Click on the names below for a profile of just some of the University’s most famous Honorary Fellows:
- 2018 Honorary Fellows (including Professor Julie Williams)
- 2017 Honorary Fellows (including Chris Coleman)
- 2016 Honorary Fellows (including Elin Manahan-Thomas and Major General Susan Ridge)
- 2015 Honorary Fellows (including Gruff Rhys and Huw Stephens)
- 2014 Honorary Fellows (including Huw Edwards and George North)
- 2013 Honorary Fellows (including Tom James and Terry Jones)
- 2012 Honorary Fellows (including John Sessions)
- 2011 Honorary Fellows (including Duffy)
- 2010 Honorary Fellows (including Mike Peters and Jane Edwards)
- 2009 Honorary Fellows (including David Brailsford and John Disley)
- 2008 Honorary Fellows (including Sian Lloyd and Griff Rhys Jones)
- 2007 Honorary Fellows (including Rhys Ifans and Iolo Williams)
Other Honorary Fellows include:
- Frances Barber
- Catrin Finch
- Tim Haines
- Mark Hughes
- Aled Jones
- Matthew Maynard
- Philip Pullman
- Bryn Terfel
- Carol Vorderman
Honorary Degrees
The University also has authority to award Honorary Degrees. It has chosen to use this power to mark very special occasions, and only four persons have so far received this honour. To celebrate the 125th anniversary of its foundation, the University decided to award honorary doctorates to four individuals of world renown whose contributions over a long period were considered to be of major international significance. The special ceremony to award the Honorary Doctorates took place on 10 June 2009, and those honoured were: