Honorary Awards
The University awards a number of Honorary Degrees and Fellowships each year. The following tabs will direct you to how to make a nomination and to previous honorary graduates and fellows.
Nominations for Honorary Degrees
Nominations for consideration for the award of Honorary Degrees in June 2024 and thereafter
The next call for nominations for the award of honorary degrees will take place in August 2023.
Completed nomination forms (which can be supplemented by additional information) should be returned to Craig Thomson-Gold at Craig.Thomson-Gold@glasgow.ac.uk
Honorary Graduates
Honorary Fellowships
The award of an Honorary Fellowship of the University is intended to honour a person who has rendered appreciable service to the University, probably over a number of years, but not excluding a person whose contribution has been particularly significant although over a shorter period of time.
A person upon whom an Honorary Fellowship has been conferred shall be designated an Honorary Fellow of the University, but the conferment of the Honorary Fellowship shall not confer any other right, privilege or status.
Nominations for Honorary Fellowships
A nomination for the award of an Honorary Fellowship of the University of Glasgow may be made at any time by completing a nomination form and sending it to the Ceremonial Events Team, together with any supporting information, for the attention of the Honorary Degrees Committee.
Honorary Fellowship nomination form [Word]
Conditions of Eligibility
The award of an Honorary Fellowship shall not be conferred upon a person holding office in the University, save exceptionally in recognition of long service or outstanding contribution. No application from or on behalf of any person desirous of receiving an Honorary Fellowship of the University shall be entertained.
Nominations Procedure
In August, Heads of Colleges shall be invited to submit nominations for the award of the Honorary Fellowship of the University.
The Heads of Colleges and several senior colleagues shall receive and scrutinise all nominations for Honorary Fellowships received from members of staff in that College.
The nominations shall then be forwarded to the Honorary Degrees Committee and, if approved, shall be forwarded to the Senate for consideration and thereafter transmitted to the University Court.
Arrangements for the Award
The award of the Fellowships might be made at a significant University event or occasion at which the Principal and other senior University Officers are present. Arrangements for the conferring of awards are made by the Ceremonial Events Team in conjunction with the appropriate College.
Additional Information
Honorary Degrees and Fellowships are overseen by the Ceremonial Events team in Registry. Enquiries can be directed to Craig Thomson-Gold.