List of awards and honours received by Muhammad Yunus
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A list of awards granted to Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist, politician and civil society leader.
Notable awards
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- 1978 — President's Award, Bangladesh[1]
- 1984 — Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines[2]
- 1985 — Bangladesh Bank Award, Bangladesh[1]
- 1987 — Independence Award, Bangladesh[1]
- 1989 — Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Switzerland[3]
- 1993 — CARE Humanitarian Award[4]
- 1994 — World Food Prize.[5]
- 1994 — International Pfeffer Peace Award[6]
- 1995 — Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize[7]
- 1996 — UNESCO International Simón Bolívar Prize[8]
- 1998 — Indira Gandhi Prize[9]
- 1998 — Prince of Asturias Award[10]
- 1998 — Sydney Peace Prize[11]
- 2001 — IDEB Gold Medal Award[6]
- 2001 — Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (Grand Prize)[12]
- 2003 — Volvo Environment Prize[13]
- 2004 — Nikkei Asia Prize[6]
- 2004 — The Economist's first annual Innovation Award for social and economic innovation[14]
- 2006 — Mother Teresa Award instituted by the Mother Teresa International and Millennium Award Committee (MTIMAC), Kolkata, India[15]
- 2006 — Freedom from Want Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards by Roosevelt Study Centre[16]
- 2006 — ITU World Information Society Award by International Telecommunication Union[17]
- 2006 — Seoul Peace Prize[18]
- 2006 — Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Grameen Bank
- 2007 — The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal awarded by Vanderbilt University[19]
- 2007 — Order of the Liberator in First Class with Grand Decoration awarded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez[20]
- 2009 — Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by Barack Obama [21]
- 2010 — Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at The Asian Awards[22]
- 2010 — Congressional Gold Medal awarded by United States Congress
- 2020 — Olympic Laurel, International Olympic Committee[23]
- 2021 — United Nations Foundation's Champion of Global Change Award.[24]
Decorations
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Bangladesh:
Recipient of Independence Award- 1987
France:
Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour - 2004[25]
Peru :
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru - 2010
United States:
Venezuela :
First Class with Grand Decoration of the Order of the Liberator - 2007
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Honorary Doctorate
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| No. | Year | Degree | Institution | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1992 | Doctor of Letters | University of East Anglia | United Kingdom | First honorary degree |
| 2 | 1993 | Doctor of Humanities | Oberlin College | United States | |
| 3 | 1994 | Doctor of Law | Haverford College | United States | |
| 4 | 1995 | Doctor of Law | University of Toronto | Canada | |
| 5 | 1996 | Doctor of Law | Haverford College | United States | |
| 6 | 1996 | Doctor of Law | Warwick University | United Kingdom | |
| 7 | 1997 | Doctor of Public Service | Saint Xavier's University | United States | |
| 8 | 1998 | Doctor of Civil Law, Honoris Causa | University of the South | United States | |
| 9 | 1998 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Belgium | |
| 10 | 1998 | Doctor of Social Science, Honoris Causa | Yale University | United States | |
| 11 | 1998 | Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa | Brigham Young University | United States | |
| 12 | 1998 | Doctor of Science in Economics (Honorary) | University of Sydney | Australia | |
| 13 | 2000 | Doctor of the University (Honorary) | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | |
| 14 | 2000 | Doctor in Economics and Business (Laurea Honoris Causa) | University of Turin | Italy | |
| 15 | 2002 | Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa | Colgate University | United States | |
| 16 | 2003 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Université Catholique de Louvain | Belgium | |
| 17 | 2003 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo | Argentina | |
| 18 | 2003 | Doctor of Economics, Honoris Causa | University of Natal | South Africa | |
| 19 | 2004 | Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa | Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya | India | |
| 20 | 2004 | Doctor of Technology, Honoris Causa | Asian Institute of Technology | Thailand | |
| 21 | 2004 | Doctor in Business Economics, Honoris Causa | University of Florence | Italy | |
| 22 | 2004 | Doctor in Pedagogy (Honorary) | University of Bologna | Italy | |
| 23 | 2004 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Universidad Complutense Madrid | Spain | |
| 24 | 2006 | Honorary Doctorate in Economics | University of Venda | South Africa | |
| 25 | 2006 | Doctor of Humane Letters | American University of Beirut | Lebanon | |
| 26 | 2006 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Alicante | Spain | |
| 27 | 2006 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Valencia | Spain | |
| 28 | 2006 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Jaume I University | Spain | |
| 29 | 2007 | Doctor of Laws (Honorary) | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | First honorary degree in Bangladesh |
| 30 | 2007 | Doctor of Humanities (Honorary) | Rikkyo University | Japan | |
| 31 | 2007 | Doctor of Economics (Honorary) | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | |
| 32 | 2007 | Doctor of Philosophy (Honorary) | Ewha Womans University | South Korea | |
| 33 | 2007 | Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa | EARTH University | Costa Rica | |
| 34 | 2008 | Honorary Degree | Regis University | United States | |
| 35 | 2008 | Honorary Degree | University of British Columbia | Canada | |
| 36 | 2008 | Honorary Doctorate | Moscow State University | Russia | |
| 37 | 2008 | Honoris Causa in Science of Cooperation and Development | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | |
| 38 | 2008 | Doctor of Letters (D. Litt) | Glasgow Caledonian University | United Kingdom | |
| 39 | 2008 | Honorary Doctorate | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | |
| 40 | 2009 | Honorary Degree | Kobe University | Japan | |
| 41 | 2009 | Doctor of Law (Honorary) | University of Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 42 | 2009 | Honorary Degree | Hokkaido University | Japan | |
| 43 | 2009 | Honorary Doctorate | Istanbul Commerce University | Turkey | |
| 44 | 2010 | Doctor of Humane Letters | Duke University | United States | |
| 45 | 2010 | Honorary Doctorate | Kwansei Gakuin University | Japan | |
| 46 | 2010 | Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa | Carleton University | Canada | |
| 47 | 2010 | Doctor Honoris Causa | San Ignacio de Loyola University | Peru | |
| 48 | 2010 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos | Peru | |
| 49 | 2010 | Doctor Honoris Causa | University of Mons | Belgium | |
| 50 | 2011 | Doctor of Science in Economics (Honorary) | London School of Economics | United Kingdom | |
| 51 | 2012 | Honorary Doctorate | Tohoku University | Japan | |
| 52 | 2012 | Doctor of Humane Letters | Tuskegee University | United States | |
| 53 | 2012 | Doctor of Letters | Emory University | United States | |
| 54 | 2013 | Doctoris Honoris Causa | European University of Tirana | Albania | |
| 55 | 2013 | Honorary Degree | University of Salford | United Kingdom | |
| 56 | 2013 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Bolivia University of Aquino | Bolivia | |
| 57 | 2014 | Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa | Dublin City University | Ireland | |
| 58 | 2015 | Doctorate Honoris Causa | Federal University of Paraná | Brazil | |
| 59 | 2016 | Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | Babson College | United States | |
| 60 | 2017 | Honorary Doctor of Science | Chandigarh University | India | |
| 61 | 2018 | Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa | Amity University Rajasthan | India | |
| 62 | 2018 | Honorary Degree | Autonomous University of Baja California | Mexico | |
| 63 | 2019 | Honorary Doctorate | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Greece | |
| 64 | 2019 | Doctor Honoris Causa | Menéndez Pelayo International University | Spain | |
| 65 | 2021 | Honorary Doctor of Literature | Sharda University | India | |
| 66 | 2022 | Honorary Doctorate in Economic Sciences | University Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | |
| 67 | 2022 | Ph.D. Honorary Causa | Cesar Vallejo University | Peru | |
| 68 | 2023 | Honorary Doctorate | Ryukoku University | Japan | |
| 69 | 2025 | Honorary Doctorate | Peking University | China |
References
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- ^ Muhammad Yunus: The man who empowered Bangladeshi women; Ismaili Mail; Retrieved: 2007-09-01
- ^ "Muhammad Yunus – Biography". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Dr. Muhammad Yunus – 1994 World Food Prize Laureate". WorldFoodPrize.org. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ^ a b c "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 849". The Daily Star. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08.
- ^ "Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 1995". The Max Schmidheiny Foundation. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ Prize Winner: Muhammad Yunus, Prizes, UNESCO; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ "Profile: 'World banker to the poor'". BBC News. 2006-10-13. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
- ^ "Minutes of the Jury: Concord 1998". Prince of Asturias Foundation. 1998-06-19. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
- ^ Sydney Peace Prize recipients, Sydney Peace Prize Foundation website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ "Laureates of the Past Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes". The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ Volvo Environment Prize
- ^ "And the winners are..." The Economist. 2004-09-16. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ The Mother Teresa of the Financial World Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Internationale Projekt Consult; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Four Freedoms Award winners 2006, Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ ITU World Information Society Award – 2006, ITU Home Page, International Telecommunication Union; Retrieved: 2007-12-09
- ^ Lauret 2006 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Seoul Peace Prize website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Yunus to receive Nichols-Chancellor's Medal Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine, Vanderbilt News, 2007-03-12; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ UNB, Dhaka (2007-05-14). "Prof Yunus gets highest Venezuelan honour". The Daily Star. Vol 5 Num 1048. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ^ "President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients" Archived 2009-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, White House Office of the Press Secretary, July 30, 2009
- ^ List of Winners of 2010 Asian Awards [1].
- ^ "Yunus receives Olympic Laurel award at Tokyo Olympics opening". Dhaka Tribune. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Dr Yunus receives United Nations Foundation’s Champion of Global Change Award, The Daily Star, 14 December 2021
- ^ "Grameen Dialogue -- a regular publication from Grameen Trust". Archived from the original on 2004-08-20.
- ^ "Honorary Degrees". Muhammad Yunus. Retrieved 2025-03-26.