Honorary doctorates and professorships
The Faculty of Sciences awards honorary doctorates for outstanding academic achievement. Below is a list of all those who have been awarded an honorary doctorate over the past few decades. In 2014, the Faculty awarded for the first time a honorary professorship.
| Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Freund (Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society, Berlin) Chemistry FAU press release (in German) |
2017 |
| Prof. Dr. Rolf Rannacher (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) Mathematics |
2009 |
| Prof. Sir John B. Pendry, Ph.D. (Imperial College London) Physics |
2009 |
| Prof. Roy J. Glauber, Ph. D. (Harvard University) Physics, Nobel Prize 2005 FAU press release (in German) |
2006 |
| Dipl.-Kaufm. Hermann Wolf Ibach Geosciences FAU press release (in German) |
2003 |
| Prof. Dr. Ernest J. Moniz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Physics FAU press release (in German) |
2000 |
| Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Gebhard Biology |
1998 |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. mult. Edmund Hlawka (TU Wien, died 2009) Mathematics |
1992 |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Herwig Schopper (CERN) Physics Habilitation 1954 at FAU |
1982 |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. mult. Rolf Huisgen (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Chemistry |
1980 |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. mult. Ernst Otto Fischer (TU München, died 2007) Chemistry, Nobel Prize 1973 |
1977 |
| Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Ludwig Häßlein (died 1979) Biology |
1967 |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Günter Scheibe (TU München) Chemistry |
1966 |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer nat. h.c. Alfred Rieche (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, died 2001) Chemistry |
1966 |
| Prof. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Louis Mesnil (died 1986) Biology |
1962 |
| Generaldir. Dr. phil. nat. h.c. Hans Friedrich Neumeyer (died 1973) | 1956 |
| Reg.-Amtmann Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Georg Priehäußer (died 1974) Geology |
1954 |
| Dr. phil. nat. h.c. Felix Portig | 1952 |
| Prof. Dr. Frank Dörje, head of the hospital pharmacy at the University Hospital at Erlangen | 2014 |