In 1921, the University of Warsaw awarded Marshall Józef Piłsudski with the honoris causa degree. Since then, Ludwik de Broglie, Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Fryderyk Joliot-Curie, Cecil Frank Powell, Niels Bohr, Riccardo Giacconi, Shuji Nakamura, as well as a laureate of the ACM Turing Award, Charles Antony Richard Hoare, have received an honorary degree from UW.
Doctors Honoris Causa of the University of Warsaw (since 2001)
8th April 2024 – Dieter Vollhardt
Doctor Honoris Causa title upon Prof. Dieter Vollhardt
5th December 2023 – Freiherr Claus von Carnap-Bornheim
Honorary doctorate for the European archaeologist
13th November 2023 – Hideo Ohno
Japanese physicist awarded with the UW honorary degree
23rd February 2022 – Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk with the title of doctor honoris causa of the University of Warsaw
16th February 2022 – Andrzej Koźmiński
DHC for Professor Andrzej Koźmiński
8th December 2021 – Jacek Klinowski
Prof. Jacek Klinowski with the title of doctor honoris causa of the University of Warsaw
16th January 2019 – Janusz Jurczak
Honorary degree for Prof. Jurczak
14th March 2018 – Sergei Kovalyov
Sergei Kovalyov with an honorary degree of UW
10th May 2017 – Shuji Nakamura
Honorary degree for Prof. Shuji Nakamura
26th September 2016 – Maciej Lewenstein
Honorary degree for physicist
24th June 2016 – Ewa Łętowska
Honorary degree for Prof. Łętowska
8th June 2016 – Elhanan Helpman
Honorary degree for economist
9th March 2015 – Andrzej Białynicki-Birula
5th November 2014 – Alain Besançon
Honorary Degree for a French historian
6th November 2013 – Michael Martinek
29th October 2013 – Andrzej Białas
21st March 2013 – Oded Stark
27th February 2013 – Michael G. Müller
28th November 2012 – Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare
13th July 2012 – Henryk Skarżyński
25th June 2012 – Elie Wiesel
5th June 2012 – Jurij D. Apresjan
11th January 2012 – Hans Hauben
30th November 2011 – Szewach Weiss
15th November 2011 – Aaron Ciechanover
22nd June 2011 – Stanisław Waltoś
14th January 2011 – Theodor Meron
30th June 2010 – Richard Pipes
18th June 2010 – Antony Polonsky
18th June 2010 – Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco
20th May 2010 – Horacio Cerutti-Guldberg
7th May 2010 – Ivan Čolović
15th May 2009 – Francisco J. Ayala
24th November 2008 – Gerd Meyer
17th June 2008 – Eckart Hien
6th March 2008 – Leszek Balcerowicz
31st July 2007 – William G. Dwyer
27th July 2007 – Oskar Anweiler
28th March 2007 – Norman Davies
3rd April 2006 – Anna Wierzbicka
26th October 2005 – Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt
29th August 2005 – Sir Roger Penrose
25th May 2005 – Andrzej Wajda
21st October 2004 – Václav Havel
10th March 2004 – Abp Desmond Tutu
3rd March 2004 – Alasdair Smith
14th November 2003 – Siegmar von Schnurbein
7th November 2003 – Luciano Maiani
12th June 2003 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki
28th May 2003 – Eugenio Barba
16th May 2003 – Marcus Lutter
22nd November 2002 – Władysław Bartoszewski
30th October 2002 – Mieczysław Porębski
14th October 2002 – Jacek Furdyna
16th May 2002 – Dmytro Pawłyczko
5th December 2001– Ihor Ševčenko
15th November 2001 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański
4th April 2001 – Tadeusz Różewicz
