Honorary doctorate degree

The honorary doctorate, an ancient university tradition, is zealously granted by our university to remarkable personalities, in the national and international scope, whose work and life honor culture, science and humanity; therefore, they shall receive public recognition from the academic community.

2014 - Switzerland

Richard Edward Baldwin

Ph.D. in Economics by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is considered one of the most important economists worldwide  in the area of ​​international...

Ph.D. in Economics by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is considered one of the most important economists worldwide  in the area of ​​international trade, specifically in the areas of globalization, trade agreements, regionalism, economic growth and integration, offering outstanding contributions to the development of economic sciences in the international academic community.

2014 - United States

Thomas J. Sargent

He was born  in 1943 in Pasadena, California. In 2011, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. He is considered one of the...

He was born  in 1943 in Pasadena, California. In 2011, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. He is considered one of the most cited and influential American economists over the world, bing recognized as one of the leaders of rational expectations revolution, as well as for his studies on economic decision making in situations of uncertainty.

2013 - Italy

Luigi Ferrajoli

Born in 1940  in Florence, Italy. Italian Jurist, PhD. Ferrajoli is nowadays one of the most prominent law theorists. His extensive international prestige comes...

Born in 1940  in Florence, Italy. Italian Jurist, PhD. Ferrajoli is nowadays one of the most prominent law theorists. His extensive international prestige comes from his work of developing the Theory of Guarantism. Likewise, Professor Ferrajoli has vast experience in the study of democratic principles and values, the Constitutional State, and the fundamental rights and their guarantees in the fields of national states and the international community.

2013 - Germany

Robert J. Aumann 

American-Israeli mathematician, born in  in 1930 in Frankfurt, Germany. Ph.D. in Mathematics by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is one of the most...

American-Israeli mathematician, born in  in 1930 in Frankfurt, Germany. Ph.D. in Mathematics by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is one of the most remarkable theorists in Game Theory. In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his studies in the concepts of conflict and cooperation in the Theory of Games.

2012 - Italy

Michele Taruffo

He was born in 1943 in Vigevano, Italy. He is one of the most distinguished Italian lawyers in the field of procedural law, field...

He was born in 1943 in Vigevano, Italy. He is one of the most distinguished Italian lawyers in the field of procedural law, field of studies to which he has made important theoretical contributions, thanks to his studies of civil procedural law, comparative procedural law, right of evidence, legal logic, general theory of law and history of law. PhD. Taruffo work enjoys wide recognition and influence in the Hispano-American area.ana.

2012 - France

Michele Wieviorka

Born in 1946  in Paris, he holds a PhD in Organizational Sciences, Sociology & Arts and Human Sciences. He is one of the most...

Born in 1946  in Paris, he holds a PhD in Organizational Sciences, Sociology & Arts and Human Sciences. He is one of the most influential contemporary French sociologists. Within his area of activity, PhD. Wieviorka has encouraged the intellectual debate of recent decades with his research proposals on social movements and political violence in Europe and Latin America, as well as his significant contributions to the study of conflict, terrorism, racism, democracy, globalization and cultural difference.

2012 - United Kingdom

Terry Eagleton

Born  in 1943 in Salford, Lancashire, United Kingdom, he holds a Ph.D. by the Trinity College of the University of Cambridge. He is one...

Born  in 1943 in Salford, Lancashire, United Kingdom, he holds a Ph.D. by the Trinity College of the University of Cambridge. He is one of the most influential contemporary British literary critics. His works have transformed the map of literary studies because of the connections between this branch of knowledge and the study of the various aspects of contemporary cultural and political reality.

2011 - Bulgary

Irina Bokova

He was born in Sofia, Bulgary. In the exercise of her professional career she has tried to contribute to the high purposes of international...

He was born in Sofia, Bulgary. In the exercise of her professional career she has tried to contribute to the high purposes of international cooperation, peace, intercultural dialogue, the promotion of art and understanding among towns. Likewise, as the current General Director of UNESCO, she has been promoting among member countries of UNESCO the development of wider mechanisms of educative promotion to the needy sectors of developing countries, as well as the intensification of scientific cooperation, contributing significantly to human dignity valuation.

2011 - China

Benedict Anderson

PhD by Cornell University and a leading specialist in studies on nationalism and international relations. PhD. Anderson has been specially interested in issues related...

PhD by Cornell University and a leading specialist in studies on nationalism and international relations. PhD. Anderson has been specially interested in issues related to the historical background of nationalism and the main factors that contribute to the development, evolution and reception of this concept in several countries and political systems worlwide.f

2011 - France

Pierre Duviols

Professor Emeritus of the Université de Provence, in France; he is a leading French historian, specialist in ethnohistorical studies of the Andean Peru in ...

Professor Emeritus of the Université de Provence, in France; he is a leading French historian, specialist in ethnohistorical studies of the Andean Peru in  pre-Hispanic and colonial eras; internationally recognized as an authority in that field. On PhD Duviols’ work  stands out his clearness in the application of the interdisciplinary perspective to academic work, a quality for which his works are a must in the studies of Peru’s past history.