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
• John Alex ELEFTERIADES - Medicine and Surgery - 09.05.2024
• Giampiero MAIOLI - Finance and Risk Management - 16.10.2024