Recipients of Honorary Doctorate from the University of Tehran

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UT PR: As a well reputed and prestigious University, The University of Tehran has a long history on awarding PhD degrees to various recipients across the world.

UT Honorary doctorates are awarded for substantial contributions of the recipients to UT, to their professions, to their community at large or as recognition of one’s life experiences.

So far, UT has had the privilege of paying tribute to the following recipients of Doctoral Awards:



Edvard Beneš Title: President of the Czech Republic Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1943-12-29	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Title: Minister of Culture of India Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1951-07-12	Mahmut Celâl Bayar Title: President of Turkey Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: September 1955



Camille Chamoun Title: President of Lebanon Awarded Field: Law Date Received: 1956-10-18	Iskander Mirza Title: President of Pakistan Awarded Field: Law Date Received: 1956-11-09	Konrad Adenauer Title: Chancellor of Germany Awarded Field: Law Date Received: 1957-03-30



Giovanni Gronchi Title: President of Italy Awarded Field: Law Date Received: 1957-09-09	Henry Corbin Title: Iranologist and French philosopher Awarded Field: Iranology Date Received: 1958-12-28	Jawaharlal Nehru Title: Prime Minister of India Awarded Field: political science Date Received: 1959-09-20



Roman Ghirshman Title: Chairman of the French Archaeological Board Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1959-05-21	Ayub Khan (general Title: President of Pakistan Awarded Field: Political Science Date Received: 1959-11-10	Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard Title: German Chancellor and German Minister of Economy Awarded Field: Political Science Date Received: 1960-10-05



Jan Rypka Title: Czechoslovakian Iranologist Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1963	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Title: President of India Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: April 1963	Arthur Upham Pope Title: American Orientalist Awarded Field: Literature (archeology) Date Received: 1964-10-28



Ion Gheorghe Iosif Maurer Title: Prime Minister of Romania Awarded Field: Law Date Received: 1966-07-13	Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan Title: President of Pakistan Awarded Field: Political Science Date Received: 1969-11-02	Toshihiko Izutsu Title: Japanese Islamologist and philosopher Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1974-03-16



Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin Title: Iranologist and professor of Iranian languages at the University of Liege Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1974-03-16	Fritz Meier Title: Iranian scholar and researcher Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1974-03-16	Walther Hinz Title: Iranologist and German researcher Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1974-03-16



Bobojon Ghafurov Title: Russian orientalist and researcher Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1974-03-16	Henrik Samuel Nyberg Title: Swedish orientalist and Iranologist Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1974-03-16	Giuseppe Tucci Title: Director of Italian Institute for Middle East and Far East, and researcher Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1974-03-16



Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai Title: Iranian philosopher and writer Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1974-03-16	Maha Chakkri Sirinthon Title: Prince of Thailand Awarded Field: Psychology and Educational Sciences Date Received: 2004-04-21	Léopold Sédar Senghor Title: President of Senegal Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1976-04-28



Gholam-Ali Ra'di Azarakhshi Title: Contemporary Iranian poet and writer Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1976-10-25	Habib yaghmayi Title: Iranian journalist and poet Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1976-10-25	Mohammad Parvin Gonabadi Title: Contemporary writer, researcher and translator Awarded Field: Theology and Islamic Sciences Date Received: 1976-10-25



Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh Title: Writer Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 1976-10-25	Nelson Mandela Title: Leader of the African National Congress Awarded Field: Political Science Date Received: 1992-07-22	Hassan Habibi Title: Vice President Awarded Field: Sociology Date Received: 1997-07-28



Coleman Barks Title: American poet and translator Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: 2006-05-12	Emile Benveniste Title: French Orientalist Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: April 1947	Albert Caquot Title: French scientist and member of the French Academy Awarded Field: Law Date Received: 1949-05-04



Nazir Ahmad Title: Iranologist and Professor at Indian Universities Awarded Field: Persian Language and Literature Date Received: December 1989	Romano Prodi Title: Prime Minister of Italy Awarded Field: Economics Date Received: 1998-05-31