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.

2010 - Peru

Enrique Zileri Gibson

Born in 1931 in Lima, he has an outstanding journalistic work, a career characterized by his attention to the most important topics of the...

Born in 1931 in Lima, he has an outstanding journalistic work, a career characterized by his attention to the most important topics of the social, political and cultural situation of Peru. He has received several awards and recognitions as a journalist and defender of democracy, truth and ethics from Caretas magazine and other organizations.

2010 - Germany

Dieter Nohlen 

PhD in Political Science and professor emeritus of the University of Heidelberg. He has important research on political phenomena and electoral systems in Latin...

PhD in Political Science and professor emeritus of the University of Heidelberg. He has important research on political phenomena and electoral systems in Latin America. He is considered one of the most renowned specialists in political science.

2010 - Peru

Julio Cotler

Anthropologist from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and PhD. in Sociology from the University of Bordeaux, in France. He is one of the...

Anthropologist from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and PhD. in Sociology from the University of Bordeaux, in France. He is one of the most outstanding thinkers of our times. He has sought to understand the origin and characteristics of the structural problems derived from Peruvian social formation

2010 - United Kingdom

Kenneth Frampton

Born in 1930 in Woking, United Kingdom, he is one of the most outstanding British specialists in theory and history of contemporary architecture. He...

Born in 1930 in Woking, United Kingdom, he is one of the most outstanding British specialists in theory and history of contemporary architecture. He is considered an icon for researchers on the development of contemporary architecture.

2009 - United Kingdom

Colin Renfrew

He was born in 1937  in Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom. Author of the so-called Renfrew Hypothesis, according to which Proto-Indo-Europeans lived in Anatolia (now Turkey)...

He was born in 1937  in Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom. Author of the so-called Renfrew Hypothesis, according to which Proto-Indo-Europeans lived in Anatolia (now Turkey) before spreading into the Mediterranean basin and central and northern Europe. He has also developed, together with the archaeologist Paul Bahn, the «Renfrew and Bahn’s indicator of religion and ritual».

2009 - France

Edgar Morin

French philosopher and sociologist. Father of the Complex Thought, which integrates the theory of the information, the cybernetics and the theory of systems, outlining...

French philosopher and sociologist. Father of the Complex Thought, which integrates the theory of the information, the cybernetics and the theory of systems, outlining three principles of thought: the dialogical thought, the recursion and the hologrammatic principle.

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.