Honorary degrees may be awarded by UWA to any person for distinguished service or attainments within or outside of Western Australia.
Nominations for honorary degrees may only be submitted by members of the Academic Board or Senate. Honorary degrees are conferred in accordance with UWA Statute No. 14: Granting and Conferring of Degrees and Diplomas and the following guidelines:
Awards are made in the following five categories:
- Community and public service
- Private sector work
- International links
- Academic achievements
- Contribution to the arts
Master of Arts
- Lewis, Sir Neil
- 1932
- Munns, Herbert G.
- 1969
- Vanzetti, Francis
- 1962
Doctor of Architecture
- Feilman, Margaret A.
- 1989
- Ferguson, Ronald J.
- 2000
- Hill, W. Kerry
- 2008
Doctor of Commerce
- Barnaba, Mark B.
- 2012
- Eastwood AM CitWA, Trevor R.
- 2009
- Fini OAM, Adrian A.
- 2018
- Goyder, Richard J. B.
- 2011
- MacKinlay, David B.
- 2014
- Porter, Richard B.
- 2014
- Poynton AM, John H.
- 2008
- Walsh AO CitWA, Samuel M.
- 2014
- Wilinge, John
- 2015
Doctor of Dental Science
- Henderson, Gilbert D.
- 1970
- Henry, Patrick J.
- 2005
- Sutherland, Professor Kenneth J. G.
- 1982
Doctor of Economics
- Boediono
- 2011
- Fels AO, Professor Allan H. M.
- 2006
- Griffiths, David C.
- 2009
- Hewitt AO, Joanna M.
- 2012
- Kerr AM, Emeritus Professor Alexander McB.
- 2006
- Smith-Gander, Diane L.
- 2015
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Doctor of Education
- Cheah, Jeffrey F. L.
- 1994
- Jones AM, Gweneth J.
- 2007
- Leeming, Katherine M.
- 2016
- Watts, Professor Donald W.
- 2001
Master of Education
- Stevens, Mary O.
- 1958
Doctor of Engineering
- Aitken, Donald H.
- 1991
- Chapman, Wilfred D.
- 1949
- Clough, William H.
- 1990
- Fam, Michael Y. O.
- 1988
- Giumelli, James R.
- 2017
- Gordon, Francis R.
- 2007
- Lawn, Brian R.
- 2008
- Loder, Louis F.
- 1949
- Pang, Peter T. K.
- 2011
- Ridzuan, Muhammad bin Haji Salleh
- 1992
- Upton, Thomas H.
- 1949
Doctor of Laws
- Ashby, Sir Eric
- 1973
- Astor, J. J.
- 1925
- Battye, James S.
- 1943
- Beasley, Emeritus Professor Frank R.
- 1974
- Beshar, Sarah E.
- 2015
- Blackburn, Sir Charles
- 1963
- Brand, The Hon. Sir David
- 1963
- Burnham, Viscount
- 1925
- Burt, The Hon. Sir Francis
- 1987
- Chaney, Michael A.
- 2002
- Clews, Emeritus Professor Charles J. B.
- 1972
- Coleman, Shalom
- 2000
- Court, The Hon. Sir Charles
- 1969
- Cowen, Sir Zelman
- 1981
- Dean, Sir Arthur
- 1963
- Eddington, Roderick I.
- 2000
- Forrest, The Right Hon. Lord
- 1916
- French AC, The Hon. Chief Justice Robert S.
- 2011
- Griffith, Joseph
- 1968
- Hackett, General Sir John
- 1963
- Hackett, The Hon. Sir John Winthrop
- 1914
- Hackett-Moulden, Lady
- 1932
- Haile Selassie I, His Imperial Majesty Emperor
- 1968
- Higgins, His Excellency Michael D.
- 2017
- Hobbs, Lieut.-General Sir Talbot
- 1921
- Hotchin, Sir Claude
- 1974
- Howarth, Anthony J.
- 2003
- Jackson, The Hon. Sir Lawrence
- 1982
- James, The Hon. Sir Walter
- 1936
- Jull, Roberta H. M.
- 1943
- Kendrew, Major-General Sir Douglas
- 1969
- Kennedy, Geoffrey Alexander
- 1999
- Krasnostein, Jacob J.
- 1991
- Kyle, Air Chief Marshall Sir Wallace H.
- 1980
- Le Souef, Leslie E.
- 1977
- Ligertwood, The Hon. Sir George
- 1963
- Malcolm AC QC KCSJ, Professor The Hon. David K.
- 2008
- Martin, Sir Leslie
- 1963
- McCusker AO QC, Malcolm J.
- 2008
- McDonald, Sir Robert
- 1961
- Murray, Sir Keith
- 1963
- Owen, The Hon. Neville J.
- 2011
- Prescott, Sir Stanley
- 1970
- Reichel, Sir Harry
- 1914
- Reid, His Excellency Emeritus Professor Gordon S.
- 1988
- Reynolds, John H.
- 1963
- Riley, The Most Reverend Charles O. L.
- 1922
- Robertson, Thomas L.
- 1968
- Ross, Emeritus Professor Alexander D.
- 1963
- Rushton, Sir Reginald
- 1977
- Somerville, William
- 1941
- Stephenson, Emeritus Professor Gordon
- 1977
- Townsing, Sir Kenneth
- 1971
- Wardle, Sir Thomas
- 1973
- Wheeler, The Hon. Justice Christine A.
- 2007
- Wilson, The Hon. Sir Ronald D.
- 1980
- Winch, Marie Joan
- 1999
- Winterton, Professor George G.
- 2007
Doctor of Letters
- Alexander, Professor Frederick
- 1963
- Andrews, Cecil R.
- 1929
- Bailey, Sir Harold
- 1963
- Beazley, Kim E.
- 1980
- Bendat, Jack M.
- 2006
- Berndt, Catherine H.
- 1983
- Berndt, Emeritus Professor Ronald M.
- 1987
- Blenkinsop, George David
- 1999
- Bourne, Gregory D.
- 2005
- Bowen AM, Bernard K.
- 2016
- Boyd, Susan J. D.
- 2002
- Boyd, William
- 1937
- Brady, Patricia M. (Sister Veronica)
- 2009
- Brisbane AM, Katharine E.
- 2006
- Cameron, Meribeth E.
- 1962
- Carnley, The Most Reverend Dr Peter F.
- 2000
- Casey, John A.
- 2006
- Chaney AO, The Hon. Frederick M.
- 2010
- Cohen, Clinical Professor Alexander K.
- 2002
- Coles OBE, Alec
- 2017
- Constable, The Hon. Dr Elizabeth
- 2013
- Coombs, Herbert C.
- 1960
- Court AC, The Hon. Richard F.
- 2015
- Cruthers, Sir James W.
- 2005
- Cullity AO, Denis M.
- 2006
- Currie, Sir George
- 1952
- Davis, Jack L.
- 1988
- de Laeter AO, Professor John R.
- 2004
- De Poli, Dino
- 2001
- Doogue AO, Geraldine F.
- 2011
- Drewe, Robert
- 2003
- Duncan, Annie V.
- 2012
- Durack, Elizabeth
- 1996
- Edgar, Patricia M.
- 1994
- Ensor, Beatrice
- 1937
- Erickson, Frederica L.
- 1980
- Evans, The Hon. Christopher V.
- 2014
- Fitzpatrick, Michael C.
- 2009
- Fogarty, Brettney T.
- 2008
- Fogarty, E. Anne
- 2008
- Forrest CitWA, J. Andrew H.
- 2014
- Forrest, Nicola M.
- 2014
- Gairdner, Sir Charles
- 1956
- Gale, Fay
- 1998
- Gallop AC, The Hon. Dr Geoffrey I.
- 2012
- Gillett, Eric W.
- 1956
- Gordon, Susan
- 2003
- Green, Jeremy N.
- 2016
- Hancock, Emeritus Professor Sir Keith
- 1977
- Handa, Haruhisa
- 2006
- Haskell, Emeritus Professor Dennis J.
- 2012
- Hasluck AM QC, The Hon. Justice Nicholas P.
- 2009
- Hasluck, Dame Alexandra
- 1970
- Hawke, The Hon. Robert J. L.
- 1984
- Hay AC, Professor John A.
- 2005
- Hewett, Dorothy
- 1995
- Holmes à Court, Janet
- 1997
- Horgan, Joanna E.
- 2017
- Hume, Lindy
- 2007
- Irvine AO, David T.
- 2015
- Jayasuriya AM, Emeritus Professor D. Laksiri
- 2006
- Juniper, Robert L.
- 1984
- Kailis AM OBE, Patricia V.
- 2005
- King AM MBE, Brian N.
- 2016
- Landau AO, Emeritus Professor Louis I.
- 2007
- Lourens AM, Emeritus Professor Roy M. C.
- 2016
- Lucas, Colin R.
- 2000
- Masters, Professor Colin L.
- 2008
- McHenry, Dean E.
- 1963
- McMahon, The Right Rev. John T.
- 1961
- Menzies, Sir Robert
- 1964
- Michael AC, His Excellency Dr Kenneth C.
- 2007
- Miller, Mary Durack
- 1977
- Minchin, Timothy D.
- 2013
- Mitchell, Sir William
- 1932
- Mossenson, David
- 1991
- Murdoch, Professor Sir Walter
- 1948
- Nolan, Sir Sidney
- 1988
- Noramly, Dato bin Muslim
- 2005
- Pannell, Nita V.
- 1990
- Perron AM CitWA, L. Stanley
- 2009
- Poche, Gregory J.
- 2014
- Pollak, Hans
- 1970
- Reid, Ruth
- 1998
- Robson AO CitWA, Emeritus Professor Alan D.
- 2015
- Sanderson AC, His Excellency Lieutenant General John M.
- 2004
- Sanderson AO, Kerry G.
- 2005
- Schenberg, Harold
- 2000
- Schonell, Professor Sir Fred
- 1963
- Seares AO, Emeritus Professor Margaret
- 2010
- Seddon, George
- 2000
- Seymour, A.
- 2002
- Smith, Michael
- 2014
- Smith AO, Richard C.
- 2004
- Smyth, Erica L.
- 2008
- Stephen, Ninian M.
- 1993
- Stewart PSM, Janice M.
- 2016
- Tannock AM, Peter D'A.
- 2009
- Tauman, Leon
- 1971
- Taylor, George W.
- 2009
- Taylor, Howard H.
- 1993
- Templeman AM, Ian N.
- 2007
- Toohey AC, The Hon. Justice John L.
- 2004
- Van Norton, Kay
- 2014
- Vedel, Anders
- 1937
- Walley OAM, Richard B.
- 2006
- Wood AM, Clinical Professor Fiona M.
- 2004
- Yudhoyono AC, His Excellency Dr Susilo B.
- 2015
- Zhang, Xinsheng
- 2008
Doctor of Medicine
- Armstrong, Professor Bruce K.
- 2017
- Bedbrook, Sir George
- 1973
- Joske, Richard
- 1997
- King, Emeritus Professor Gordon
- 1971
- Lefroy, Richard B.
- 2002
- Mann, Dame Ida
- 1977
- Marshall, Barry J.
- 1997
- Nossal, Custav
- 1996
- Pestell, Richard G.
- 2008
- Pickering, Professor Sir George
- 1965
- Saint, Emeritus Professor Eric G.
- 1981
- Stokes, Professor Bryant A. R.
- 2016
- Warren, John R.
- 1997
Doctor of Music
- Callaway, Professor Sir Frank
- 1975
- Davies, Harold E.
- 1934
- Grandage, Iain A.
- 2017
- Hammond, Dame Joan
- 1979
- Heinze, Professor Sir Bernard
- 1949
- Joyce, Eileen
- 1979
- Macliver, Sara A.
- 2008
- Tippett, Sir Michael
- 1990
- Tognetti, Richard
- 2003
- Tunley, Emeritus Professor David E.
- 2001
- Vine, Carl E.
- 2010
- Young AM, Simone M.
- 2018
Doctor of Science
- Anderson, Gunnar
- 1914
- Arbib, Professor Michael A.
- 2004
- Barcroft, Professor H.
- 1963
- Barrett-Lennard, Irwin P.
- 2002
- Bateson, William
- 1914
- Bayliss, Professor Noel S.
- 1968
- Beckwith, Athelstan L. J.
- 2000
- Bhabha, Professor Homi J.
- 1954
- Bishop, Dorothy V. M.
- 2012
- Bloomfield, Emeritus Professor John
- 2005
- Burnet, Sir MacFarlane
- 1948
- Campbell, William W.
- 1922
- Cannon, Jack R.
- 1994
- Charlesworth, Richard I.
- 2002
- Cherry, Professor Thomas M.
- 1963
- Clark, Megan E.
- 2006
- Clarkson, Professor David T.
- 2004
- Cockcroft, Sir John
- 1962
- Cole, Emeritus Professor Andrew R. H.
- 1992
- Compston, William
- 1988
- Curnow, David H.
- 1989
- Debenham, Frank
- 1937
- Dell CBE, Anne
- 2010
- Dyson, Sir Frank
- 1914
- Fitch AM, Adjunct Professor Kenneth D.
- 2007
- Freeman, Kenneth Charles
- 1999
- Gates Jr, Sylvester J.
- 2010
- Gentilli, Joseph
- 1981
- Groves, Emeritus Professor David I.
- 2010
- Haddon, Alfred C.
- 1914
- Hancock, William J.
- 1924
- Herdman, William A.
- 1914
- Hopper, Stephen D.
- 2010
- Huxley, Professor Sir Andrew
- 1982
- Illingworth, Garth D.
- 2010
- Lum, Professor Hendrik J.
- 1954
- Madsen, Sir John
- 1947
- Main, Professor Albert R.
- 1987
- McElhinny, Professor Michael W.
- 2003
- Millot, Professor Jacques H.
- 1954
- Nahon, Professor Daniel B.
- 2001
- Nairn, Malcolm E.
- 1995
- Neumann, Bernhard H.
- 1995
- Newland, Henry S.
- 1948
- Ninham, Emeritus Professor Barry W.
- 2010
- Pate, Emeritus Professor John S.
- 2005
- Playford, Phillip E.
- 1993
- Rabbitt, Professor Patrick M. A.
- 2001
- Richardson, Arnold E. V.
- 1947
- Rigg, Sir Theodore
- 1947
- Ross, James R. H.
- 2008
- Simmonds, Professor Wilfred J.
- 1986
- Slatyer, Professor Ralph O.
- 1983
- Speed, Professor Terry P.
- 2005
- Spence, James C.
- 1948
- Street, Professor Robert
- 1988
- Twomey AO, Professor Lance T.
- 2007
- Waller, Augustus D.
- 1914
- Walsh, Frank V.
- 1948
- Walther, Johannes
- 1914
- Waring, Professor Horace
- 1970
- Woodall, Roy
- 1985
Doctor of Science in Agriculture
- Campbell, Alexander D.
- 2009
- Enright, Terence
- 2008
- Finlay, Keith W.
- 1979
- Gladstones, John S.
- 1988
- Jenkins, Clee F. H.
- 1995
- Moir, Professor Reginald J.
- 1983
- Norrish, Keith
- 2002
- Quirk, Emeritus Professor James P.
- 1991
- Sutton, George L.
- 1937
- Underwood, Professor Eric J.
- 1969
Doctor of Surgery
- Paton, Robert
- 2003
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