Honorary Degree Recipients

Doctor of Letters

Name of RecipientsDesignation (At time of conferment)Conferment Year
Mr Philip YeoChair, Economic Development Innovations Singapore

Chair, Accuron Technologies Pte Limited

Chair, Advanced MedTech Holdings

Chair, i-Globe Partners
2023
Mr Marcus WallenbergChair, Board of Directors, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken2022
Ms Chew Gek KhimExecutive Chair and CEO, Tecity Group

Executive Chair, Straits Trading Company Limited

Deputy Chair, Tan Chin Tuan Foundation
2021
Mr Koh Boon HweeChair, Altara Ventures Pte Ltd

Former Chair, NTU Board of Trustees
2021
Mr Eddie Teo Chan SengChair, Council of Presidential Advisers

Pro-Chancellor, Singapore Management University
2021
Mrs Margaret Lien Wen HsienGovernor Emeritus, Lien Foundation2019
Professor Sir Keith O’ NionsChair, Cambridge Enterprise Board

Former Member, NTU Board of Trustees
2019
Dr Lee Seng TeeChair, Lee Foundation Singapore2018
Dr Tony Tan Keng YamFormer President, Republic of Singapore

Former Chancellor, NTU
2018
Professor Helga NowotnyProfessor Emerita of Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich

Chair, ERA Council Forum Austria

Former President, European Research Council
2017
Mr Iskandar JalilMaster Potter and Ceramicist2016
Professor Haresh ShahProfessor Emeritus, Stanford University

Founder and Senior Advisor, RMS, Inc.

Former Member, NTU Board of Trustees

Senior Academic Advisor to the President, NTU
2015
Dr Wee Cho YawChair Emeritus and Adviser, United Overseas Bank

Pro-Chancellor, NTU
2014
Dr Susilo Bambang YudhoyonoPresident, Republic of Indonesia2013
Mr S. R. NathanFormer President, Republic of Singapore

Former Chancellor, NTU
2011
Dr Lee Seng GeeChair, Lee Foundation2009
Dr Tan Swie HianArtist2003
Sir Eric AshRector, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine2002
Dr Pan ShouPoet and Calligrapher1998
Dr John BrownDean of Technology, Brunel University1996
Dr Hartarto SastrosenartoCoordinating Minister of Industry and Trade, Republic of Indonesia1995
Dr Michael FamExecutive Chair, Fraser & Neave Group1993

 

 

Doctor of Education

Name of RecipientsDesignation (At time of conferment)Conferment Year
Ms Ho PengAdvisor, Ministry of Education2023
Prof Linda Darling-HammondCharles E.Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University2009

 

 

Doctor of Engineering

Name of RecipientsDesignation (At time of conferment)Conferment Year
Professor Sir David PayneDirector, Optoelectronics Research Centre Director, Zeplar Institute

Co-Director, The Photonics Institute
2016
Professor Richard ParkerDirector of Research & Technology, Rolls- Royce plc2013
Mr Tan Gee PawChair, Public Utilities Board2013
Prof Chad A. MirkinDirector, International Institute for Nanotechnology

George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Medicine,  Northwestern University
2012
Prof Michael GraetzelProfessor, Director of the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces,
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2011
Prof Perry L. McCartySilas H. Palmer Professor Emeritus, Environmental Engineering and Science, Stanford University2010
Prof Jose Luis EncarnacaoDirector, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics2008
Dr A P J Abdul KalamFormer President, Republic of India2008

 

 

Doctor of Science

Name of RecipientsDesignation (At time of conferment)Conferment Year
Professor Alexander J.B. ZehnderProfessor Emeritus, ETH Zurich

Chair, SCELSE Scientific Advisory Board
2024
Professor Dame Lynn GladdenExecutive Chair, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council2023
Mr Peter Ho Hak EanSenior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures2018
Professor James BarberEmeritus Ernst Chain Professor of Biochemistry, Imperial College London2017
Professor Bengt Johan Freddrik NordénChair Professor of Physical Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden2014
Professor Wolfgang A. HerrmannPresident, Technical University of Munich2013
Prof Rudolph A. MarcusNoyes Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology2010
Prof Chua Nam HaiProfessor and Head, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University2008
Prof Yang Chen NingNobel Laureate in Physics (1957)2008