Understanding Society

Tilburg University has been a reliable provider of high-quality education and research for more than eighty years. We specialize in the social sciences and humanities and we seek to make a structural contribution to society.

Honorary doctorates Tilburg University

Exceptional scientific accomplishments can be rewarded with a honorary degree. This title can also be bestowed upon a person who rendered exceptional community services. The Honorary Doctorates are awarded at anniversaries and at special occasions during a ceremony on the Dies Natalis at the University Of Tilburg.

2012

  • President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
  • Professor Guido Vergauwen
    Université de Fribourg
  • Professor Emeritus Sir Partha Dasgupta
    University of Cambridge


2011

  • Jeffrey Pfeffer
    TiasNimbas Business School


2010

  • Al Gore
    Tilburg Sustainability Center

2009

  • Marlene van Niekerk
    Faculty of Humanities

2008

  • Nout Wellink
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

2007

  • Michael Grant Ignatieff
    Faculty of Law
  • Robert Sternberg
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

2006

  • C.K. Prahalad
    TiasNimbas Business School

2002

  • Kofi Annan
    Faculty of Philosophy
  • Prof. dr. Hans-Dieter Klingemann
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • Prof. Ariel Rubinstein
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
  • Cardinal G. Danneels
    Faculty of Theology

1998
  • Dr. H.H.F. Wijffels
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

1997
  • Prof. dr. L. Weiskrantz
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • Dr. Daniel Cohn-Bendit
    Faculty of arts
  • Prof. dr. R. Goldstone
    Faculty of Law

1992
  • Prof. dr. C. Lefort
    Faculty of Philosophy
  • Prof. dr. J.M. Kerkhofs s.j.
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • Prof. dr. A.P. Barten
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

1987

  • Prof. K.J. Gergen Ph.D.
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • Prof. dr. J.A.W. Kamp
    Faculty of Arts
  • Dr. mr. J. van der Hoeven
    Faculty of Law

1986

  • Dr. G.A. van Oorschot
    Faculty of Arts

1982

  • Prof. dr. P. Ricoeur br> Faculty of Philosophy
  • Mw. dr. M.A.M. Klomp br> Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • Prof. dr. H.W. Lambers
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

1977

  • Prof. dr. H.A. Witkin
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • Dr. J.W. de Pous
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
  • Dr. Rt.Hon. Lord. A. Th. Denning
    Faculty of Law
  • Prof. dr. I.J. Brugmans
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

1972

  • Dr. mr. G.E. Langemeijer
    Faculty of Law
  • Prof. dr. F. van Heek
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
  • Dr. C.A. van den Beld
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

1967

  • Dr. A.C.J. Rottier
    Faculty of Eocnomics and Business Administration
  • Prof. dr. L. Likert
    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

1962

  • Dr. mr. C.P.M. Romme
    Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Dr. C.G. Clark MA
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

1956

  • Dr. mr. B.J.M. van Spaendonck
    Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

1953

  • Prof. dr. F. de Vries

1952

  • Dr. R. Schuman

1947

  • Mgr. dr. H. Poels