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.

2009 - Argentina

Guillermo O´Donell

Lawyer from Universidad de Buenos Aires and PhD in Political Sciences from Yale University. He has specialized in the study of power relations and...

Lawyer from Universidad de Buenos Aires and PhD in Political Sciences from Yale University. He has specialized in the study of power relations and politics in times of authoritarianism in Argentina and Latin America. His contribution includes a set of theoretical and methodological proposals for the analysis of complex phenomena in Latin America reality.

2009 - Spain

Manuel Atienza Rodríguez

Licentiate and Professional Doctorate in Law from Universidad de Oviedo, in Spain. He is a leading Spanish expert in the field of legal philosophy....

Licentiate and Professional Doctorate in Law from Universidad de Oviedo, in Spain. He is a leading Spanish expert in the field of legal philosophy. His work represents an important contribution to the development of this branch of legal studies. He has defended the  legal profession ethics, especially that related to the field of professional practice of judges.

2008 - Peru

Mario Vargas Llosa

He is one of the most outstanding novelists and contemporary essayists of the Spanish language. He was born in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru. He...

He is one of the most outstanding novelists and contemporary essayists of the Spanish language. He was born in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru. He holds a degree in Literature from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and a PhD in Philosophy and Arts  (Cum Laude) from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain. His work includes representative titles of contemporary Peruvian and Latin American literature

2008 - United Kingdom

Rosemary Thorp

Outstanding historian and British economist, specialized in the economic history of Latin America and Peru, debt, ethnicity and conflict, international relations and the relationship...

Outstanding historian and British economist, specialized in the economic history of Latin America and Peru, debt, ethnicity and conflict, international relations and the relationship between the government and the market. His work allows us to understand the historical processes of the economics of contemporary Latin America.

2008 - Germany

Mons. Gerhard Ludwig Müller

Bishop of Ratisbona in Germany and PhD in Theology. He is a leading expert in Catholic dogmatics, ecumenism, theological hermeneutics, priesthood and diaconate. His...

Bishop of Ratisbona in Germany and PhD in Theology. He is a leading expert in Catholic dogmatics, ecumenism, theological hermeneutics, priesthood and diaconate. His work is an important contribution to the study, given the Magisterium of the Church, of transcendental topics of the contemporary Catholic thought, such as the dialogue of the Catholic Church with the Greek and Protestant Orthodox confessions, with particular influence on research about the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German evangelical theologian; the sacrament of Order, the role of women in Church life, the dignity of the human person and Benedict XVI’s theological thinking.

2008 - Spain

Antonio Ojeda Avilés

PhD in Law from Universidad de Sevilla, in Spain. He is a leading specialist in Labor Law and in the fields of industrial relations...

PhD in Law from Universidad de Sevilla, in Spain. He is a leading specialist in Labor Law and in the fields of industrial relations and trade unions. His work has influenced the legal studies of various countries.

2008 - United States

Richard Small

Outstanding scientist specialized in electroacoustics with emphasis on research and design of electronic circuits for high performance analytical instruments, analysis and measurement of loudspeakers....

Outstanding scientist specialized in electroacoustics with emphasis on research and design of electronic circuits for high performance analytical instruments, analysis and measurement of loudspeakers. He holds a master degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney.

2007 - France

Alain Touraine 

One of the most influential experts on contemporary sociology. He was born in 1925 in Hermanville-sur-Mer in France. He graduated from the École Normale...

One of the most influential experts on contemporary sociology. He was born in 1925 in Hermanville-sur-Mer in France. He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure de Paris. PhD in Arts. He focused on the sociology of work and worker consciousness, the study of social movements and the investigation of the role of the subject as a principle of the action of social movements and their relationship with modernity and democracy.

2007 - Italy

Alessandro Pizzorusso

He was born  in 1931 in Bagni di Lucca, in Italy. He graduated in Jurisprudence from University of Pisa, where he has occupied diverse...

He was born  in 1931 in Bagni di Lucca, in Italy. He graduated in Jurisprudence from University of Pisa, where he has occupied diverse academic positions. He has made significant contributions in the fields of European constitutionalism emerged in the second half of the twentieth century, constitutional state and comparative law.

2007 - Argentina

Néstor Pedro Sagüés

Born in 1942 in Rosario, Argentina, he holds a degree in Law and a PhD in Legal and Social Sciences from Universidad Nacional del...

Born in 1942 in Rosario, Argentina, he holds a degree in Law and a PhD in Legal and Social Sciences from Universidad Nacional del Litoral, as well as a PhD in Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is considered one of the most remarkable experts in Constitutional Procedural Law in Ibero-America.