Honorary Doctorate Guidelines

Eduscope Professional & Social Research University(EPSRU) gives the power to grant Honorary Doctorate Degrees(Award), and assigns to the University Senate the role of providing for the granting of honorary degrees, and to Convocation the authority to confer honorary degrees approved by the Senate. The bylaws of Senate provide for an honorary degrees committee which has the task of encouraging and recommending nominees for honorary degrees, and submitting names to the Senate for consideration for honorary degrees. The bylaws provide that degrees honoris causa may be conferred at any Convocation provided that the names of such persons shall have been considered and approved by the honorary degrees committee, and shall have been recommended by the Senate.
An honorary degree is the highest honour the University can bestow. Acceptance of an honorary degree by a candidate brings honour to both the recipient and the University. Normally, one honorary doctorate is conferred at each Convocation ceremony. Honorary degrees are awarded to outstanding individuals who have made a worthy and unique contribution.