2010
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG* | LLD | |
| Sir Anthony Beevor FRSL | DLitt | |
| Dr Jean Botti | DEng | |
| Andrew Brownsword CBE DL | DArts | |
| Dr Toby Churchill | DEng | |
| The Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE | LLD | |
| Professor Ian Jamieson OBE | LLD | |
| Dr Simon Thurley CBE | LLD | |
| Midge Ure OBE | LLD | |
| Roger Porkess | EdD | |
| Professor Marcus du Sautoy OBE | DSc |
2011
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| His Excellency Khalil Foulathi | LLD | |
| Dr Peter Bonfield OBE FREng | DEng | |
| Professor Rod Flower FRS | LLD | |
| Professor Robin Grove-White | DSc | |
| Margaret Heffernan | DBA | |
| Dr Thomas Lönngren | DSc | |
| Sir Donald McCullin CBE | DArts | |
| Sir Keith Mills GBE DL | LLD | |
| Professor Datuk Dr. Hj. Mohammed Mydin Bin Mohd Musa | MD | |
| Dame Linda Partridge DBE CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci | DSc | |
| Dr Bharat Shah | DBA | |
| Sir Roger Singleton CBE | LLD | |
| Dr Clive Stafford Smith OBE | LLD |
2012
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Del Edge | MA | |
| David Embleton | DSc | |
| The Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE | LLD | |
| Sir António Horta-Osório | LLD | |
| Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin | DSc | |
| Howard Nicholson | LLD | |
| Professor Jim Norton FREng CDir CITP CEng DEng FIoD FIET FRSA | LLD | |
| Professor Dr Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | MD | |
| Eric Parry | DArts | |
| Roger Pedder* | LLD | |
| Professor Dame Teresa Rees DBE CBE | LLD | |
| The Lord Ribeiro CBE | DEng | |
| Ian Sutherland | MA | |
| Professor John Westwick | DSc |
2013
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Arnold OBE | EdD | |
| Tony Best | DEng | |
| Professor Ann Buchanan MBE | LLD | |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCB ADC | DSc | |
| Ron Dennis CBE | DEng | |
| Graham Hoare OBE | DEng | |
| Dr Jonathan Milner | DSc | |
| Andrew Moss | DBA | |
| His Royal Highness The Earl Of Wessex | LLD | |
| Beatrice Mtetwa | LLD | |
| Dr Colin Parkes OBE | LLD | |
| Professor Michael Otlet | DEng | |
| Professor David Phillips CBE | LLD | |
| Professor Gordon Plotkin | DSc | |
| The Rt Revd Peter Price | LLD | |
| Philip Pullman CBE FRSL | DArts | |
| The Lord Ricketts GCMG GCVO | LLD | |
| Ellie Simmonds OBE | LLD | |
| Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter OBE FRS | DSc | |
| Professor Sarah Springman CBE FREng | DSc |
2014
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE | DSc | |
| David Carpenter | DBA | |
| Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE | LLD | |
| Dr Jem Finer | DArts | |
| Sir Robert Fry KCB CBE | LLD | |
| Sir Peter Hendy CBE | DEng | |
| Professor Sheila The Baroness Hollins | LLD | |
| Tim Hollingsworth OBE | LLD | |
| The Baroness Lister of Burtersett CBE | LLD | |
| Professor Gordon McVie* | MD | |
| Sara Miller McCune | DLitt | |
| Jan Paterson MBE | LLD | |
| Robert Randall | MA | |
| Andrew Ritchie MBE | DEng | |
| Professor Sir Adam Roberts KCMG FBA | DLitt | |
| Professor Jeff Thompson CBE | EdD | |
| Dr Faith Wainwright MBE FREng | DEng | |
| Professor Yonghua Song | DEng |
2015
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Cary Adams | DHealth | |
| Professor Jean Bartunek | DBA | |
| Professor Jonathan Bradshaw CBE | LLD | |
| Dr Betty Chan Po-King | LLD | |
| Dr Frank Duckworth MBE | DSc | |
| Professor John Dudley | DSc | |
| Professor Martin Hyland | DSc | |
| Professor Chris Jones | DSc | |
| Rob Law MBE | DEng | |
| Lawrie McMenemy MBE | LLD | |
| Dr Gilbert Passin | DEng | |
| Maggie Philbin OBE | DSc | |
| Professor Fiona Powrie FRS | DSc | |
| Lord Rees of Ludlow | LLD | |
| HRH Princess Sarvath El Hassan | EdD | |
| Nigel Stein | DEng | |
| Justin Webb | DLitt | |
| Professor George Whitesides | DSc |
2016
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Michele Aresta | DEng | |
| The Rt Hon The Baroness Ashton of Upholland PC | LLD | |
| Professor Massimo Banzi | EdD | |
| Professor Scott Barrett | LLD | |
| Professor Kaushik Basu | LLD | |
| Liz Bingham OBE | LLD | |
| Jenson Button MBE | DEng | |
| Sir Bobby Charlton CBE | LLD | |
| John Cleese | DClinPsych | |
| David Constantine MBE | DEng | |
| Professor Robert Crabtree | DSc | |
| Professor Kevin Edge | DEng | |
| Lord Foster of Bath | LLD | |
| Professor Dame Uta Frith DBE FRS FBA FMedSci | DSc | |
| Stephen Kelly | DBA | |
| Neelie Kroes | LLD | |
| Dr Fiona Marshall FMedSci, FBPhS, FRSB | DSc | |
| Dame Jil Matheson | DSc | |
| David Medlock DL | DEng | |
| Dr Randy Newcomb | LLD | |
| Professor David Nutt | LLD | |
| Dr Michael Painting | DMus | |
| Dr Kirit Patel MBE* | DBA | |
| Paul Polman | LLD | |
| Professor Philip Power FRS | DSc | |
| Sir Anthony Seldon | DLitt | |
| Roger Whorrod OBE | DEng | |
| Sue Whorrod | DHealth |
2017
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Daron Acemoglu | LLD | |
| Jon Barrick | DPRP | |
| Jan Bartu | DBA | |
| Keith Bradley | LLD | |
| Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci | DSc | |
| Peter Cheese | DBA | |
| Professor Amanda Chessell CBE FREng | DSc | |
| Dr Mike Cook | DEng | |
| Professor Dame Athene Donald | LLD | |
| Aslam Farikullah | DEng | |
| Professor Kevin Fenton | DHealth | |
| Jason Gardener MBE | LLD | |
| Peter Harrison | LLD | |
| Luke Johnson | DBA | |
| Sascha Kindred CBE | LLD | |
| Louise Kingham OBE | DSc | |
| The Rt Revd Libby Lane | LLD | |
| Professor Stephen Moore | DEng | |
| Simon Peyton-Jones | EdD | |
| Sir Francis Richards KCMG CVO DL | LLD | |
| Professor Sir Bernard Silverman | DSc | |
| Professor Koen Steemers | LLD | |
| Professor Steve Tennison | DEng | |
| Dr Martyn Thomas CBE | DEng | |
| Professor John Toland | DSc | |
| The Rt Hon. the Lord Willetts | LLD | |
| Amy Williams MBE | LLD | |
| Roy Wyatt | DEng |
2018
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Ajaz Ahmed MBE | DBA | |
| Bill Bailey | DUniv | |
| Rowan Douglas CBE | LLD | |
| Warren East | DEng | |
| Professor Noel Fitzpatrick | DSc | |
| Dr Maxine Gowen | DSc | |
| Dame Beryl Grey CH DBE* | DArts | |
| Professor Peter Hitjitevi Katjavivi | DUniv | |
| Professor Jane Langdale FRS CBE | DSc | |
| Gary Mabbutt MBE | DHealth | |
| Eur Ing Dr Brian Nicholson KC | DEng | |
| Belinda Phipps | LLD | |
| Anya Shrubsole | DUniv | |
| Major Heather Stanning OBE | LLD | |
| Dr Simon Timson | DUniv | |
| Steve Tompkins | LLD | |
| Marcus Trescothick | DHealth |
2019
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Anderson | EdD | |
| Gillian Arnold | DUniv | |
| Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRAS | LLD | |
| Professor Dawn Bonfield MBE CEng HonFIStructE FICE FIMMM FWES | DEng | |
| James Chen | LLD | |
| Ian Constance | DEng | |
| Alan Cotton | DArts | |
| Dr Natascha Förster Schreiber | DSc | |
| Kelly Gallagher MBE | LLD | |
| Dr Nick Hall | DUniv | |
| Professor Andrew Harrison | DSc | |
| Professor Dame Celia Hoyles DBE, OBE, PhD, FIMA | EdD | |
| Fernando Montaño | DArts | |
| Ali Oliver | DUniv | |
| Professor Peter Parker | DSc | |
| Nikesh Shukla | D.Litt | |
| Professor Molly Stevens | DSc |
An asterisk (*) appears after the name of a deceased honorary graduate.