Nominations should explain how nominees meet the criteria for selection and outline the nominees' achievements and contributions. Please include as much biographical and other supporting information as possible, but do not contact the nominees. The nomination process is confidential and nominees should not know that they are being considered. We particularly encourage nominations from fields which have not been recognized by the award of honorary degrees in recent years.
For general purposes, field of consideration for honorary degree nominations are as follows:
Arts and Culture
Business
Education
Entertainment and Media
Humanities and Social Sciences
Public Affairs (government, law)
Scholarship/Academia
Science, Technology and Medicine
Other
Please note that we will not review candidates in the following categories:
Posthumous nominations
In absentia nominations
Organizations or institutional bodies
Groups of individuals
Self-nomination
Penn standing faculty, trustees, or school and center overseers
To nominate a candidate for an Honorary Degree, please use a Gmail address and fill out the form .