Honorary Doctors 1978-2005
6th Conferment of Doctoral Degrees 2005
A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Petteri Karttunen
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Ian Wilmut
Faculty of Pharmacy
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Hans-Dieter Höltje
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Masahiko Negishi
Faculty of Information Technology and Business
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jean-Pierre Babary
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Patrick J. Dowling
Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Erkki Jatila
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jouko Tuomisto
Faculty of Medicine
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Riitta Hari
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Alice H. Lichtenstein
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Vamik D. Volkan
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Eberhard J. C. Dülfer
- Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Päivi Setälä
- Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Alan Williams
5th Conferment of Doctoral Degrees 2000
A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. A. Claudio Cuello
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Jorma Kalevi Huuhtanen
Faculty of Pharmacy
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Francis C. Szoka
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Hannu Tapani Turakka
Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jay van Huizen Huner
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jorma Rantanen
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Herman P. Schwan
Faculty of Medicine
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Ezio Giacobini
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Vincent C. Hascall Jr.
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Jussi Kalervo Huttunen
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Elina Haavio-Mannila
- Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Claus Mühlfeld
4th Conferment Ceremony 1996
Faculty of Pharmacy
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. John Doull
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Valentino J. Stella
Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Brian Flannigan
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. George Hanek
Faculty of Medicine
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Konrad T. Beyreuther
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Robert Michael Blaese
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Martti Juhani Karvonen
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. László Módis
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Lester Packer
- Doctor of Medicine h.c. Jouni Jorma Juhani Uitto
Faculty of Dentistry
- Doctor of Dentistry h.c. Edvitar Leibur
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Mary E. Duffy
- Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Oswald Hahn
- Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Kauko Aarno Artturi Heuru
3rd Conferment Ceremony 1991
Faculty of Pharmacy
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Fritz Müller
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Matti Kustaa Paasonen
Faculty of Dentistry
- Doctor of Dentistry h.c. Franz Sutter
- Doctor of Dentistry h.c. Donald William Warren
Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jaak Järv
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Benjamin Liu
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Viljo Johannes Orpana
Faculty of Medicine
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Niilo Hallman
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Arisztid G.B. Kovach
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Geoffrey Arthur Rose
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Piero Tosi
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Olli Mikko Castrén
- Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Madeleine M. Leininger
- Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Mikko Ilmari Niemi
- Doctor of Social Sciences h.c. Jürgen Zerche
2nd Conferment Ceremony 1982
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Henry W. Blackburn
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Francesco di Castri
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Seymor Stanley Cohen
- Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Katri-Helena Eskelinen
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Béla Flerkó
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Hugh H. Fudenberg
- Doctor of Dentistry h.c. Leif Arne Heloe
- Doctor of Health Sciences h.c. Inkeri Kallela (s. Häkkinen)
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Paavo Pauli Kallio
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Ewout (Eppo) van der Kleinj
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Kaarlo Juhani Koskinen
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Vsevolod E. Kovshilo
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Cornelius A. Salemink
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Arnold Spiegel
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Ulf Ludvig Sundqvist
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Johannes Virolainen
1st Conferment Ceremony 1978
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Geoffrey J. Dutton
- Doctor of Dentistry h.c. George Neil Jenkins
- Doctor of Pharmacy h.c. Veli Erkki Krogerus
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Eino Luukkonen
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Leo Kaarlo Noro
- Doctor of Philosophy h.c. Jaakko Mauri Numminen
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Niilo Natanael Pesonen
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Zbynek Pisa
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Pentti Matti Rautaharju
- Doctor of Medicine and Surgery h.c. Seppo Ilmari Sipilä