Congregations

Award of Honorary Degrees from 2020 onwards

The next meeting of the University’s Honorary Degrees Committee will take place on 4 March 2020 and we are looking for suggestions/nominations for the award of honorary degrees for the consideration of the Committee.

Suggestions should be returned by the deadline of Wednesday 19 February 2020, either by email to J.L.Pearsall@kent.ac.uk or by post to Jo Pearsall, Council Secretariat, The Registry, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ.

At its meeting in March 2020, the Committee will be considering suggestions for awards in 2020 and beyond and, to ensure the award of honorary degrees across a broad range of academic disciplines and subject areas, it would be helpful to receive at least one or two suggestions from each School.  We would also like to encourage nominations in the area of medicine and health sciences, to celebrate the opening of the Kent and Medway Medical School in 2020.

You can find all the necessary information, including the nomination form in Word and pdf formats on the honorary degree nominations website.

The published information includes the criteria for awarding honorary degrees and the honorary degrees that are available, with guidance notes. To get an idea of the calibre of University of Kent honorary graduates, our honorary graduates website shows recent recipients and short biographies.

Anyone can put forward a nomination so if you have any questions about this or wish to put forward a nomination, please email Jo Pearsall.