# List of honorary doctors of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

This list of honorary doctors of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows recipients of honorary doctorates bestowed by NTNU and its precursors, the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) (1910–1967) and the University of Trondheim (UNiT) (1968–1996). The first honorary doctorates, at NTH, were granted in 1935.
2023
* Carla J. Shatz, United States
* Roland Span, Germany
* Trond Petersen, United States
2022
* Patricia Lago, Italy
* Dierk Raabe, Germany
* Stephen Harrison, United Kingdom
2021
* Toru H. Okabe, Japan
* Gilbert Laporte, Canada
* Paul D.N. Hebert, Canada
2020 - postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019
2018
* Jean-Marc Triscone, Italy
* James E. Young, United States
2017
* Charis Thompson, United States
* Kristina Edström, Sweden
* Robert Jackson, Great Britain and Sweden (visiting professor)
2016
* Artemis Alexiadou, Greece
* Ottoline Leyser, Great Britain
* Michael Marmot, Great Britain
* Miguel Rubi, Spain
2015
* Elmgreen & Dragset, Denmark & Norway
* Susan L. Cutter, United States
* Bruce Beutler, United States
2014
* Suresh Raj Sharma, Nepal
* Donald Sadoway, United States
2013
2012
* Donald Glenn Byrne, Australia
* Jens Norskov, Denmark
2011
* Eric Kandel, United States
* Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Norway
2010
* Chick Corea, United States
* Ingrid Daubechies, United States
* Ilkka Hanski, Finland
* Anne-Sophie Mutter, Germany
* Preben Terndrup Pedersen, Denmark
2009
* Piers Blaikie, United States
* Thomas J.R. Hughes, United States
2008
* Fred Kavli, United States
* Elinor Ostrom, United States
2007
2006
* Liv Ullmann, Norway
* Hans Mooij, Netherlands
2005

## 2004

* Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, United States
* Claus Michael Ringel, Germany
2003
* Carmen Andrade, Spania
* Jon Elster, Norway
2002
* Suzanne Lacasse, United States
* Toril Moi, Norway
* Yuki Ueda, Japan
2001
* Joseph V. Bonventre, United States
* David Hendry, Great Britain
* Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Japan
2000
1998
1997
* Liv Hatle, Norway
* Frederick William Gehring, United States
* Torsten Hägerstrand, Sweden
* Karl Stenstadvold, Norway
* Jürgen Warnatz, Germany
1996
* Raymond Ian Page, Great Britain
* Arve Tellefsen, Norway
1995
1994
* Robert Glaser, United States
* Mats Hillert, Sweden
1993
* Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Iceland
* Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, United States
* Marshall B. Stranding, United States
* Ernst H. Beutner, United States
1992
* Walter Eversheim, Germany
* K. Alex Müller
* Nick Newman, United States
* Kenneth W. Hedberg
* Robert Ader
1985
* Ivar Giæver, Norway
* Edwin N. Lightfoot, Jr., United States
* Olgierd Zienkiewicz, Spain
1982
* James William Fulbright, United States
* James Hamilton, Denmark
* Lars von Haartman, Finland
* John W. Kanwisher, United States
* Lars Y. Terenius, Sweden
* Gunnar Kullerud, United States
* Olof E. H. Rydbeck, Sweden
* Ray William Clough, United States
1976
1972
* John H. Argyris, Germany
* Aage Bohr, Denmark
* Matts Bäckstrøm, Sweden
* Cornelis Jacobus Gorter, Netherlands
* Knud Grue-Sørensen, Denmark
* Einar Ingvald Haugen, United States
* Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis, Netherlands
* Knud Winstrup Johansen, Denmark
* Ralph Kronig, Netherlands
* Atle Selberg, United States
1960
* Alvar Aalto, Finland
* Anker Engelund, Denmark
* Ragnar Lundholm, Sweden
* Lars Onsager, United States
* Paul Scherrer, Switzerland
* Frank Whittle, Great Britain
* Ragnar Woxén, Sweden
1935
* Ragnar Liljeblad, Sweden
* Ludwig Prandtl, Germany
* Raymond Unwin, United States