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