Over the years the University has, at the instigation of the School of Computing Science or its predecessors the Department of Computing Science and the Computing Laboratory, awarded Honorary Doctorates, and in one case has awarded an Honorary Fellowship (Elizabeth Barraclough), to the following eminent individuals:

	1972 - Maurice Vincent Wilkes
	1977 - Thomas Harold ("Tommy") Flowers
	1988 - William C. ("Bill") Carter
	1997 - George Metakides
	2003 - Fred B. Schneider
	2004 - Graham Wylie
	2006 - Elizabeth Barraclough
	2007 - Anthony John Grenville ("Tony") Hey
	2017 - Vicki Hanson