Daisaku Ikeda - Accomplishments - Honorary Doctorates and Professorships

Honorary Doctorates and Professorships

He received his 300th degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston on November 21, 2010. He has said that "The academic honors I have accepted have all been on behalf of the members of SGI around the world." His pursuit to promote peace through humanism over the past 60 years has been recognised worldwide, for which he has received over 300 academic honours.

Number Country Institution Title conferred Place and date
1 U.S.S.R. Moscow State University honorary doctorate May 1975
2 Peru National University of San Marcos hon. professorship April 1981
3 Bulgaria Sofia University honorary doctorate May 1981
4 China Peking University honorary professorship June 1984
5 China Fudan University honorary professorship June 1984
6 Dominican Republic Autonomous University of Santo Domingo honorary professorship February 1987
7 Argentina University of Buenos Aires honorary doctorate March 1990
8 Mexico University of Guanajuato honorary doctorate (Maestro Emérito) March 1990
9 China Wuhan University honorary professorship November 1990
10 Macau University of Macau honorary professorship January 1991
11 Philippines University of the Philippines honorary doctorate of law April 1991
12 Argentina University of Palermo honorary doctorate May 1991
13 Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong distinguished visiting professor January 1992
14 Turkey Ankara University honorary doctorate of social science June 1992
15 China Chinese Academy of Social Sciences honorary research professor October 1992
16 Kenya University of Nairobi honorary doctorate of letters December 1992
17 Brazil Federal University of Rio de Janeiro honorary doctorate February 1993
18 Argentina National University of Lomas de Zamora honorary doctorate February 1993
19 Argentina National University of Lomas de Zamora honorary professorship, faculty of law February 1993
20 Argentina National University of Córdoba honorary professorship February 1993
21 Paraguay National University of Asunción honorary doctorate of philosophy February 1993
22 Brazil University of São Paulo honorary visiting professor February 1993
23 Brazil Federal University of Paraná honorary doctorate March 1993
24 Bolivia Del Valle University honorary doctorate March 1993
25 China Shenzhen University honorary professorship November 1993
26 China Xinjian Uygur Autonomous Region Museum honorary professorship January 1994
27 Russia International University in Moscow honorary doctorate May 1994
28 Italy University of Bologna honorary doctorate June 1994
29 United Kingdom University of Glasgow honorary doctorate June 1994
30 China Xinjiang University honorary professorship August 1994
31 China Xiamen University honorary professorship November 1994
32 South Africa University of the North honorary doctorate of education September 1995
33 Nepal Tribhuvan University honorary doctorate of letters November 1995
34 Macau University of Macau honorary doctorate of social sciences November 1995
35 Hong Kong University of Hong Kong honorary doctorate of letters March 1996
36 China Xinjiang University honorary president April 1996
37 United States University of Denver honorary doctorate of education June 1996
38 Cuba University of Havana honorary doctorate of letters June 1996
39 Ghana University of Ghana honorary doctorate of law August 1996
40 Russia Far Eastern State University honorary doctorate of international education November 1996
41 China Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) University honorary professorship November 1996
42 China Jilin University honorary professorship February 1997
43 Philippines De La Salle University honorary doctorate of humane letters (international education) March 1997
44 Sri Lanka University of Kelaniya honorary doctorate of letters May 1997
45 China Shanghai University honorary professorship May 1997
46 China Inner Mongolia University honorary professorship October 1997
47 Mongolia National University of Mongolia honorary doctorate of humanities November 1997
48 Philippines University of the City of Manila honorary doctorate of humanities February 1998
49 Argentina Universidad de Morón honorary doctorate March 1998
50 Russia Institute for High Energy Physics honorary doctorate April 1998
51 Brazil Rio de Janeiro State University honorary doctorate April 1998
52 Republic of Korea Kyung Hee University honorary doctorate of philosophy May 1998
53 Republic of Korea Chung Cheong College honorary professorship July 1998
54 Peru Ricardo Palma University honorary doctorate July 1998
55 Peru Association of Doctors of Education honorary doctorate July 1998
56 China Yanbian University honorary professorship November 1998
57 China Nankai University honorary professorship November 1998
58 Brazil Northern Paraná University honorary doctorate November 1998
59 India University of Delhi honorary doctorate of letters December 1998
60 Argentina University of Flores honorary doctorate January 1999
61 China Sichuan University honorary professorship April 1999
62 Peru Federico Villarreal National University honorary doctorate April 1999
63 Republic of Korea Cheju National University honorary doctorate of Korean language and literature May 1999
64 Bolivia University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra honorary doctorate June 1999
65 China Northeastern University honorary professorship July 1999
66 Kyrgyzstan Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Kyrgyz State Pedagogical University honorary professorship August 1999
67 Peru National University of Central Peru honorary doctorate September 1999
68 China Hunan Normal University honorary professorship September 1999
69 Argentina National University of Lomas de Zamora honorary professorship, faculty of social sciences October 1999
70 Argentina National University of Comahue honorary doctorate October 1999
71 China Nanjing University honorary professorship December 1999
72 Russia St. Petersburg State University honorary doctorate January 2000
73 United States University of Delaware honorary doctorate of humane letters Tokyo, 16 January 2000
74 United States Queens College, City University of New York honorary doctorate of humane letters January 2000
75 Guam ( United States) University of Guam honorary doctorate of humane letters January 2000
76 Philippines Angeles University Foundation honorary doctorate of humanities February 2000
77 China Central University for Nationalities honorary professorship February 2000
78 China Guangdong University of Foreign Studies honorary professorship February 2000
79 Argentina National University of Nordeste honorary doctorate February 2000
80 China Northeast Normal University honorary doctorate March 2000
81 Sakha Republic ( Russia) Yakutsk State University honorary professorship March 2000
82 El Salvador Latin American Technical University honorary doctorate April 2000
83 China Inner Mongolia Art Academy preeminent honorary professor April 2000
84 India Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath Institute of Sanskrit Learning honorary doctorate (Mahamahopadhyaya) April 2000
85 Mongolia Mongolian Institute of Literature and Social Work honorary rector May 2000
86 China Beijing Administrative College honorary professorship May 2000
87 China Yunnan University honorary professorship June 2000
88 China South China Normal University honorary professorship August 2000
89 India Bundelkhand University honorary doctorate of letters August 2000
90 Venezuela University of Zulia honorary doctorate September 2000
91 Panama University of Panama honorary doctorate September 2000
92 India Bundelkhand University honorary lifetime professor in the Ambedhar School of Social Sciences October 2000
93 Thailand Siam University honorary doctorate of public administration November 2000
94 Tonga Tonga Institute of Education and Tong Tonga Institute of Schinece and Technology honorary professorship of education November 2000
95 Australia University of Sydney honorary doctorate of letters 24 November 2000
96 Malaysia Putra University, Malaysia honorary doctorate of letters November 2000
97 Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong honorary doctorate of social science 7 December 2000
98 Mongolia Mongolian University of Arts and Culture honorary doctorate December 2000
99 India Purvanchal University honorary doctorate of letters January 2001
100 China Guangdong Province Academy of Social Sciences honorary professorship February 2001
101 China Northwest University honorary professorship April 2001
102 China Anhui University honorary professorship April 2001
103 Puerto Rico Carlos Albizu University honorary doctorate of humane letters in behavioral sciences May 2001
104 Mongolia Kharakhorum University honorary doctorate May 2001
105 China Fujian Normal University honorary professorship June 2001
106 China Huaqiao University honorary professorship June 2001
107 China Jinan University honorary professorship July 2001
108 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ( United States) Northern Marianas College honorary professorship July 2001
109 China Soochow University honorary professorship October 2001
110 China Liaoning Normal University honorary professorship October 2001
111 Philippines University of Southern Philippines Foundation honorary doctorate of humanities October 2001
112 China Guangzhou University honorary professorship November 2001
113 Republic of Korea Kyongju University honorary professorship December 2001
114 Republic of Korea Changwon National University honorary doctorate of education December 2001
115 Kazakhstan International Kazakh-Turkish University honorary professorship December 2001
116 Dominican Republic Santiago Technical University honorary doctorate February 2002
117 Uzbekistan National Institute of Arts and Design (Uzbekistan) honorary professorship February 2002
118 China Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences senior research professor March 2002
119 Philippines Gregorio Araneta University Foundation honorary doctorate of humanities March 2002
120 Cambodia Royal University of Phnom Penh honorary professorship March 2002
121 China Liaoning University honorary professorship April 2002
122 United States Morehouse College honorary doctorate of humane letters April 2002
123 China Qingdao University honorary professorship April 2002
124 India Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University honorary doctorate of letters April 2002
125 Kenya Kenyatta University honorary doctorate of humane letters May 2002
126 China Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences honorary professorship May 2002
127 Russia Moscow State University honorary professorship June 2002
128 China Nanjing Normal University honorary professorship June 2002
129 Republic of Korea Sorabol College honorary professorship June 2002
130 India Himachal Pradesh University honorary doctorate of literature August 2002
131 China Renmin University of China honorary professorship September 2002
132 China University of Science and Technology of China honorary professorship October 2002
133 China Zhejiang University honorary professorship November 2002
134 Mongolia Shihihutung Law School honorary doctorate November 2002
135 Ukraine Kiev National University of Trade and Economics honorary doctorate November 2002
136 Republic of Korea Dong-A University honorary doctorate of philosophy December 2002
137 China Shanghai International Studies University honorary professorship December 2002
138 China Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences honorary professorship December 2002
139 India Bharathidasan University honorary doctorate of literature January 2003
140 Peru National University of Piura honorary doctorate February 2003
141 Taiwan Chinese Culture University honorary doctorate of philosophy March 2003
142 China Dalian University of Foreign Languages honorary professorship April 2003
143 Paraguay Columbia University of Paraguay honorary doctorate of sociology April 2003
144 Peru Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University honorary doctorate September 2003
145 China Northwest Normal University honorary professorship October 2003
146 Republic of Korea Gwangju Women's University honorary professorship October 2003
147 China Shanghai Jiao Tong University honorary professorship October 2003
148 United States Chapman University honorary doctorate of humane letters December 2003
149 China Zhaoqing University honorary professorship December 2003
150 Sakha Republic ( Russia) Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts honorary professorship January 2004
151 India Rabindra Bharati University honorary doctorate of literature February 2004
152 United States Mineral Area College honorary professorship of humanities February 2004
153 China National Prosecuters College honorary professorship March 2004
154 Taiwan National Pingtung University honorary doctorate of agricultural sciences March 2004
155 Republic of Buryatia ( Russia) Buryat State University honorary professorship April 2004
156 Brazil Londrina State University honorary doctorate April 2004
157 Bolivia University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca honorary doctorate May 2004
158 China China University of Petroleum honorary professorship May 2004
159 Philippines Capitol University honorary doctorate of humanities June 2004
160 China Sanda University honorary professorship June 2004
161 Jordan University of Jordan honorary doctorate of humane letters July 2004
162 Mexico University of Guadalajara honorary doctorate September 2004
163 China Fujian Academy of Social Sciences honorary professorship September 2004
164 China Changchun University honorary professorship October 2004
165 China Qufu Normal University honorary professorship October 2004
166 Kyrgyzstan Osh State University honorary professorship November 2004
167 Republic of Korea Paekche Institute of the Arts honorary professorship November 2004
168 Mongolia Otgontenger University honorary doctorate December 2004
169 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ( United States) Northern Marianas College honorary president January 2005
170 Peru Enrique Guzman y Valle National University of Education honorary doctorate January 2005
171 Belarus Minsk State Linguistic University honorary professorship February 2005
172 Philippines Batangas State University honorary doctorate of pedagogy March 2005
173 China Shanghai University of Finance and Economics honorary professorship April 2005
174 Paraguay National University of Itapua honorary doctorate April 2005
175 China Beijing Language and Culture University honorary professorship May 2005
176 Brazil Cornélio Procópio College of Philosophy, Science, and Letters honorary doctorate May 2005
177 China Huazhong Normal University honorary professorship June 2005
178 China Guangxi Normal University honorary professorship July 2005
179 Mongolia Mongolian Academy of Sciences Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law honorary professorship, philosophy September 2005
180 Vietnam Vietnam National University, Hanoi honorary doctorate September 2005
181 China East China University of Science and Technology honorary professorship October 2005
182 Serbia and Montenegro Braca Karic University honorary doctorate October 2005
183 Russia Academy of Security, Defense, and Law Enforcement honorary professorship December 2005
184 India Symbiosis International Educational Centre (Deemed University) honorary doctorate of literature December 2005
185 Russia Ural State University honorary doctorate January 2006
186 Laos National University of Laos honorary professorship of humanities February 2006
187 Philippines Pampanga Agricultural College honorary doctorate of humanities March 2006
188 China Hunan University honorary professorship April 2006
189 Ukraine National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI" honorary doctorate April 2006
190 China East China Normal University honorary professorship May 2006
191 China Nanjing Arts Institute honorary professorship May 2006
192 India Visva-Bharati honorary doctorate of literature May 2006
193 China China Southwest University of Political Science and Law honorary professorship June 2006
194 United States Southern Illinois University Carbondale honorary doctorate of humane letters June 2006
195 United States Los Angeles Southwest College honorary professorship June 2006
196 China Shaoguan University honorary professorship June 2006
197 Republic of Korea Dong Shin University honorary doctorate of public administration June 2006
198 Thailand Maejo University honorary doctorate of administration July 2006
199 Brazil Catholic College of Economic Science of Bahia honorary doctorate September 2006
200 China Beijing Normal University honorary professorship October 2006
201 Philippines University of Rizal System honorary doctorate of humanities Nov 24, 2006
202 China Dalian University of Technology honorary professorship Dec 8, 2006
203 Republic of Korea Dongju College honorary professorship Feb 6, 2007
204 China Guizhou University honorary professorship Feb 26, 2007
205 Russia Baikal National University of Economics and Law honorary professorship Mar 13, 2007
206 Venezuela Rafael Belloso Chacin University honorary doctorate Mar 20, 2007
207 Venezuela Santa María University honorary doctorate of law Mar 20, 2007
208 Italy University of Palermo honorary doctorate of communication sciences Mar 23, 2007
209 Brazil Brazilian Academy of Philosophy honorary doctorate Apr 2, 2007
210 United States University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee honorary doctorate of humane letters Apr 17, 2007
211 China Harbin Engineering University honorary professorship Apr 18, 2007
212 Brazil Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul honorary doctorate Apr 29, 2007
213 China Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences honorary professorship May 5, 2007
214 Taiwan Southern Taiwan University of Technology honorary doctorate of engineering May 28, 2007
215 Russia Russian State University for the Humanities honorary doctorate May 31, 2007
216 Peru National University of El Santa honorary doctorate Jun 23, 2007
217 Sakha Republic ( Russia) The Yakut State Agricultural Academy honorary professorship Jul 4, 2007
218 Russia Far Eastern State Technical University honorary professorship Jul 9, 2007
219 Philippines University of Southeastern Philippines honorary doctorate of education Sep 13, 2007
220 China Shaanxi Normal University honorary professorship Oct 6, 2007
221 Mexico University of Humanistic Integration honorary doctorate of human sciences Oct 8, 2007
222 Brazil Ingá University (UNINGÁ) honorary professorship Oct 10, 2007
223 China China Youth University for Political Sciences honorary professorship Oct 21, 2007
224 Mongolia Mongolian State University of Education honorary doctorate Oct 24, 2007
225 China Wenzhou Medical College honorary professorship Nov 30, 2007
226 China Shanghai Normal University honorary professorship Dec 17, 2007
227 Dominican Republic Autonomous University of Santo Domingo honorary doctorate Jan 19, 2008
228 Taiwan National Yunlin University of Science and Technology honorary doctorate of philosophy in management Jan 21, 2008
229 Philippines Laguna State Polytechnic University honorary doctorate of philosophy in humanities Jan 26, 2008
230 China Hunan University of Science and Technology honorary professorship Mar 1, 2008
231 Kyrgyz Republic I. Arabaev Kyrgyz State University honorary doctorate Mar 21, 2008
232 China Jiaying University honorary professorship Mar 31, 2008
233 Russia Tula Lev Tolstoy State Pedagogical University honorary professorship Apr 2, 2008
234 China Hebei University honorary professorship Apr 13, 2008
235 China Yan'an University honorary professorship May 4, 2008
236 China Eastern Liaoning University lifetime honorary professorship May 30, 2008
237 China Changchun University of Technology honorary professorship Jun 2, 2008
238 Brazil Centro Universitário de Goiás honorary doctorate Jun 17, 2008
239 Brazil Centro Universitário Ítalo Brasileiro honorary doctorate Jun 20, 2008
240 Philippines Benguet State University honorary doctorate of humanities Jul 10, 2008
241 Taiwan Chungyu Institute of Technology honorary professorship Jul 22, 2008
242 Taiwan Tainan University of Technology honorary professorship Jul 24, 2008
243 Malaysia Open University Malaysia honorary doctorate of Arts Feb 24, 2009
250 Denmark University of Southern Denmark honorary doctorate March 21, 2009
251 Republic of Korea Korea Maritime University University Professor Apr 2, 2009
252 Armenia Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts and Artists honorary doctorate April 2, 2010
253 Canada Université Laval honorary doctorate of education May 4, 2010
254 Malaysia University of Malaya honorary doctorate of humanities August 2, 2010
Malaysia Open University Malaysia honorary doctor of arts (humanities) Soka International Friendship Hall, 2010
255 Chile Universidad Pedro de Valdivia honorary doctorate Soka University, August 30, 2010
263 Indonesia Universitas Indonesia Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy and Peace Soka University, October 10, 2009
300 United States University of Massachusetts Boston honorary degree Shinjuku, Tokyo, November 18, 2010
301 Philippines University of Southern Mindanao honorary doctorate of humanities October 9, 2010
317 U.K. University of Buckingham Honorary Doctorate of Literature Oct 25, 2011
318 China Jimei University Honorary Professor Nov 9, 2011
319 Ethiopia Microlink Information Technology College Honorary Professor emeritus Aug 4, 2012

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