Honorary awards
The University of Sydney recognises
- exceptional achievement by conferring an honorary degree.
- outstanding service to the University by awarding the title of Honorary Fellow of the University.
All honorary degree recipients - by degree
The names of all honorary degree recipients are listed below in honorary degree order and include:
– recipients of honorary degrees conferred before 1951 (these were ad eundem gradum degrees and this was before the University's legislation was amended in 1952 to confirm that the University could award honorary degrees); and
– all honorary award recipients from 1952.
Updated 14 December 2012
- Doctor of Agricultural Economics (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Dental Science (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Education (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Educational Administration (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Engineering (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Fine Arts (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Health Science (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Laws (ad eundem gradum)
- Doctor of Laws (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Letters (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Letters in Education (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Letters in Social Work (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Medicine (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Music (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Science (ad eundem gradum)
- Doctor of Science (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Science in Agriculture (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Science in Architecture (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Science in Economics (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Science in Engineering (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Social Work (honoris causa)
- Doctor of the University - no longer awarded
- Doctor of Veterinary Science (honoris causa)
- Doctor of Visual Arts (honoris causa)
- Master of Applied Science (honoris causa)
- Master of Arts (ad eundem gradum)
- Master of Arts (honoris causa)
- Master of Building Science (honoris causa)
- Master of Design Science (honoris causa)
- Master of Economics (honoris causa)
- Master of Education (honoris causa)
- Master of Engineering (honoris causa)
- Master of Environment (honoris causa)
- Master of Industrial Relations (honoris causa)
- Master of Music (honoris causa)
- Master of Nursing (honoris causa)
- Master of Pharmacy (honoris causa)
- Master of Philosophy (honoris causa)
- Master of Science (honoris causa)
- Master of Surgery (honoris causa)
- Master of Veterinary Science (honoris causa)
- Bachelor of Arts (honoris causa)
Click on the links below for information about the recipient.
Doctor of Agricultural Economics (honoris causa) - Hon DAgrEc
- David James Asimus (1997)
- John Louis Dillon (1995)
- Alan John Randall (2004)
Doctor of Dental Science (honoris causa) - Hon DDSc
- Per-Ingvar Brånemark (2003)
- Ernest Newbrun (1997)
- Alfred Gordon Rowell (1988)
Doctor of Education (honoris causa)
- Kenneth John Eltis (2011)
Doctor of Educational Administration (honoris causa) - Hon DEdAdmin
- Clifford Douglas Blake (2001)
Doctor of Engineering (honoris causa) - Hon DEng
- Brian David Outram Anderson (1995)
- Keith Osborne Brown (1983)
- Denison Campbell-Allen (1987)
- David Dumas Coffey (2009)
- James Arthur Davidson (1983)
- Barry Peter Flanagan (1993)
- Thomas John Forgan (1996)
- John Michael Grill (2010)
- John Hopcroft (2008)
- A P J Abdul Kalam (2011)
- John Archibald Landels (1992)
- William T Mansell (2006)
- Peter Owen Miller (1983)
- Eric James Neal (1989)
- Peter Nicholson (1993)
- Dr John Gilmour Nutt (2012)
- Dr John O’Sullivan (2012)
- John Seymour Proud (1984)
- Jack William Roderick (1985)
- James Anthony Rowland (1983)
- Phillip Noel Hartley Smith (1997)
- George Stephen Springer (2007)
- William Tyree (2008)
- Ron Yates (2000)
Doctor of Fine Arts (honoris causa) - Hon DFA
- Mari Ann Lewis (2001)
Doctor of Health Science (honoris causa) - Hon DHSc
- Gabrielle Hollows (2012)
- Phyllis Watson (2001)
Doctor of Laws (ad eundem gradum) * - LLD (ad eundem gradum)
*There was no provision before 1951 for conferring of honorary degrees by the University of Sydney. Therefore, until the 'University and University Colleges Act 1900' was amended confirming Senate's power to confer honorary degrees, the University awarded a number of degrees 'ad eundem gradum' - mostly Doctor of Laws - as a mark of honour. Those who received this award included members of the Royal Family, Governors-General, distinguished soldiers and leaders of industry.'
- Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1931)
- William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp (1930)
- William Riddell Birdwood (1920)
- Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1926)
- His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York (1901)
- His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester (1934)
- Viscount Jowitt (1951)
- Maria Ogilvie Gordon (1938)
- Erwin Griswold (1951)
- William Morris, Viscount Nuffield (1938)
- Josiah Stamp (1938)
- John Lawrence Baird, Viscount Stonehaven (1930)
- His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (1920)
- His Royal Highness the Duke of York (1927)
Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) - Hon LLD
- Garfield Edward John Barwick (1972)
- Alexander Craig Beattie (1982)
- Bryan Alan Beaumont (2005)
- Margaret Beazley (2008)
- Nigel Hubert Bowen (1990)
- Quentin Bryce (2010)
- John Joseph Cahill (1952)
- Enid Mona Campbell (2002)
- Herbert Cole Coombs (1968)
- Arthur Roden Cutler (1967)
- William Philip Sidney, Viscount De L’Isle (1963)
- William Patrick Deane (1990)
- Ivan Noel Dougherty (1976)
- Robert Reginald Downing (1972)
- Arthur Robert Emmett (2009)
- Gareth John Evans (2008)
- Elizabeth Andreas Evatt (1985)
- Robert Randolph Garran (1952)
- Mary Genevieve Gaudron (1999)
- Anthony Murray Gleeson (1999)
- Lawrence Ogalthorpe Gostin (2012)
- William Montague Charles Gummow (1992)
- Aubrey Halloran (1961)
- Kenneth Robert Handley (2007)
- John Newbold Hazard (1986)
- John Dyson Heydon (2007)
- Donald Graham Hill (2002)
- Robert Marsden Hope (1993)
- William Morris Hughes (1952)
- Kim Dae-Jung (1996)
- Michael Donald Kirby (1996)
- Frank Walters Kitto (1982)
- Iven Giffard Mackay (1952)
- James Joseph Macken (1992)
- Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie (1955)
- Dennis Leslie Mahoney (2002)
- Nelson Mandela (2000)
- Anthony F Mason (1988)
- Keith Mason (2005)
- Jane Hamilton Mathews (2000)
- Hugh George McCredie (1988)
- Martin McIlrath (1952)
- William John McKell (1952)
- Roderick Pitt Meagher (2000)
- Robert Gordon Menzies (1952)
- John Cochrane Moore (1989)
- The Lord Morton of Henryton (1957)
- Arvi Hillar Parbo (2000)
- Ross Parsons (1999)
- George Whitecross Paton (1955)
- Charles Nelson Perkins (2000)
- James Alfred Perkins (1968)
- Lyndel Vivien Prott (2004)
- Fidel Valdez Ramos (1998)
- George Edward Rich (1952)
- Geoffrey Robertson (2006)
- Gordon Jacob Samuels (1994)
- G F Kim Santow (2008)
- Fred Schonell (1965)
- Walter Albert Selle (1969)
- William Joseph Slim (1953)
- Percy Claude Spender (1973)
- James Jacob Spigelman (2004)
- Stephen Henry Stackpole (1955)
- Ninian Martin Stephen (1984)
- Julius Stone (1981)
- Kenneth Whistler Street (1952)
- Laurence Whistler Street (1984)
- Bernard Sugerman (1976)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj (1959)
- Desmond Tutu (1999)
- Thomas William Waddell (1989)
- David Glyndwr Tudor Williams (1990)
- William John Victor Windeyer (1975)
- Neville Kenneth Wran (1995)
- Wallace Charles Wurth (1959)
Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) - Hon DLitt
- Phillip Adams (2005)
- George Faunce Allman (1961)
- Helen Elizabeth Archdale (1985)
- Robyn Archer (2005)
- Neil Armfield (2006)
- Eric Ashby (1973)
- James Johnston Auchmuty (1974)
- Marjorie Faith Barnard (1986)
- John Cawte Beaglehole (1970)
- Bruce Beaver (2004)
- Kim Edward Beazley (1979)
- John Anthony Bell (1996)
- John Michael Bennett (2007)
- Charles Bickerton Blackburn (1965)
- Cate Blanchett (2012)
- Geraldine Brooks (2007)
- Harrison Bryan (1987)
- Kenneth John Cable (1990)
- Edmund Campion (2005)
- Arthur Capell (1981)
- Edmund George Capon (2012)
- John L Carrick (1988)
- Judith Cassab (1995)
- Vere Gordon Childe (1957)
- Charles Manning Hope Clark (1988)
- Peter Coleman (2008)
- Jill K Ker Conway (2006)
- Zelman Cowen (1980)
- Ruth Winifred Cracknell (1985)
- Beatrice Deloitte Davis (1992)
- Rosemary Dobson (1996)
- Arthur John Dunston (1987)
- Adolphus Peter Elkin (1970)
- Rae Else-Mitchell (1984)
- John Alexander Ferguson (1955)
- Jean Duncan Foley (1995)
- Edward Ford (1971)
- Kathleen Mollie Gillen (1995)
- Germaine Greer (2005)
- Kate Grenville (2012)
- Owen Harries (2010)
- Robert James Heffron (1952)
- John Basil Hennessy (1993)
- Herbert lan Priestley Hogbin (1983)
- Ernest Rudolph Holme (1952)
- Marsden C Hordern (2004)
- Donald Richmond Horne (2005)
- Wenzhong Hu (1990)
- Daisaku Ikeda (2000)
- Clive James (1999)
- Henry David Jocelyn (1995)
- Edwin A Judge (2006)
- Stepan Kerkyasharian (2007)
- Wallace Kirsop (1999)
- Lou Klepac (2006)
- Phillip George Knightley (2007)
- Leonie Kramer (2009)
- Patricia Mary Lahy (1992)
- Elwyn Augustus Lynn (1989)
- Oliver Ormond Gerard MacDonagh (1989)
- John Percival Vissing Madsen (1954)
- Robert Bowden Madgwick (1961)
- David Malouf (1998)
- Bruce Edgar Mansfield (1991)
- Leslie Harold Martin (1966)
- Judith Arundell Wright McKinney (1976)
- Charles Richard Morris (1954)
- Ann Moyal (2007)
- Leslie Murray (2001)
- Sidney Robert Nolan (1977)
- John Northcott (1952)
- William Matthew O’Neil (1979)
- Andrew Delbridge Osborn (1978)
- Norma Alice Parker (1986)
- John Arthur Passmore (1981)
- Christopher Francis Patten (2001)
- Roslyn Poignant (2006)
- Peter Porter (1999)
- Colin Power (2002)
- Robert Alwyn Raymond (2003)
- Lloyd Frederic Rees (1970)
- Stephen Henry Roberts (1968)
- Edna Ryan (1985)
- Joan Rydon (1999)
- Edward Togo Salmon (1982)
- Murray Sayle (2007)
- Gene Sherman (2008)
- Keith Val Sinclair (1994)
- Bernard William Smith (1997)
- David Stratton (2006)
- Thomas Griffith Taylor (1959)
- Margaret Alison Telfer (1969)
- Alexander Robertus Todd (1968)
- Arthur Dale Trendall (1972)
- Kenneth Turner (2008)
- Clifford Turney (2003)
- Gung Wu Wang (1993)
- Peter Weiss (2012)
- Morris Langlo West (2000)
- Edward Gough Whitlam (1981)
- Leslie Wilkinson (1970)
- Bruce Rodda Williams, (1982)
- David Williamson (1988)
- David Wilson (1991)
- David Roy Vernon Wood (1994)
- Eric Winslow Woodward (1959)
- Tony Vinson, Hon DLittSW (2005)
Doctor of Letters in Education (honoris causa) - Hon DLittEd
- William Fraser Connell (2000)
Doctor of Letters in Social Work (honoris causa) - Hon DLittSW
- Mary Lane (2012)
Doctor of Medicine (honoris causa) - Hon MD
- John Leslie Allsop (1992)
- Hugh Collis Barry (1989)
- Marie Roslyn Bashir (2002)
- Gaston Egon Bauer (1995)
- Peter Orlebar Bishop (1983)
- Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn (1991)
- John Chalmers (2006)
- Graeme Milbourne Clark (1989)
- Grace Johnston Cuthbert Browne (1986)
- Peter Mervyn Elliott (2003)
- Francis Stanislaus Flynn (1981)
- Enid Gibert-Barness (1999)
- Stanley Jack Marcus Goulston (1983)
- John MacDonald Grant (2007)
- John Thomson Günther (1973)
- Richard Spencer Butler Gye (1993)
- Elinor Catherine Hamlin (2005)
- Henry Harris (1983)
- Maurice Ray Joseph (1988)
- Kazmierz Stanislaw Kozlowski (1995)
- Michael Marmot (2006)
- Bruce Too’mba Mayes (1988)
- Geoffrey Lance McDonald (1983)
- lan Douglas Miller (1979)
- Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller (1986)
- Frank Harland Mills (2005)
- Gerald White Milton (1993)
- Margaret Mulvey (1985)
- Gabriel Stephen Nagy (1990)
- Selwyn Graham Nelson (1984)
- Rowan Nicks (1985)
- Murray Theodore Pheils (1994)
- John Prineas (2011)
- Sydney Ralph Reader (2006)
- Thomas Smith Reeve (1991)
- William Dudley Refshauge (1988)
- Charles Rowland ("Rowley") B Richards (2006)
- Rodney Phillip Shearman (1993)
- Fiona Juliet Stanley (2005)
- Thomas Stapleton (1995)
- Norman Swan (2006)
- Nanette Stacy Waddy (1988)
- Grace Warren (1985)
- John Robin Warren (2012)
- Judith Ann Whitworth (2004)
- Brian Wellingham Windeyer (1979)
- Kathleen Winning (1989)
- John Wong (1995)
- John Samuel Yu (1997)
Doctor of Music (honoris causa) - Hon DMus
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (2010)
- William Barton (2010)
- Arthur Bridge (2008)
- Donald Vernon Burrows (2000)
- Stuart Challender (1991)
- Lauris Margaret Elms (1988)
- Gerald (Alfred) English (1989)
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1987)
- Joseph Neparrnga Gumbula (2007)
- Yvonne Kenny (1999)
- Jimmy Little (2005)
- (Alan) Charles (MacLaurin) Mackerras (2003)
- Olivier Messiaen (1988)
- Alice Marshall Moyle (1989)
- Arvo Pärt (1996)
- Donald Richard Peart (1980)
- Janet Ritterman (2010)
- Peter Joshua Sculthorpe (2005)
- Joan Sutherland (1984)
- Richard Leo Tognetti (2005)
- Kenneth Wilberforce Tribe (1995)
- Barry Tuckwell (1994)
- Tommy Tycho (2007)
- Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson (1982)
- Roger Robert Woodward (1996)
- Iannis Xenakis, Hon DMus (1993)
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (2012)
Doctor of Science (ad eundem gradum)* - DSc (ad eundem gradum)
*There was no provision before 1951 for conferring of honorary degrees by the University of Sydney. Therefore, until the 'University and University Colleges Act 1900' was amended confirming Senate's power to confer honorary degrees, the University awarded a number of degrees 'ad eundem gradum' - mostly Doctor of Laws - as a mark of honour.
- Hugh Dalton (1938)
Doctor of Science (honoris causa) - Hon DSc
- Robert Stevenson Aitken (1952)
- Adrien Albert (1990)
- Edward Victor Appleton (1952)
- Derek Harold Richard Barton (1976)
- Adolph Basser (1955)
- Louis Hopewell Bauer (1955)
- Gillian Beattie (2007)
- Marie Bentivoglio (1994)
- Arthur John Birch (1977)
- Louis Charles Birch (2000)
- Alexander Boden (1984)
- Edward George Bowen (1957)
- David Francis Branagan (2007)
- Gavin Brown (2009)
- Robert Hanbury Brown (1984)
- Amyand David Buckingham (1993)
- Keith Edward Bullen (1976)
- Frank Macfarlane Burnet (1961)
- Rex Milton Butterfield (1996)
- Richard Gardiner Casey (1968)
- Frederick Chong (1999)
- Douglas Cockcroft (1952)
- Harold George Cogger (1997)
- Peter Malcolm Colman (2000)
- Suzanne Cory (2000)
- John Warcup Cornforth (1977)
- Robert Carrington Cotton (1995)
- David Parker Craig (1985)
- Frank Debenham (1959)
- Theodosius Dobzhansky (1960)
- Lorimer Fenton Dods (1974)
- Herbert Vere Evatt (1952)
- Neil Hamilton Fairley (1956)
- George Brereton Sadleir Falkiner (1955)
- Joan Maie Freeman (1993)
- Cecil Howard Green (1961)
- Norman McAlister Gregg (1952)
- Walter Gropius (1954)
- Peter Gavin Hall (2009)
- Parameswaran Hariharan (2001)
- Christopher Charles Heyde (1998)
- Noel Hush (2009)
- Raymond James Wood Le Fevre (1985)
- James Learmonth (1954)
- Frederick John Lehany (1976)
- Max Rudolf Lemberg (1970)
- Essington Lewis (1952)
- Daniel Lunney (2006)
- George Mackaness (1961)
- lan Murray Mackerras (1971)
- Richard Cawley Madden (2005)
- David Frederick Malin (1989)
- Douglas Mawson (1952)
- Robert McCredie May (1995)
- Wilson Harold Maze (1982)
- Harry Messel (1992)
- Donald Metcalf (1988)
- Mitchell Durno (Durno) Murray (2009)
- Gustav Joseph Victor John Nossal (1985)
- Richard Godfrey Christian Parry Okeden (1957)
- Michael Paddon-Row (2009)
- Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1952)
- Robert Porter (2001)
- Krithivasan Ramamritham (2007)
- Martin John Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow (2012)
- Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes (1995)
- Robert Robinson (1960)
- Phyllis Margaret Rountree (1987)
- Edwin E Salpeter (1994)
- Alan McLeod Sargeson (1990)
- Bruce William Stillman (2008)
- Philip Alexander Symonds (2009)
- John Meurig Thomas (2005)
- Roland Herbert Thorp (1986)
- Cecil Edgar Tilley (1964)
- James Vernon (1965)
- James Matthew Vincent (1987)
- Robyn Williams (1988)
- Peter E Wright (2003)
Doctor of Science in Agriculture (honoris causa) - Hon DScAgr
- Keith Oliver Campbell (1993)
- Neville Collis-George (1990)
- Frank Clements Crofts (1998)
- Brian Stanley Fisher (2011)
- Hector John Geddes (1980)
- William James Peacock (2002)
- James Patrick Quirk (1997)
- Irvine Armstrong Watson (1979)
Doctor of Science in Architecture (honoris causa) - Hon DScArch
- John Hamilton Andrews (1988)
- Keith Eric Cottier (2009)
- Henry Jacob Cowan (1987)
- Romaldo Giurgola (2003)
- Richard Norman Johnson (1990)
- Clive Lucas (2011)
- William John Mitchell (2007)
- Glenn Marcus Murcutt (2004)
- Harry Seidler (2000)
- Albert Neville Thiele (2008)
- Thomas Uren (2002)
- Joern Utzon (2003)
- Kenneth Woolley (2010)
Doctor of Science in Economics (honoris causa) - Hon DScEcon
- Fred Argy (2003)
- Wilfred David Borrie (1979)
- David Stuart Clarke (2000)
- John Grenfell Crawford (1972)
- Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple (2007)
- Arthur Frederick Deer (1984)
- Albert Coulston Evans (1993)
- William Kenneth Fisher (1998)
- Ross Roderick Gittins (2012)
- John Charles Harsanyi (1995)
- David Willis Johnson (1998)
- Van Khai Phan(1999)
- Paul John Kelly (2007)
- Wayne R Lonergan (2008)
- Ian John Macfarlane (2004)
- Leslie Galfreid Melville (1980)
- James Plimsoll (1984)
- Bruce Reid (1993)
- Michael Sharpe(1999)
- Laurence Elwyn Short (1994)
- Giancarlo Elia Valori (2002)
- William Vines (1993)
- Ronald Walker (1973)
- James David Wolfensohn (1997)
- Muhammad Yunus (1998)
Doctor of Science in Engineering (honoris causa) - Hon DScEng
- Wilbur Norman Christiansen (1980)
Doctor of Social Work (honoris causa) - Hon DSW
- Margaret Mary McGovern (1996)
- Mary Sylvester McLelland (1990)
Doctor of the University - DUniv (no longer awarded)
- John Douglas Anthony (1997)
- Hermann David Black (1989)
- Alexander Cambitoglou (1991)
- Kenneth George Coles (1999)
- Susan Evelyn Dorsch (1996)
- (Thomas John) Noel Foley (1989)
- Keith Lynden Jennings (1994)
- Haruo Nishihara (1989)
- David Mayer Selby (1991)
- Peter Sinclair (1992)
- Jeffrey Smart (1999)
- Michael Gleeson Taylor (1994)
- John Manning Ward (1990)
- William CharlesWentworth IV (1996)
Doctor of Veterinary Science (honoris causa) - Hon DVSc
- Robert Vernon Stuart Bain (1986)
- Harold Burnell Carter (1996)
- Kevin Doyle (2010)
- Clifford Walter Emmens (1982)
- Robert William Gee (1997)
- Trevor Heath (2009)
- John Douglas Kelly (1996)
- Keith Valentine Leighton Kesteven (1971)
- Douglas Donald McGregor (2007)
- Peter Daniel Rossdale (2007)
- Arthur Farquhar Webster (1990)
Doctor of Visual Arts (honoris causa) - Hon DVisArts
- William Robert (Jim) Allen (2007)
- Thomas Dwyer Bass (2009)
- Brenda Louise Croft (2009)
- Helge Larsen and Darani Lewers (2007)
- Marc Newson (2010)
- Margaret Hannah Olley (2000)
- Martin Ritchie Sharp (2012)
- Kenneth Lowell Unsworth (2008)
- Guy Wilkie Warren (2007)
Master of Applied Science (honoris causa) - Hon MAppSc
- Paul Christopher Kelly (1998)
- Patricia Mary Lance (1992)
Master of Arts (ad eundem gradum)* - MA (ad eundem gradum)
*There was no provision before 1951 for conferring of honorary degrees by the University of Sydney. Therefore, until the 'University and University Colleges Act 1900' was amended confirming Senate's power to confer honorary degrees, the University awarded a number of degrees 'ad eundem gradum' - mostly Doctor of Laws - as a mark of honour.
- Baron Northcote of Exeter (1906)
- Earl De La Warr (1938)
Master of Arts (honoris causa) - Hon MA
- Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (1927)
- Charles Findlay Bentley (1974)
- Lydia Bushell (1991)
- (Alice) Madge Dawson (1989)
- Persia Elsbeth Galleghan (1995)
- Allan Allman Gamble (1991)
- Keith Jones (1998)
- Kevin Alan Shorten (1996)
- Marie Sim (1991)
- Dulcie Stretton (1997)
- Rosina Tedeschi (1971)
Master of Building Science (honoris causa) - Hon MBdgSc
- Jack Whittemore (1991)
Master of Design Science (honoris causa) - Hon MDesSc
- Allan Disney (1994)
- David Malcolm Rowe (2002)
Master of Economics (honoris causa) - Hon MEc
- James Harold Greenwood (1981)
- Ian Alastair Ramage (1997)
- Thomas Williams (1969)
- David Roy Vernon Wood (1981)
Master of Education (honoris causa) - Hon MEd
- Val Street (1992)
Master of Engineering (honoris causa) - Hon MEng
- John Kirkwood Curdie (1995)
- Nancy Bird Walton 1987)
Master of Environment (honoris causa) - Hon MEnvt
- Jack Mundey (2001)
Master of Industrial Relations (honoris causa) - Hon MIR
- Betty Dorothy Johnson (1992)
Master of Music (honoris causa) - Hon MMus
- John Douglas Gordon (1984)
Master of Nursing (honoris causa) - Hon MN
- Verna Eileen Rice (1993)
Master of Pharmacy (honoris causa) - Hon MPharm
- Kenneth Robert Bickle (1998)
- Margaret Sneddon Bickle (1998)
- Esmond Ross Brown (1997)
- C John Matthews (2001)
- Warwick Wilkinson (1991)
Master of Philosophy (honoris causa) - Hon MPhil
- Lester Gerard Cashen (1991)
- Mary Shanahan (1992)
Master of Science (honoris causa) - Hon MSc
- Isobel I Bennett (1962)
- Stanley Lorin Larnach (1973)
- Dennis Matthews (2000)
- Thomas J Savige (1994)
Master of Surgery (honoris causa) - Hon MS
- Douglas Kevin Baird (1996)
- Volney G Bulteau (1988)
- Victor Warren Fazio (1997)
- David Campbell Glenn (1997)
- M M Killingback (1994)
- Brian Patrick Morgan (1992)
- Harry Danvers David Tyer (1990)
Master of Veterinary Science (honoris causa) - Hon MVSc
- Virginia Esther Osborne (1983)
Bachelor of Arts (honoris causa) - Hon BA
- Arthur James Brook (1976)