This list of honorary doctors of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows recipients of honorary doctorates bestowed by NTNU and its precursors, the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) (1910–1967) and the University of Trondheim (UNiT) (1968–1996). The first honorary doctorates, at NTH, were granted in 1935.
2025
Maria Viklander, Sweden Timothy J. Steiner, United Kingdom
2024
Christopher J.L. Murray, United States Emmanuela Gakidou, United States Richard Spontak, United States
2023 Carla J. Shatz, United States Roland Span, Germany Trond Petersen, United States 2022 Patricia Lago, Italy Dierk Raabe, Germany Stephen Harrison, United Kingdom
2021
James A. Robinson, United Kingdom Toru H. Okabe, Japan Gilbert Laporte, Canada Paul D.N. Hebert, Canada
2020 - postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019
Vishantie Sewpaul, South Africa
2018 Jean-Marc Triscone, Italy James E. Young, United States
2017 Charis Thompson, United States Kristina Edström, Sweden Robert Jackson, Great Britain and Sweden (visiting professor) 2016 Artemis Alexiadou, Greece Ottoline Leyser, Great Britain Michael Marmot, Great Britain Miguel Rubi, Spain
2015 Elmgreen & Dragset, Denmark & Norway Susan L. Cutter, United States Bruce Beutler, United States
2014 Suresh Raj Sharma, Nepal Donald Sadoway, United States
2013 Sergio Paoletti, Italy
2012 Donald Glenn Byrne, Australia Jens Norskov, Denmark
2011 Eric Kandel, United States Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Norway
2010 Chick Corea, United States Ingrid Daubechies, United States Ilkka Hanski, Finland Anne-Sophie Mutter, Germany Preben Terndrup Pedersen, Denmark
2009 Piers Blaikie, United States Thomas J.R. Hughes, United States
2008 Fred Kavli, United States Elinor Ostrom, United States
2007 David Embury, Canada
2006 Liv Ullmann, Norway Hans Mooij, Netherlands
2005 Chris Jenks, Great Britain
2004 Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, United States Claus Michael Ringel, Germany
2003 Carmen Andrade, Spania Jon Elster, Norway
2002 Suzanne Lacasse, United States Toril Moi, Norway Yuki Ueda, Japan
2001 Joseph V. Bonventre, United States David Hendry, Great Britain Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Japan
2000 David Mumford, United States
1998 Thomas Luckmann, United States
1997 Liv Hatle, Norway Frederick William Gehring, United States Torsten Hägerstrand, Sweden Karl Stenstadvold, Norway Jürgen Warnatz, Germany
1996 Raymond Ian Page, Great Britain Arve Tellefsen, Norway
1995For recipients of honorary doctorates bestowed by NTNU's precursors, i.e. before 1996, see https://www.ntnu.edu/phd/honorary-doctors Helmer Dahl, Norway
1994 Robert Glaser, United States Mats Hillert, Sweden
1993 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Iceland Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, United States Marshall B. Stranding, United States Ernst H. Beutner, United States
1992 Walter Eversheim, Germany K. Alex Müller Nick Newman, United States Kenneth W. Hedberg Robert Ader
1985 Ivar Giæver, Norway Edwin N. Lightfoot, Jr., United States Olgierd Zienkiewicz, Spain
1982 James William Fulbright, United States James Hamilton, Denmark Lars von Haartman, Finland John W. Kanwisher, United States Lars Y. Terenius, Sweden Gunnar Kullerud, United States Olof E. H. Rydbeck, Sweden Ray William Clough, United States
1976 Theodore Theodorsen, United States
1972 John H. Argyris, Germany Aage Bohr, Denmark Matts Bäckstrøm, Sweden Cornelis Jacobus Gorter, Netherlands Knud Grue-Sørensen, Denmark Einar Ingvald Haugen, United States Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis, Netherlands Knud Winstrup Johansen, Denmark Ralph Kronig, Netherlands Atle Selberg, United States
1960 Alvar Aalto, Finland Anker Engelund, Denmark Ragnar Lundholm, Sweden Lars Onsager, United States Paul Scherrer, Switzerland Frank Whittle, Great Britain Ragnar Woxén, Sweden
1935 Ragnar Liljeblad, Sweden Ludwig Prandtl, Germany Raymond Unwin, United States
References
External links NTNU's list of honorary doctors