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.
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Awards list
In Bangladesh
- Rashtropoti Purushkar (President's Award) (1978)
- Central Bank Award (1985)
- Swadhinata Purushkar (Independence Award) (1987)
- Rear Admiral M. A. Khan Memorial Gold Medal Award (1993)[1]
- Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal Award (1994)
- Rotary Club of Metropolitan Dhaka Foundation Award (1995)
- IDEB Gold Medal Award by the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (2000)
- Bangladesh Computer Society Gold Medal by the Bangladesh Computer Society (2005)
Internationally
- Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Field of "Community Leadership", Philippines (1984)
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Switzerland (1989)
- Humanitarian Award by the CARE, USA (1993)
- Mohamed Sahabdeen Award for Science (Socio Economic), Sri Lanka (1993)
- World Food Prize by World Food Prize Foundation, USA (1994)
- Pfeffer Peace Prize by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA (1994)
- Tun Abdul Razak Award, Malaysia (1994)
- Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize, Switzerland (1995)
- International Simon Bolivar Prize, Venezuela & UNESCO (1996)
- Distinguished Alumnus Award" of Vanderbilt University, USA (1996)
- International Activist Award Gleitsman Foundation, USA (1997)
- Planetary Consciousness Business Innovation Prize, Germany (1997)
- Help for self help Prize by the Stromme Foundation, Norway (1997)
- Man for Peace Award by the Together For Peace Foundation, Italy (1997)
- State of the World Forum Award by the State of the World Forum, San Francisco, USA (1997)
- One World Broadcasting Trust Media Award, UK (1998)
- The Prince of Austurias Award for Concord, Spain (1998)
- Sydney Peace Prize by the Sydney Peace Foundation, Australia (1998)
- Ozaki (Gakudo) Award by the Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation, Japan (1998)
- Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust, India (1998)
- Juste of the Year by the Les Justes D'or, France (1998)
- Rotary Award for World Understanding, USA (1999)
- Golden Pegasus Award by the TUSCAN Regional Government, Italy (1999)
- Roma Award for Peace and Humanitarian Action by the Municipality of Rome, Italy (1999)
- Rathindra Puraskar for 1998 by the Visva-Bharati, India (1999)
- OMEGA Award of Excellence for Lifetime Achievement, Switzerland (2000)
- Award of the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Senate, Italy (2000)
- King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Award by the King Hussein Foundation, Jordan (2000)
- Artusi prize by Comune di Forlimpopoli, Italy (2001)
- Grand Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, Japan (2001)
- Ho Chi Minh Award by the Ho Chi Minh City Peoples Committee, Vietnam (2001)
- International Cooperation Prize Caja de Granada, Spain (2001)
- NAVARRA International Aid Award by the Autonomous Government of Navarra together with Caja Laboral (Savings Bank), Spain (2001)
- Mahatma Gandhi Award by the M.K Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, USA (2002)
- World Technology Network Award 2003 for Finance by the World Technology Network, UK (2003)
- Volvo Environment Prize, Sweden (2003)
- National Merit Order by the Honorable President of the Republic of Colombia, Colombia (2003)
- The Medal of the Painter Oswaldo Guayasamin by the UNESCO, France (2003)
- Telecinco Award for Better Path Towards Solidarity by the Spanish TV Netwark - Channel 5, Spain (2004)
- City of Orvieto Award by the Municipality of Orvieto, Italy (2004)
- The Economist Award for Social and Economic Innovation, USA (2004)
- World Affairs Council Award for Extra-ordinary Contribution to Social Change by the World Affairs Council of Northern California, USA (2004)
- Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award by Fuqua School of Business of Duke University, USA (2004)
- Premio Galileo 2000 - Special Prize for Peace by Ina Assitalia Fireuze, Italy (2004)
- Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. (Nikkei), Japan (2004)
- Golden Cross of the Civil Order of the Social Solidarity by the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Spain (2005)
- Freedom Award by the America's Freedom Foundation, Provo, Utah, USA (2005)
- Prize Il Ponte by the Fondazione Europea Guido Venosta, Italy (2005)
- Foundation of Justice, Spain (2005)
- Neustadt Award by Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA (2006)
- Global Citizen of the Year Award by Patel Foundation for Global understanding, Tampa, Florida, USA (2006)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom Award by Roosevelt Institute, Middleburg, Province of New Zeeland, Netherlands (2006)
- ITU World Information Society Award by International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland (2006)
- Seoul Peace Prize 2006 by Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea (2006)
- Convivencia (Good Fellowship) of Ceuta 2006 by Fundacion Premio Convivencia, Ceuta, Spain, (2006)
- Nobel Peace Prize, Norway (2006)
- Disaster Mitigation Award 2006 by FIRST INDIA Disaster Management Congress 2006, Delhi, India (2006)
- SHERA BANGALEE 2006 by ETV, India (2006)
- Global Trailblazer Award 2007 by the Vital Voices, Washington DC, USA (2007)
- ABICC Award For Leadership In Global Trade, USA (2007)
- Social Entrepreneur Award 2007 by the Geoffrey Palmer Center for Social Entrepreneurship and the Law, Pepperdine School of Law, USA (2007)
- Global Entrepreneurship Leader Award 2007 by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, USA (2007)
- Red Cross Gold Medal, Spain (2007)
- Rabindra Nath Tagore Birth Centenary Plaque 2007 by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, India (2007)
- EFR-Business Week Award 2007 by the University of Rotterdam, Netherlands, (2007)
- Nichols-Chancellor Medal by the Vanderbilt University, USA (2007)
- Vision Award by the Global Economic Network, Berlin, Germany (2007)
- BAFI Global Achievement Award by the Bangladesh-American Foundation Inc., USA (2007)
- Rubin Museum Mandala Award, USA (2007)
- Sakaal Person of the Year Award, India (2007)
- 1st AHPADA Global Award by the ASEAN Handicraft Promotion and Development Association (ASPADA), Philippines (2007)
- Medal of Honor by the Government, Santa Catrina State, Brazil (2007)
- UN South-South Cooperation by the United Nations, USA (2007)
- Project Concern Award by Project Concern International, Santa Barbara, California, USA (2008)
- International Women's Health Coalition Award, USA (2008)
- The Kitakyushu Environmental Award by the Mayor of City of Kitakyushu, Japan (2008)
- Chancellor's Medal by York College, USA (2008)
- President's Medal by Lehman College, USA, (2008)
- Human Security Award by Muslim Public Affairs Council, USA (2008)
- Annual Award for Development by OPEC Fund for International Development(OFID), Austria (2008)
- Humanitarian Award by The International Association of Lions Clubs, USA (2008)
- Friend of Children by Save the Children, Spain (2008)
- AGI International Science by University of Cologne, Germany (2008)
- Corine International Book Award by the Bavaraian Government for the book, "Creating World Without Poverty", Germany (2008)
- TWO WING prize by the Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany (2008)
- Global Humanitarian Awards by the Tech Museum, San Jose, California, USA (2008)
- World Affairs Council Awards, USA (2008)
- Full Impact Award, USA (2008)
- Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize, Portugal (2009)
- Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service, USA (2009)
- Golden Biatec Award by the Economic Club, Slovakia (2009)
- Gold Medal of Honor Award, USA (2009)
- PICMET Leadership in Technology Management, USA (2009)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, USA (2009)
- The Sustainable Development Award by Ecology and Development Foundation, Spain (2009)
- The Bayreuth Leadership Award by the University of Bayreuth, Wiesbaden, Germany (2009)
- Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at The Asian Awards (2010)[2]
- Prize for Ethical Business Award 2010 by the Creighton University, Omaha, USA (2010)
- Presidential Medallion Award by the President, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA (2010)
- Presidential Medal Award by the Emory University, Atlanta, USA (2010)
- SolarWorld Einstein Award, Spain (2010)
- Presidential Medal Award 2010 by the Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida, USA (2010)
- Congressional Gold Medal award by the US congress, USA (2010)[3]
- Order of the Sun in the Grade of Grand Cross, Peru (2010)
- Global Award, the Third China Poverty Eradication Awards by The State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development Management, Government of People's Republic of China and China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, China (2010)
- St. Vincent de Paul Award by DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA (2011)
- Elon Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership, USA (2011)
- Jean Mayer Global Citizen Award by the Institute for Global Leadership of Tufts University, USA (2012)
- Outstanding Entrepreneur of Our Time and The Best Humanitarian of the Year" by OFC Venture Challenge, USA (2012)
- Transformational Leadership Award from the Wright Foundation for Transformational Leadership, USA (2012)
- Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights Museum at Memphis, Tennessee, USA (2012)
- Salute to Greatness Award 2013 by Martin Luther King Center, USA (2013)
- Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award 2013 by Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, USA 2013()
- Global Treasure Award by Skoll Foundation, Oxford, UK (2013)
- Forbes 400 Philanthropy Forum Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship by Forbes Magazine, USA (2013)
- Asian American/Asian Research Leadership Award, USA (2013)
- Olympic Laurel, International Olympic Committee (2020)[4]
- United Nations Foundation's Champion of Global Change Award (2021)[5]
Notable awards
- 1978 — President's Award, Bangladesh[6]
- 1984 — Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines[7]
- 1985 — Bangladesh Bank Award, Bangladesh[6]
- 1987 — Independence Award, Bangladesh[6]
- 1989 — Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Switzerland[8]
- 1993 — CARE Humanitarian Award[9]
- 1994 — World Food Prize.[10]
- 1994 — International Pfeffer Peace Award[11]
- 1995 — Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize[12]
- 1996 — UNESCO International Simón Bolívar Prize[13]
- 1998 — Indira Gandhi Prize[14]
- 1998 — Prince of Asturias Award[15]
- 1998 — Sydney Peace Prize[16]
- 2001 — IDEB Gold Medal Award[11]
- 2001 — Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (Grand Prize)[17]
- 2003 — Volvo Environment Prize[18]
- 2004 — Nikkei Asia Prize[11]
- 2004 — The Economist's first annual Innovation Award for social and economic innovation[19]
- 2006 — Mother Teresa Award instituted by the Mother Teresa International and Millennium Award Committee (MTIMAC), Kolkata, India[20]
- 2006 — Freedom from Want Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards by Roosevelt Study Centre[21]
- 2006 — ITU World Information Society Award by International Telecommunication Union[22]
- 2006 — Seoul Peace Prize[23]
- 2006 — Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Grameen Bank
- 2007 — The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal awarded by Vanderbilt University[24]
- 2007 — Order of the Liberator in First Class with Grand Decoration awarded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez[25]
- 2009 — Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by Barack Obama[26]
State honours
| Ribbon/replica | Decoration | Country | Date | Location | Presenter | Note | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Independence Award |  Bangladesh |
1987 | Dhaka | President Hussain Muhammad Ershad | The highest civilian honour of Bangladesh. | |
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Legion of Honour |  France |
2004 | Paris | President Jacques Chirac | Officer, the highest civilian honour of France. | [27] |
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Order of King Abdulaziz |  Saudi Arabia |
2007 | Riyadh | King Abdullah | Second Class, the second-highest civilian honour of Saudi Arabia. | [28] |
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Order of the Liberator |  Venezuela |
11 May 2007 | Caracas | President Hugo Chávez | Grand Cordon, the highest civilian honour of Venezuela. | [29] |
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Presidential Medal of Freedom |  United States |
12 August 2009 | Washington, D.C. | President Barack Obama | The highest civilian honour of the United States. | [30] |
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Order of the Sun of Peru |  Peru |
27 September 2010 | Lima | President Alan García | Grand Cross, the highest civilian honour of Peru. | |
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Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |  Italy |
26 July 2010 | Rome | President of the Republic | Knight Grand Cross, the highest civilian honour of Italy. | [31] |
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Congressional Gold Medal | United States |
17 April 2013 | Washington, D.C. | Speaker John Boehner | The highest civilian honour of the United States. | [32] |
Scholastic
Muhammad Yunus has been awarded total 72 honorary doctorate degrees from universities across 27 countries.
The list of degrees given below:[33]
| 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 | [34] |
| 70 | 2025 | Honorary Doctorate of Literature | University of Chittagong | Bangladesh | [35] |
| 71 | 2025 | Honorary Doctorate | Soka University | Japan | [36] |
| 72 | 2025 | Honorary Doctorate of philosophy in social business | UKM | Malaysia |