2000

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
James Dyson CBE DEng
Professor Trevor Jones CBE FRSC FPS DSc
Professor Joseph Rykwert DSc
Dr Donald Turner* DSc
Carol Vorderman MBE MA

2001

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
The Rt Hon The Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon KBE PC LLD
David Beeton CBE MA
Sir CK Chow DEng
John Coles CB FREng RCNC DEng
Sir Christopher Evans OBE PhD CBiol FIBiol CChem FRSE DSc
Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE JSD FBA QC LLD
Bob Holman* LLD
Sir Ian McKellen CBE DArts
Tan Sri Kishu Tirathrai MBA
Professor David VandeLinde LLD

2002

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
Michael Briggs* LLD
The Rt Rev'd Michael Doe LLD
Professor Malcolm Frazer* EdD
Sir Robert Hill KBE FREng FIMechE DEng
Dr DeAnne Julius CBE LLD
Sir John Keegan OBE FRSL* DLitt
Ken Loach DArts
Sir Paul Nurse FRS DSc
Dava Sobel DLitt

2003

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
Professor Sir Christopher Frayling DArts
Professor Nigel Hitchin DPhil FRS DSc
Dr Peter King DMus
The Rt Rev'd the Lord Bishop of Rochester DLitt
Sara Parkin OBE LLD
The Rt Hon The Lord Patten of Barnes CH PC LLD
Terry Pratchett OBE* DLitt
Jeremy Thring DL LLD
Professor George Walker OBE EdD

2004

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
Sir David Brown FIEE FREng DEng
The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss GBE PC LLD
Michael Eavis DArts
Dr Adam Hart-Davis DLitt
Dame Louise N Johnson DBE FRS* DSc
Professor Betty Johnson* DSc
Professor Stephen Lillicrap DSc
Edward Luttwak LLD
The Rt Hon Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve CBE FMedSci FBA DLitt
Luke Rittner DArts
Dr Horst Schulte DEng

2005

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
Professor Bruno Buchberger DSc
Professor Sir Martin Evans FMedSci FRS DSc
Dr Brian Ford DSc
Iain Gilmour Gray DEng
Professor Dame Julia Higgins DBE FRS FREng DSc
Professor Judith Howard CBE FRS DSc
Professor Ron Johnston FBA AcSS* DLitt
Sir Stuart Lipton LLD
Simon Murray CBE LLD
Dame Cicely Saunders* LLD
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ AC DBE DMus
Professor Sir David Watson* EdD
Jacqueline Wilson OBE DLitt

2006

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
Sir John Chisholm DEng
U A Fanthorpe CBE* DLitt
Sir Christopher Gent LLD
Sir Peter Hall* LLD
The Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws QC EdD
Lord Joel Joffe CBE* LLD
Sir Terence Matthews DEng
Dr Raymond Schinazi DSc
Dame Stephanie Shirley LLD
Sir David Varney LLD
Philip Williamson DBA

2007

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
Professor Michael Dickson MBE* DEng
Dr Ed Gilby DSc
Sir Julian Horn-Smith LLD
Dr Stephen Huckvale DEng
Raymond Kelvin DBA
Professor Rod Morgan LLD
James Sherwin LLD
Sergio Viaggio LLD
Professor John Willis DSc

2008

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
Nicholas Barton DHealth
Sir Ian Botham OBE LLD
Dr Stephen J Charlton DEng
Dr Stephanie Cook MBE DM
Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE DEng
John Grimshaw CBE DEng
Neil Holloway DSc
Professor George Lunt OBE DSc
Joanna Macgregor DMus
Professor Richard Mawditt OBE LLD
Sir David McMurtry CBE DEng
Lord Sainsbury of Turville DSc
Bob Wigley DBA

2009

Honorary graduate Degree conferred
Craigie Aitchison CBE* DArts
David Bull LLD
Sue Duncan DSc
Justin King DBA
Dr Krisana Kraisintu DSc
Professor Anthony Rees DSc
The Hon Mrs Mary Robinson LLD
Brian Roper MBE* DBA
Dame Nancy Rothwell LLD
Martin Sadler DSc
Ed Smith LLD
Florence Muringi Wambugu DSc
William (Bill) Whiteley DEng

An asterisk (*) appears after the name of a deceased honorary graduate.