Noted honorary Thomasians

King Juan Carlos I of Spain has received an honorary degree from UST


Through the years, the University of Santo Tomas has conferred the title of Doctor "honoris causa" (honorary degree) upon exemplary men and women who have contributed to the development of Philippine society through a distinct mark of excellence and leadership in their own fields of endeavor.
  • Rev. Eugene McGuiness (Doctor of Canon Law)
  • Rev. Cornelius Brenan (Doctor of Philosophy and Literature)
  • Frank Murphy (Doctor of Laws)
  • Sergio Osmena (Doctor of Laws)
  • Most Rev. Fr. Martin Gillet, O.P. (Doctor of Philosophy and Literature}
  • Aurora A. Quezon (Doctor of Laws)
  • Andres Soriano (Doctor of Commerce)
  • Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Doctor of Laws)
  • Manuel Roxas (Doctor of Laws)
  • Rufino Cardinal Santos (Doctor of Laws)
  • Carlos P. Romulo (Doctor of Laws)
  • King Juan Carlos de Borbón (Doctor of Laws)
  • Duke of Gloucester Richard Walter George (Doctor of Fine Arts)
  • Joseph Cardinal Hoffner (Doctor of Humanities)
  • Victorio Edades (Doctor of Fine Arts)
  • Cesar Bengzon (Doctor of Laws)
  • Andres Soriano Jr. (Doctor of Business Management)
  • Most Rev. Bruno Torpigliani , D.D. (Doctor of Sacred Theology)
  • H.E. Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio (Doctor of Canon Law)
  • Dr. Peter de Somer (Doctor of Medical Sciences)
  • Corazon Cojuangco Aquino (Doctor of Laws)
  • Arturo Modesto Tolentino - (Doctor of Civil Law - meritissimus)
  • Jaime Cardinal Sin (Doctor of Sacred Theology)
  • Sir Knight Virgil Dechant (Doctor of Humanities)
  • Emilio T. Yap (Doctor of Laws)
  • Metropolitan Damaskinus Papandreou of Switzerland (Doctor of Theology)
  • Archbishop Jose Cardinal Sanchez (Doctor of Sacred Theology)
  • Dr. Mah Soo-Lay (Doctor of Humanities)
  • Jose Cardinal Sanchez (Doctor of Sacred Theology)
  • H.E. Josef Cardinal Glemp, D.D. (Doctor of Sacred Theology)
  • H.E. Eduardo Cardinal Pironio (Doctor of Sacred Theology)
  • H.E. Eduardo Frei (Doctor of Political Science)
  • Dr. Chiara Lubich (Doctor of Theology)
  • Daisy Hontiveros-Avella (Doctor of Humanities)
  • Lucio Tan (Doctor of Commerce)
  • Tony Tan-Caktiong (Engineering)
  • UNESCO Director-General Koďchiro Matsuura (Doctor of Laws)