Honorary Doctorate Board

The vision of the International Accreditation and Honorary Doctorate Board "IAHDB" is to inspire the human spirit through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and citizenship in a creative community, building one of the world's great educational eco system for the public good. This vision will be reflected in the individuals who receive honorary degrees from the International Accreditation and Honorary Doctorate Board "IAHDB" and its Accredited Universities.

Honorary degrees are intended to honour individuals whose character and whose extraordinary intellectual, artistic or athletic achievements or service to society set a standard of excellence that merits the University's highest honour. In accepting an honorary degree, the recipient also honours the spirit of the University's.

Honorary degrees are intended to honour individuals of upstanding character whose contributions are extraordinary and inspirational. Honorary degrees celebrate individuals who have had a transformative impact and who represent diverse backgrounds and fields of endeavour, including:

Leading academics in all disciplines,
Creative minds in arts and performance,
Athletes of extraordinary achievement,
Public intellectuals and opinion-makers,
Visionary leaders in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors,
Contributors of long-standing and exemplary service to the University, and
Community builders and philanthropists.

About Honorary Doctorate

History of Honorary Doctorate

Honorary Degree Nomination Procedures

Honorary Doctorate Nomination Form

IAHDB Universities for Honorary Doctorate

List of Honorary Doctorate Receivers

Misconduct Reporting

Honorary Doctorate Degree List

Depending on the achievement, University may present different types of honorary doctorate degrees. Some University may offer only a Doctor of Philosophy degree, while others bestow a degree based on the accomplishments of the recipient. A few examples include:

Doctor of Laws

Distinguished service to state or to nation, to learning or to humankind, coupled with intellectual gifts and moral qualities that entitle the recipient to rank with persons of culture and high principle.

Doctor of Letters or Doctor of Fine Arts

Distinguished service to letters, art, music or education, coupled with intellectual and moral qualities that are widely recognized.

Doctor of Science

Distinguished service to science, coupled with personal qualities and a kind of learning that entitles the recipient to recognition by a learned educational body of high standing.

Doctor of Humane Letters

Distinguished service of a general nature, coupled with personal qualities and a kind of learning that entitles the recipient to recognition by a learned educational body of high standing.

Doctor of Divinity

bestowed upon exceptional religious figures