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
- Gerhard Alfred Holzapfel - Mechanical Engineering - 20.05.2025
On the University YouTube channel it is possible to review the videos of all the Honorary Degrees awarded by the University from 2015 onwards.
