Alma universitas studiorum parmensis A.D. 962 - Università di Parma
Laurea Honoris Causa ad Alberto Chiesi

Honorary Degrees

The Honorary Degree is an honorific academic title conferred on distinguished individuals who deserve special recognition for excellent achievements, works or publications in a specific field or activity.

The Honorary Degree allows the graduate to have the same rights as if he/she obtains an ordinary degree title. 


The University of Parma has conferred the following Honorary Degrees:

  • Attilio BERTOLUCCI - Literary Disciplines - 15.11.1984

  • Don Egidio VIGANÒ - Pedagogy - 25.03.1988

  • Ganapati Parashuram PATIL - Biological Sciences - 17.12.1988

  • Herbert A. HAUPTMAN - Chemistry - 11.01.1989

  • Cardinal Agostino CASAROLI - Law - 17.03.1990

  • Donnal THOMAS - Medicine and Surgery - 28.09.1992

  • Pierre CARNITI - Economics - 27.11.1992

  • Calisto TANZI - Economics - 27.11.1992

  • Patricio A. AZOCAR - Law - 04.05.1994

  • Paolo Maria FASELLA - Veterinary Medicine - 14.09.1995

  • Master Luciano PAVAROTTI - Veterinary Medicine - 14.09.1995

  • Lauro FERRARINI - Veterinary Medicine - 16.10.1996

  • Franco ARQUATI - Business Economics - 14.04.1997

  • Lewis E. BRAVERMAN - Medicine and Surgery - 17.11.1997

  • Franco BERNABÈ - Environmental Sciences - 28.11.1997

  • Jaques VAN COMPERNOLLE - Law - 03.02.1998

  • Alexandre V. BOBYLEV - Mathematics - 06.05.1998

  • George E. ANDREWS - Physics - 06.05.1998

  • Louis MALASSIS - Agricultural Sciences - 16.11.1998

  • Jean TESTA - Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology - 13.10.1999

  • Nikolaos PEPPAS - Pharmacy - 13.10.1999

  • Klaus Joachim REUTTER - Geology - 06.03.2000

  • Licinio FERRETTI - Geology - 06.03.2000

  • Maria NEW - Medicine and Surgery - 24.03.2000

  • Jacques LE GOFF - Humanities - 19.10.2000

  • Marta MONTANINI - Psychology - 02.12.2003

  • Marco BRUNELLI - Marketing - 20.05.2004

  • Marco ROSI - Marketing - 20.05.2004

  • Biagio AGNES - Medicine and Surgery - 04.10.2004

  • Alain MÉRIEUX - Medicine and Surgery - 04.10.2004

  • Camillo CATELLI - Mechanical Engineering - 12.10.2004

  • Andrea PONTREMOLI - Computer Engineering - 12.10.2004

  • Fabio SALVIATO - Political Economics - 20.10.2004

  • Gino TROMBI - Economics and Finance - 20.10.2004

  • Renato CASAPPA - Mechanical Engineering - 14.02.2005

  • Augusto RIZZI - Civil Engineering - 14.02.2005

  • Alexander MCCALL SMITH - Law - 17.05.2005

  • Irma ADELMAN - Political Economics - 26.05.2005

  • Fabrizio BARCA - Political Economics - 26.05.2005

  • Donald J. ABRAHAM - Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology - 10.10.2005

  • Gerd HUBER - Medicine and Surgery - 13.12.2005

  • Luigi Luca CAVALLI-SFORZA - Ecology - 30.11.2006

  • David Nicolaas REINHOUDT - Chemistry - 12.10.2007

  • Aldo BRACHETTI PERETTI - Management Engineering - 06.10.2009

  • Gualtiero MARCHESI - Gastronomic Sciences - 10.10.2012

  • Card. Óscar Andrés Rodríguez MARADIAGA - International Business and Development - 10.05.2013

  • Luciano ONDER - Medicine and Surgery - 31.03.2014

  • Bernardo BERTOLUCCI - History and Criticism of Arts and Performance - 16.12.2014

  • Vittorio ADORNI - Theory and Methods of Preventive and Adapted Physical Activities - 18.05.2015

  • Giovanni FERRERO - Food Science and Technology - 24.10.2015

  • Alberto CHIESI - Business Administration - 25.11.2016

  • Patti SMITH - Classical and Modern Philology and Literature - 03.05.2017

  • William Allen EATON - Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology - 25.05.2018

  • don Luigi CIOTTI - Social and Clinical Applied Psychology - 23.11.2018

  • Claudio MAGRIS - Law - 24.10.2019

  • Patrick CHAMOISEAU - Classical and Modern Philology and Literature - 30.09.2021

  • Sergio MATTARELLA - International and European Relations - 04.10.2021

  • Riccardo DE GAUDENZI - Communication Engineering - 13.10.2021

  • Nicola PIOVANI - History and critic of arts and performance - 05.11.2022

  • Bernardo VALLI - Journalism, editorial culture, environmental and multimedia communication - 25.05.2023

  • Martin CHALFIE - Phisics - 04.07.2023

  • Carlo ANCELOTTI - Theory and methods of preventive and adapted physical activities - 11.10.2023

  • Yonggang HUANG - Mechanical engineering - 14.11.2023

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