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.