List of PhD Honoris Causa of the USC

• PhD. GUMERSINDO BUSTO (1934), Creator of the América Library.
• PhD. GUSTAVO CORDEIRO RAMOS (1950), President of the Institute for the High Culture of Portugal, of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.
• PhD. PAULO MERÈA (1955), professor of History of Law of the University of Coimbra, of the Faculty of Law.
• PhD. ANDRES SEGOVIA (September 13th, 1963), music performer and professor of "Music in Compostela", of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters.
• PhD. MARCELO CAETANO (September 19th, 1970), professor of the University of Lisbon, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Portugal, of the Faculty of Law.
• PhD. FRANCISCO GRANDE COBIAN (1970), professor of the Faculty of Medicine.
• PhD. PEDRO BARRIÉ DE LA MAZA (1970), financier, Chairman-Founder of the Foundation "Barrié de la Maza".
• PhD. ERNEST CHAIN (1977), of the Imperial College of Sciences and Technology of London, Nobel Prize of the Faculty of Medicine.
• PhD. HAMAO UMEZAWA (1977), of the Health National Institute of Japan, of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
• PhD. ROBERTO CALDEYRO BARCIA (1978), chair in Gynaecology of the University of Montevideo, of the Faculty of Medicine.
• PhD. ALVARO CUNQUEIRO MORA (January 20th, 1980), of the Royal Academy of the Galician Language, of the Faculty of Philology.
• PhD. CAMILO JOSE CELA TRULOCK (January 20th, 1980), of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, of the Faculty of Philology.
• PhD. JOSEPH M. PIEL (January 20th, 1980), professor emeritus of the universities of Colonia and Lisbon, of the Faculty of Philology.
• PhD. ISIDRO PARGA PONDAL (December 2nd, 1983), of the Faculty of Biology.
  Godfather: ERNESTO VIEITEZ CORTIZO
• PhD. RAUL RICARDO ALFONSIN (June 4th, 1988), of the Faculty of Law.
  Godfather: JOSE ANTONIO GOMEZ SEGADE
• PhD. GONZALO TORRENTE BALLESTER (June 27th, 1988), of the Faculty of Philology.
  Godfather: DARIO VILLANUEVA PRIETO
• PhD. MIGUEL FERNANDEZ REFOJO (December 16th, 1988), of the Faculty of Medicine.
  Godfather: MANUEL SANCHEZ SALORIO
• PhD. LUCIANO MARTINI (December 16th, 1988), of the Faculty of Medicine.
  Godfather: JOSE CABEZAS CERRATO
• PhD. JACQUES-LOUIS LIONS (June 23rd, 1989), of the Faculty of Mathematics.
  Godfather: ALFREDO BERMUDEZ DE CASTRO LÓPEZ-VARELA
• PhD. JOSE LUIS PINILLOS DIAZ (May 25th, 1990), of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences.
  Godfather: GONZALO SERRANO MARTINEZ
• PhD. VERNON MOUNTCASTLE (April 10th, 1991), of the Faculty of Medicine.
  Godfather: CARLOS ACUÑA
• PhD. GIUSEPPE TAVANI (April 10th, 1991), of the Faculty of Philology.
  Godfather: RAMON LORENZO
• PhD. SEVERO OCHOA (May 31st, 1991), of the Faculty of Biology.
  Godfather: MANUEL FREIRE
• PhD. ISAAC DIAZ PARDO (January 28th, 1992), of the Faculties of Geography and History and of Biology.
  Godfather: DIAZ-FIERROS VIQUEIRA
• PhD. GEORGES DUBY (April 24th, 1992), of the Faculty of Geography and History.
  Godfather: ERMELINDO PORTELA
• PhD. MARIO SOARES (November 21st, 1992), of the Faculty of Political Science.
  Godfather: JOSE VILAS NOGUEIRA
• PhD. FEDERICO MAYOR ZARAGOZA (May 15th, 1993), of the Faculty of Medicine.
  Godfather: RAFAEL TOJO SIERRA
• PhD. JOSE LUIS ARANGUREN (May 31st, 1995), of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences.
  Godmother: Esperanza Guisán.
• PhD. EDMOND MALINVAUD (May 31st, 1995), of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
  Godfather: JOSE CARLOS DE MIGUEL DOMINGUEZ
• PhD. ALONSO ZAMORA VICENTE (May 31st, 1995), of the Faculty of Philology.
  Godfather: CONSTANTINO GARCIA GONZALEZ
• PhD. ANDRES NEGRO VILAR (December 20th, 1995), of the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology.
  Godfather: CARLOS DIEGUEZ.
• PhD. PAUL RICOEUR (February 28th, 1996), of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences.
  Godfather: CARLOS BALIÑAS
• PhD. XOSE FILGUEIRA VALVERDE (April 26th, 1996), of the Faculty of Geography and History, Department of History of Art.
  Godfather: JOSE MANUEL LOPEZ VAZQUEZ
• PhD. LEON O. CHUA (May 28th, 1996), of the Faculty of Physics, Department of Condensed Matter Physics.
  Godfather: VICENTE PEREZ VILLAR
• PhD. ENRIQUE FUENTES QUINTANA (May 28th, 1996), of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
  Godfather: LUIS CARAMES VIEITEZ.
• PhD. MANUEL ALONSO OLEA (June 14th, 1996), of the Faculty of Law, Departments of Business and Labour Law.
  Godfather: GONZALO DIEGUEZ CUERVO
• PhD. EDUARDO GARCIA DE ENTERRIA (June 14th, 1996), of the Faculty of Law, Department of Public Law and Political Theory.
  Godfather: JOSE LUIS CARRO FERNANDEZ-VALMAYOR
• PhD. RAMON VALDES COSTA (July 12th, 1996), of the Faculty of Law, Department of Special Public Law.
  Godmother: ANA PITA GRANDAL
• PhD. JORGE ALARÇAO (July 12th, 1996), of the Faculty of Geography and History, Department of Prehistory, Archaeology, Ancient History and Historiographic Sciences and Techniques.
  Godfather: FERNANDO ACUÑA CASTROVIEJO
• PhD. NELIDA PIÑON (April 1st, 1998), of the Faculty of Philology, Department of Galician Philology.
  Godfather: XOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ
• PhD. KONRAD MESSMER (October 26th, 1998), of the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery.
  Godfather: MIGUEL CAÍNZOS FERNANDEZ
• PhD. PIERRE AUBENQUE (December 9th, 1998), of the Faculty of Philosophy.
  Godfather: ANGEL ALVAREZ
• PhD. JULIO MARIA SANGUINETTI (March 17th, 1999), of the Faculty of Law.
  Godfather: ROBERTO BLANCO VALDES
• PhD. JUAN ROSAI (May 11th, 1999), of the Faculty of Medicine.
  Godfather: JERONIMO FORTEZA
• PhD. SALVADOR MONCADA (October 21st, 1999), of the Faculty of Medicine.
  Godfather: ANGEL BELMONTE
• PhD. TERRY EAGLETON (December 2nd, 1999), of the Faculty of Philology, Department of English and German Philology.
  Godfather: Manuel Barbeito Varela
• PhD. JOSÉ ÁNGEL VALENTE (December 15th, 1999), of the Faculty of Education Sciences, Department of Theory and History of Education.
  Godfather: Prof. Claudio Rodríguez Fer
• PhD. PIERRER FURTER (January 20th, 2000), of the Faculty of Education Sciences, Department of Theory and History of Education.
  Godfather: Prof. Agustín Requejo
• PhD. ALPHONSE CAPELLA (March 27th, 2001), of the Faculty of Physics.
  Godfather: Prof. Carlos Pajares
• PhD. YAHYA RAHMAT-SAMII (March 27th, 2001), of the Faculty of Physics.
  Godfather: Prof. Francisco Ares
• PhD. JOACHIM STRAHALE (May 8th, 2001), of the Faculty of Chemistry.
  Godfather: Prof. Alfonso Castiñeiras Campos
• PhD. ANDRES SANTIAGO SUÁREZ SUÁREZ (June 22nd, 2001), of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
  Godfather: Prof. José Antonio Redondo
• PhD. CARLOS SVESTKAKASE (February 22nd, 2002), of the Faculty of Medicine.
  Godfather: Prof. Manuel Noya García
• PhD. JOHN BANNISTER GOODENOUGH (April 5th, 2002), of the Faculty of Physics.
  Godfather: Prof. José Rivas
• PhD. ULRICH ENGEL (May 8th, 2002), of the Faculty of Philology.
  Godfather: Prof. Carlos Buján López
• PhD JÜRGEN UNTERMANN (May 9th, 2003), of the Faculty of Philology.
  Godfather: Prof. Juan Moralejo Álvarez
• PhD. IGNACIO RAMONET (June 26th, 2003), of the Faculty of Communication Sciences.
  Godmother: Prof. Margarita Ledo
• PhD. JOHN CORCORAN (October 8th, 2003), of the Faculty of Philosophy.
  Godfather: Prof. José M. Sagüillo
• PhD. JAMES PATRICK GRIFFIN (October 8th, 2003), of the Faculty of Philosophy.
  Godmother: Prof. Esperanza Guisán
• PhD. JUAN S. LOPEZ-ARRANZ (November 19th, 2003), of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.
  Godfather: Prof. Urbano Santana
• PhD. RAMACHANDRAN P. K. NAIR (April 1st, 2008), of the Higher Polytechnic School.
  Godfather: Profa. María Rosa Mosquera Losada
• PhD. WINFRIED STUTE (April 1st, 2008), of the Faculty of Mathematics.
  Godfather: Prof. Wenceslao González Manteiga
• PhD. JAIME GIL ALUJA (April 23rd, 2008), of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
  Godfather: Prof. José Antonio Redondo López
• PhD. CESARE SEGRE (March 27th, 2009), of the Faculty of Philology.
  Godmother: Prof. Mercedes Brea López
• PhD. ALAN A. WATSON (May 29th, 2009), of the Faculty of Physics.
  Godfather: Prof. Enrique Zas Arregui
• PhD. JAMES W. CRONIN (May 29th, 2009), of the Faculty of Physics.
  Godfather: Prof. Enrique Zas Arregui