Honorary Graduate Profiles

An honorary degree is the highest accolade that the University can bestow on an individual - recognising the outstanding achievement and distinction in areas which are in accord with the mission of the University and which reflect our ambitions and values.

Heriot-Watt University awards four different Honorary Degrees, each an Honorary Doctorate:

• Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University (DUniv)
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt)
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc)
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering (DEng)

Read about some of our amazing Honorary Graduates below and learn how have they have excelled in their fields.

• Mr Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia
• Dr Chehrzad Shakiban
• Gregor Townsend
• Annemiek Hoogenboom
• Charles Hay
• His Excellency Dr Abdullah Bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi
• Her Highness Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
• Professor Jerry Lloyd Bona
• Dr Victor De Lima
• Dr Gillian E Pickup
• Dr Colin Allen
• Professor Dr Tilman Esslinger
• Professor Dr-Ing Rainer Helmig
• Professor Lyesse Laloui
• Dr Douglas Stuart
• Dr Robin Watson
• Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia
• Dr Neil Tocher
• Emeritus Professor Oliver Penrose
• James Michael Shaw
• John Robertson Wright
• Dame Frances Cairncross
• Sir Ian Lamont Boyd
• Dr Alice Thompson
• Dr Maureen McKenna
• Dr Robert Pieraccini
• Dr Steven Cooper
• Mrs Alison Watson
• Professor Alex Balfour
• Professor Anne Neville
• Sir Bob Reid
• Professor David Teece
• Dr Tony Strachan
• Mrs Elizabeth Rio Watt
• Mr Emad Azmy
• Professor George Stewart
• Mr Paul Rennie
• Mr Peter Gerard Schunemann
• Mr Saif Humaid Al Falasi
• Professor Onno J. Boxma
• Mr Patrick J. Grant
• Professor Dr Ursula Keller
• Professor Maria J. Esteban
• Professor Sir John McCanny
• Dr Shonaig Macpherson
• Dr William Lumsden
• Dato' Yeoh Seok Kian