This Thursday 13 July, the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, will confer honorary degrees at a traditional ceremony held at the University's Senate-House.
This Thursday 13 July, the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, will confer honorary degrees at a traditional ceremony held at the University's Senate-House.
This Thursday 13 July, the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, will confer honorary degrees at a traditional ceremony held at the University's Senate-House.
The Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and other members of the traditional honorary degrees procession around the yard of the Senate-House.
An honorary degree is the highest honour that the University can bestow, and recognises outstanding personal achievement.
The University's Council choose their annual nominations for honorary doctorates from a large number of proposals put forward by members of the University; the formal decision to confer the degrees is then taken by the "Regent House" (the whole body of University and College academic and administrative staff).
This year, the nine distinguished individuals are:
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