List of awards and honours received by Muhammad Yunus
Updated: Wikipedia source
A list of awards granted to Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician and civil society leader.
Tables
· State honours
| Ribbon/replica | Decoration | Country | Date | Location | Presenter | Note | Post-nominal letters | Ref(s) |
| | Independence Award | Bangladesh | 1987 | Dhaka | President Hussain Muhammad Ershad | The highest civilian honour of Bangladesh | – | |
| | National Order of the Legion of Honour | France | 2004 | Paris | President Jacques Chirac | Officer, the highest civilian and military honour of France. | – | |
| | Order of King Abdulaziz | Saudi Arabia | 2007 | Riyadh | King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz | The second-highest civilian honour of Saudi Arabia. | ||
| | Order of the Liberator | Venezuela | 11 May 2007 | Caracas | President Hugo Chávez | First Class with Grand Decoration, the highest national honour of Venezuela. | – | |
| | Presidential Medal of Freedom | United States | 12 August 2009 | Washington, D.C. | President Barack Obama | The highest civilian award of the United States. | – | |
| | Order of the Sun of Peru | Peru | 27 September 2010 | Lima | President Alan García | The highest civilian honour of Peru. | – | |
| | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic | Italy | 26 July 2010 | Rome | President of the Republic | The most senior Italian order of merit. | – | |
| | Congressional Gold Medal | United States | 17 April 2013 | Washington, D.C. | Speaker John Boehner | The highest civilian honour of the United States | – |
· Scholastic
1
1
No.
1
Year
1992
Degree
Doctor of Letters
Institution
University of East Anglia
Country
United Kingdom
Notes
First honorary degree
2
2
No.
2
Year
1993
Degree
Doctor of Humanities
Institution
Oberlin College
Country
United States
3
3
No.
3
Year
1994
Degree
Doctor of Law
Institution
Haverford College
Country
United States
4
4
No.
4
Year
1995
Degree
Doctor of Law
Institution
University of Toronto
Country
Canada
5
5
No.
5
Year
1996
Degree
Doctor of Law
Institution
Haverford College
Country
United States
6
6
No.
6
Year
1996
Degree
Doctor of Law
Institution
Warwick University
Country
United Kingdom
7
7
No.
7
Year
1997
Degree
Doctor of Public Service
Institution
Saint Xavier's University
Country
United States
8
8
No.
8
Year
1998
Degree
Doctor of Civil Law, Honoris Causa
Institution
University of the South
Country
United States
9
9
No.
9
Year
1998
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Country
Belgium
10
10
No.
10
Year
1998
Degree
Doctor of Social Science, Honoris Causa
Institution
Yale University
Country
United States
11
11
No.
11
Year
1998
Degree
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa
Institution
Brigham Young University
Country
United States
12
12
No.
12
Year
1998
Degree
Doctor of Science in Economics (Honorary)
Institution
University of Sydney
Country
Australia
13
13
No.
13
Year
2000
Degree
Doctor of the University (Honorary)
Institution
Queensland University of Technology
Country
Australia
14
14
No.
14
Year
2000
Degree
Doctor in Economics and Business (Laurea Honoris Causa)
Institution
University of Turin
Country
Italy
15
15
No.
15
Year
2002
Degree
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa
Institution
Colgate University
Country
United States
16
16
No.
16
Year
2003
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
Université Catholique de Louvain
Country
Belgium
17
17
No.
17
Year
2003
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Country
Argentina
18
18
No.
18
Year
2003
Degree
Doctor of Economics, Honoris Causa
Institution
University of Natal
Country
South Africa
19
19
No.
19
Year
2004
Degree
Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa
Institution
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Country
India
20
20
No.
20
Year
2004
Degree
Doctor of Technology, Honoris Causa
Institution
Asian Institute of Technology
Country
Thailand
21
21
No.
21
Year
2004
Degree
Doctor in Business Economics, Honoris Causa
Institution
University of Florence
Country
Italy
22
22
No.
22
Year
2004
Degree
Doctor in Pedagogy (Honorary)
Institution
University of Bologna
Country
Italy
23
23
No.
23
Year
2004
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
Universidad Complutense Madrid
Country
Spain
24
24
No.
24
Year
2006
Degree
Honorary Doctorate in Economics
Institution
University of Venda
Country
South Africa
25
25
No.
25
Year
2006
Degree
Doctor of Humane Letters
Institution
American University of Beirut
Country
Lebanon
26
26
No.
26
Year
2006
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
University of Alicante
Country
Spain
27
27
No.
27
Year
2006
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
University of Valencia
Country
Spain
28
28
No.
28
Year
2006
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
Jaume I University
Country
Spain
29
29
No.
29
Year
2007
Degree
Doctor of Laws (Honorary)
Institution
University of Dhaka
Country
Bangladesh
Notes
First honorary degree in Bangladesh
30
30
No.
30
Year
2007
Degree
Doctor of Humanities (Honorary)
Institution
Rikkyo University
Country
Japan
31
31
No.
31
Year
2007
Degree
Doctor of Economics (Honorary)
Institution
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Country
Malaysia
32
32
No.
32
Year
2007
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Honorary)
Institution
Ewha Womans University
Country
South Korea
33
33
No.
33
Year
2007
Degree
Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa
Institution
EARTH University
Country
Costa Rica
34
34
No.
34
Year
2008
Degree
Honorary Degree
Institution
Regis University
Country
United States
35
35
No.
35
Year
2008
Degree
Honorary Degree
Institution
University of British Columbia
Country
Canada
36
36
No.
36
Year
2008
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
Moscow State University
Country
Russia
37
37
No.
37
Year
2008
Degree
Honoris Causa in Science of Cooperation and Development
Institution
Sapienza University of Rome
Country
Italy
38
38
No.
38
Year
2008
Degree
Doctor of Letters (D. Litt)
Institution
Glasgow Caledonian University
Country
United Kingdom
39
39
No.
39
Year
2008
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
University of Glasgow
Country
United Kingdom
40
40
No.
40
Year
2009
Degree
Honorary Degree
Institution
Kobe University
Country
Japan
41
41
No.
41
Year
2009
Degree
Doctor of Law (Honorary)
Institution
University of Pennsylvania
Country
United States
42
42
No.
42
Year
2009
Degree
Honorary Degree
Institution
Hokkaido University
Country
Japan
43
43
No.
43
Year
2009
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
Istanbul Commerce University
Country
Turkey
44
44
No.
44
Year
2010
Degree
Doctor of Humane Letters
Institution
Duke University
Country
United States
45
45
No.
45
Year
2010
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
Kwansei Gakuin University
Country
Japan
46
46
No.
46
Year
2010
Degree
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa
Institution
Carleton University
Country
Canada
47
47
No.
47
Year
2010
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
San Ignacio de Loyola University
Country
Peru
48
48
No.
48
Year
2010
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Country
Peru
49
49
No.
49
Year
2010
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
University of Mons
Country
Belgium
50
50
No.
50
Year
2011
Degree
Doctor of Science in Economics (Honorary)
Institution
London School of Economics
Country
United Kingdom
51
51
No.
51
Year
2012
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
Tohoku University
Country
Japan
52
52
No.
52
Year
2012
Degree
Doctor of Humane Letters
Institution
Tuskegee University
Country
United States
53
53
No.
53
Year
2012
Degree
Doctor of Letters
Institution
Emory University
Country
United States
54
54
No.
54
Year
2013
Degree
Doctoris Honoris Causa
Institution
European University of Tirana
Country
Albania
55
55
No.
55
Year
2013
Degree
Honorary Degree
Institution
University of Salford
Country
United Kingdom
56
56
No.
56
Year
2013
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
Bolivia University of Aquino
Country
Bolivia
57
57
No.
57
Year
2014
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa
Institution
Dublin City University
Country
Ireland
58
58
No.
58
Year
2015
Degree
Doctorate Honoris Causa
Institution
Federal University of Paraná
Country
Brazil
59
59
No.
59
Year
2016
Degree
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Institution
Babson College
Country
United States
60
60
No.
60
Year
2017
Degree
Honorary Doctor of Science
Institution
Chandigarh University
Country
India
61
61
No.
61
Year
2018
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa
Institution
Amity University Rajasthan
Country
India
62
62
No.
62
Year
2018
Degree
Honorary Degree
Institution
Autonomous University of Baja California
Country
Mexico
63
63
No.
63
Year
2019
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Country
Greece
64
64
No.
64
Year
2019
Degree
Doctor Honoris Causa
Institution
Menéndez Pelayo International University
Country
Spain
65
65
No.
65
Year
2021
Degree
Honorary Doctor of Literature
Institution
Sharda University
Country
India
66
66
No.
66
Year
2022
Degree
Honorary Doctorate in Economic Sciences
Institution
University Putra Malaysia
Country
Malaysia
67
67
No.
67
Year
2022
Degree
Ph.D. Honorary Causa
Institution
Cesar Vallejo University
Country
Peru
68
68
No.
68
Year
2023
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
Ryukoku University
Country
Japan
69
69
No.
69
Year
2025
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
Peking University
Country
China
70
70
No.
70
Year
2025
Degree
Honorary Doctorate of Literature
Institution
University of Chittagong
Country
Bangladesh
71
71
No.
71
Year
2025
Degree
Honorary Doctorate
Institution
Soka University
Country
Japan
72
72
No.
72
Year
2025
Degree
Honorary Doctorate of philosophy in social business
Institution
UKM
Country
Malaysia
| No. | Year | Degree | Institution | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1992 | Doctor of Letters | University of East Anglia | United Kingdom | First honorary degree |
| 2 | 1993 | Doctor of Humanities | Oberlin College | United States | |
| 3 | 1994 | Doctor of Law | Haverford College | United States | |
| 4 | 1995 | Doctor of Law | University of Toronto | Canada | |
| 5 | 1996 | Doctor of Law | Haverford College | United States | |
| 6 | 1996 | Doctor of Law | Warwick University | United Kingdom | |
| 7 | 1997 | Doctor of Public Service | Saint Xavier's University | United States | |
| 8 | 1998 | Doctor of Civil Law, Honoris Causa | University of the South | United States | |
| 9 | 1998 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Belgium | |
| 10 | 1998 | Doctor of Social Science, Honoris Causa | Yale University | United States | |
| 11 | 1998 | Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa | Brigham Young University | United States | |
| 12 | 1998 | Doctor of Science in Economics (Honorary) | University of Sydney | Australia | |
| 13 | 2000 | Doctor of the University (Honorary) | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | |
| 14 | 2000 | Doctor in Economics and Business (Laurea Honoris Causa) | University of Turin | Italy | |
| 15 | 2002 | Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa | Colgate University | United States | |
| 16 | 2003 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Université Catholique de Louvain | Belgium | |
| 17 | 2003 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo | Argentina | |
| 18 | 2003 | Doctor of Economics, Honoris Causa | University of Natal | South Africa | |
| 19 | 2004 | Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa | Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya | India | |
| 20 | 2004 | Doctor of Technology, Honoris Causa | Asian Institute of Technology | Thailand | |
| 21 | 2004 | Doctor in Business Economics, Honoris Causa | University of Florence | Italy | |
| 22 | 2004 | Doctor in Pedagogy (Honorary) | University of Bologna | Italy | |
| 23 | 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Universidad Complutense Madrid | Spain | |
| 24 | 2006 | Honorary Doctorate in Economics | University of Venda | South Africa | |
| 25 | 2006 | Doctor of Humane Letters | American University of Beirut | Lebanon | |
| 26 | 2006 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Alicante | Spain | |
| 27 | 2006 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Valencia | Spain | |
| 28 | 2006 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Jaume I University | Spain | |
| 29 | 2007 | Doctor of Laws (Honorary) | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | First honorary degree in Bangladesh |
| 30 | 2007 | Doctor of Humanities (Honorary) | Rikkyo University | Japan | |
| 31 | 2007 | Doctor of Economics (Honorary) | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | |
| 32 | 2007 | Doctor of Philosophy (Honorary) | Ewha Womans University | South Korea | |
| 33 | 2007 | Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa | EARTH University | Costa Rica | |
| 34 | 2008 | Honorary Degree | Regis University | United States | |
| 35 | 2008 | Honorary Degree | University of British Columbia | Canada | |
| 36 | 2008 | Honorary Doctorate | Moscow State University | Russia | |
| 37 | 2008 | Honoris Causa in Science of Cooperation and Development | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | |
| 38 | 2008 | Doctor of Letters (D. Litt) | Glasgow Caledonian University | United Kingdom | |
| 39 | 2008 | Honorary Doctorate | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | |
| 40 | 2009 | Honorary Degree | Kobe University | Japan | |
| 41 | 2009 | Doctor of Law (Honorary) | University of Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 42 | 2009 | Honorary Degree | Hokkaido University | Japan | |
| 43 | 2009 | Honorary Doctorate | Istanbul Commerce University | Turkey | |
| 44 | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | Duke University | United States | |
| 45 | 2010 | Honorary Doctorate | Kwansei Gakuin University | Japan | |
| 46 | 2010 | Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa | Carleton University | Canada | |
| 47 | 2010 | Doctor Honoris Causa | San Ignacio de Loyola University | Peru | |
| 48 | 2010 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos | Peru | |
| 49 | 2010 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Mons | Belgium |
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- "Rear Admiral M. A. Khan Memorial Gold Medal Award: 1993"https://www.muhammadyunus.org/post/264/rear-admiral-m-a-khan-memorial-gold-medal-award-1993
- List of Winners of 2010 Asian Awards [1].http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/8478514.__100_000_raised_for_charity_at_Asian_Awards/
- "US Congressional Gold Medal for Professor Muhammad Yunus"https://www.muhammadyunus.org/post/653/us-congressional-gold-medal-for-professor-muhammad-yunus
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