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With his Ocean One diving archaeology robot, Oussama Khatib, director of Stanford's Robotics Lab and world-renowned researcher, is shining a spotlight on the mysteries of the deep sea and robotics. On February 20, on the recommendation of his French peers 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. 

It was on the recommendation of Montpellier professor Eric Delaporte, director of the TransVIHMI international joint unit, that 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 unite not only UM with the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) and in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), but also with the universities of Laval and Sherbrooke.

Under the patronage of Alexandre Viala, professor of public law at UM, the University of Montpellier had the honor and pleasure of welcoming Belgian François Ost to award him an honorary doctorate. Portrait of this jurist and legal philosopher who excels in the art of recounting the law in order to better understand it.

On 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 brilliant career in South Africa, culminating in his current position as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria.

It was on the recommendation of Montpellier professor Philippe Vande Perre that the University of Montpellier awarded an honorary doctorate to Zambian pediatrician Chipepo Kankasa last October. Unanimously recognized for her research on mother-to-child transmission of HIV, she is also the initiator of access to antiretroviral treatment for African children and prevention strategies in Zambia to combat HIV transmission through breastfeeding.

Winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for his fight against mass rape and sexual violence against women in his country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the man many call "the man who repairs 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 conference in March 2020, where she "revisited 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.