James Anderson, Doctor of the University
- Antony Hopkins, Doctor of the University
- Thomas Howarth, Doctor of the University
28 February 1981
- Norman Alexander MacCaig, Doctor of the University
15 December 1980
- Harry Henry Milne, Master of Arts
27 June 1980
- Irene Jeanne Julie Simon, Doctor of the University
- Edward George Younger, Doctor of the University
23 February 1980
- David Daiches, Doctor of the University
- Walter Laing MacDonald Perry, Doctor of the University
1968-1979
29 June 1979
- Ian Thomas Morrow, Doctor of the University
- David Allardice Webb, Doctor of the University
23 February 1979
- George Robert Edwards, Doctor of the University
- Harold Montague Finniston, Doctor of the University
- James Campbell Fraser, Doctor of the University
- Harold Pinter, Doctor of the University
- Oliver Louis Zangwill, Doctor of the University
10 January 1979
- Jane Goodall, Doctor of the University
30 June 1978
- Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, Doctor of the University
- William Lee Weipers, Doctor of the University
25 February 1978
- James Munn, Doctor of the University
24 June 1977
- Kenneth Wilmot Atchley, Doctor of the University
- Ronald Percy Bell, Doctor of the University
5 March 1977
- Kenneth John Wilson Alexander, Doctor of the University
25 June 1976
- John Wheatley, Doctor of the University
- John Deacon Richards, Doctor of the University
- Robin Philipson, Doctor of the University
21 February 1976
- Naomi Margaret Mitchison, Doctor of the University
- Robert Douglas McIntyre, Doctor of the University
27 June 1975
- Ian Alistair Gordon, Doctor of the University
- William Hutcheson Murray, Doctor of the University
22 February 1975
- Duncan Sheppey Davies, Doctor of the University
6 September 1974
- John Cowdrey Kendrew, Doctor of the University
2 September 1974
- Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards, Doctor of the University
- Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell, Doctor of the University
- Magnus Pyke, Doctor of the University
28 June 1974
- Dugald Baird, Doctor of the University
- Alan Turner Peacock, Doctor of the University
- Chinua Achebe, Doctor of the University
16 February 1974
- Norman William Graham, Doctor of the University
22 June 1973
- Mary Helen Ogilvie, Doctor of the University
- George Wilson, Doctor of the University
- Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart, Doctor of the University
- Alexander Kirkland Cairncross, Doctor of the University
23 June 1972
- Alexander Drummond Gibson, Doctor of the University
- Kenneth Ireland, Doctor of the University
- Claude Levi-Strauss, Doctor of the University
10 December 1968
- Lionel Charles Robbins, Lord Robbins of Clare Market, Doctor of the University
- Henry Alexander Hepburne-Scott, Doctor of the University
- William Macfarlane Gray, Doctor of the University
- Keith Anderson Hope Murray, Doctor of the University