Honorary doctors

Architecture department

Dr. h.c. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler †11.01.1979
German-French gallery owner and art dealer
Awarded 1974

Prof. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Heinrich Schmitt †08.02.1985
Awarded 1978

Dr.-Ing. E.h. Wilfried Koch
Painter, graphic artist, art historian, teacher, musician, fiction writer and sculptor
Awarded 1997

Department of Civil Engineering

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Manfred Curbach
Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures
Awarded 2011

Department of Biology

Prof. em. Dr. h.c. Werner Maas Ph.D.
New York University, Department of Microbiology
Awarded 1991

Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Erwin Beck
University of Bayreuth, Department of Plant Physiology
Awarded 2006

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus-Peter Hoffmann
University of Bochum, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
Awarded 2014

Department of Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Adolf Steinhofer
In recognition of his outstanding achievements in research, the promotion of young scientists in chemistry, the deepening of contacts between the chemical industry and universities and the founding and development of the University of Kaiserslautern
Awarded 1982

Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Dr.-Ing. E.h. Theodor Irmer
Father of ISDN
Awarded 1987

Department of Computer Science

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Victor Basili
University of Maryland, Computer Science Department
Awarded 2005

Prof. Dr. Dr.- Ing. E.h. Ernst Denert
Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Munich
Awarded 2010

Dr.-Ing. Werner Weiss
CEO Insiders Technologies GmbH
Awarded 2025

Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering

Dr.-Ing. Dr. E.h. Karl Teske †
In recognition of his scientific achievements and services in the field of welding technology
Awarded 1980

Dr.-Ing. E.h. Walter Kirmse
In recognition of his scientific achievements and services in the field of the application of modern manufacturing processes
Awarded 1987

Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hans J. Hirschberg
In recognition of his scientific achievements and services in the field of welding manufacturing processes, in particular the thermal cutting of metallic materials
Awarded 1987

Dr.-Ing.Ing. E.h. Harald Menig
In recognition of his scientific achievements and services in the field of plant engineering and air pollution control
Awarded 1991

Dr.-Ing. E.h. Karl-Heinz Neumann
In recognition of his scientific achievements and services in the field of emission and fuel consumption reduction of petrol and diesel engines for motor vehicles
Awarded 1993

Department of Physics

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Albert Fert
Professor at the Université Paris-Sud - Member of the Académie des Sciences, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales; Nobel Prize 2007
Awarded 2006

Prof. Dr. Stuart S.P. Parkin
In recognition of his outstanding research work on the physical principles and industrial use of spintronics (IBM Almaden Research Center, USA).
Awarded 2013

Department of Spatial and Environmental Planning

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus Töpfer
1987-1994 Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; 1994-1998 Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development; appointed founding director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (ASS) in Potsdam in 2009; in the 1980s and 1990s in particular, he shaped the development of environmental, spatial and building policy in the Federal Republic of Germany. He also made environmental policy a national issue and focused on understanding it as a global issue and developing and consolidating the prerequisites for this.
Awarded in 2011

Department of Business Studies and Economics

Prof. Dr.jur. Dr.phil. h.c. Josef Schäfers
Senior positions in local and state administration; from 1973 to 1995 President of the Rhineland-Palatinate state administration; from 1995 to 2003 Foundation Commissioner of the Diocese of Mainz
Awarded 1992