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With his Ocean One diving archaeology robot, Oussama Khatib—director of the Stanford Robotics Lab and a world-renowned researcher—is shining a spotlight on the mysteries of the deep sea and robotics. On February 20, based on the recommendations of his French colleagues Philippe Poignet, Vincent Creuze, and Philippe Fraisse—all three robotics researchers at Lirmm—the Franco-American was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier. 

Based on the recommendations of Montpellier professor Eric Delaporte, director of the TransVIHMI international joint research unit, the University of Montpellier awarded an honorary doctorate to Jean-Jacques Muyembe on December 9.

The University of Montpellier honored Canada on Friday, December 2, by awarding honorary doctorates to Quebec professors Yves Bergeron and Yves Mauffette. This was an opportunity for President Philippe Augé to highlight the valuable partnerships that uniteUM not onlyUM the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), but also with Laval University and the University of Sherbrooke.

Under the patronage of Alexandre Viala, professor of public law atUM, the University of Montpellier had the honor and pleasure of welcoming Belgian scholar François Ost to confer upon him the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. Here is a profile of this legal scholar and philosopher of law who excels in the art of narrating the law to better understand it.

Following the recommendation of Patrick Caron, Vice President for International Relations, the University of Montpellier awarded Professor Tawana Kupe an honorary doctorate last October. A native of Zimbabwe, this media specialist has enjoyed a distinguished career in South Africa, culminating in his current position as vice chancellor of the University of Pretoria.

Based on the recommendations of Montpellier professor Philippe Vande Perre, the University of Montpellier awarded an honorary doctorate to Zambian pediatrician Chipepo Kankasa last October. Widely recognized for her research on mother-to-child transmission of HIV, she has also been instrumental in expanding access to antiretroviral treatments for African children and in developing prevention strategies in Zambia to combat HIV transmission through breastfeeding.

A 2018 Nobel Prize laureate for his fight against mass rape and sexual violence against women in his country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the man many call “the man who heals women” has once again called for changes to international criminal law and for gender equality.

During her visit to the University of Montpellier for a lecture in March 2020 that led her to “reexamine the intertwined destinies of agriculture and food,” Louise O. Fresco, professor and president of Wageningen University & Research, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier by Philippe Augé, president of the University of Montpellier.