Founder Daisaku Ikeda

Born in 1928 in Tokyo. Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023) was third president of Soka Gakkai, honorary president of Soka Gakkai and the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI). Ikeda has founded a number of institutions such as Soka University, Soka University of America, Soka School System, the Min-On Concert Association, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, and the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research. Ikeda has held numerous dialogues with learned individuals from around the world, helping to further movements relating to peace, culture, and education. In addition, to the United Nations Peace Prize, Ikeda has received more than 409 academic honors from universities and academic institutions around the world, including Moscow State University, the University of Glasgow, the University of Denver, and Peking University, as well as numerous awards such as Poet Laureate, World People’s Poet, World Poet Laureate Award, and World Peace Poet.

Ikeda has written novels such as The Human Revolution (12 volumes), The New Human Revolution (31 volumes), and has also published numerous dialogues in book form. These include Choose Life: A Dialogue (with Arnold J. Toynbee), Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century (with Mikhail Gorbachev), The Wisdom of Tolerance: A Philosophy of Generosity and Peace (with Abdurrahman Wahid), and Planetary Citizenship: Your Values, Beliefs and Actions Can Shape a Sustainable World (with Hazel Henderson).

Honorary academic titles from around the world

Honorary academic title bestowed on the founder

Award Date	Country/region name	Name of the awarding organization	Title Name
May 27, 1975	Russia (former Soviet Union)	Moscow State University	Honorary Doctorate
April 10, 1981	Peru	National University of San Marcos	Professor Emeritus
May 21, 1981	Bulgaria	Sofia University	Honorary Doctorate
June 5, 1984	China	Peking University	Professor Emeritus
June 9, 1984	China	Fudan University	Professor Emeritus
February 10, 1987	dominican republic	Autonomous University of Santo Domingo	Professor Emeritus
March 1, 1990	Argentina	University of Buenos Aires	Honorary Doctorate
March 10, 1990	Mexico	University of Guanajuato	Honorary Doctorate
November 3, 1990	China	Wuhan University	Professor Emeritus
January 30, 1991	China (Macau)	University of Macau (formerly University of East Asia, Macau)	Professor Emeritus
April 21, 1991	Philippines	University of the Philippines	Honorary Doctor of Laws
May 15, 1991	Argentina	University of Palermo	Honorary Doctorate
January 30, 1992	China (Hong Kong)	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Visiting Professor
June 24, 1992	Türkiye	Ankara University	Honorary Doctorate
October 14, 1992	China	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences	Emeritus Research Professor
December 22, 1992	Kenya	University of Nairobi	Honorary Doctor of Letters
February 11, 1993	Brazil	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	Honorary Doctorate
February 17, 1993	Argentina	National University of Lomas de Zamora	Honorary Doctorate
February 17, 1993	Argentina	Faculty of Law National University of Lomas de Zamora	Professor Emeritus
February 19, 1993	Argentina	National University of Cordoba	Honorary Doctorate
February 22, 1993	Paraguay	Faculty of Philosophy, National University of Asuncion	Honorary Doctorate
February 26, 1993	Brazil	University of Sao Paulo	Honorary Visiting Professor
March 1, 1993	Brazil	Federal University of Parana	Honorary Doctorate
March 3, 1993	Bolivia	University of Bahria	Honorary Doctorate
November 4, 1993	China	Shenzhen University	Professor Emeritus
January 6, 1994	China	Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum	Professor Emeritus
May 19, 1994	Russia	International University of Japan	Honorary Doctorate
June 1, 1994	Italy	University of Bologna	Honorary Doctorate
June 15, 1994	England	University of Glasgow	Honorary Doctorate
August 12, 1994	China	Xinjiang University	Professor Emeritus
November 22, 1994	China	Xiamen University	Professor Emeritus
September 30, 1995	South Africa	University of the North	Honorary Doctor of Education
November 3, 1995	Nepal	Tribhuvan University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
November 14, 1995	China (Macau)	University of Macau	Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences
March 14, 1996	China (Hong Kong)	University of Hong Kong	Honorary Doctor of Letters
April 2, 1996	China	Xinjiang University	Honorary President
June 8, 1996	America	University of Denver	Honorary Doctor of Education
June 25, 1996	Cuba	University of Havana	Honorary Doctor of Letters
August 29, 1996	Ghana	University of Ghana	Honorary Doctor of Laws
November 2, 1996	Russia	Far Eastern Federal University (formerly the Far Eastern University)	Honorary Doctorate
November 17, 1996	China	Sun Yat-sen University	Professor Emeritus
February 20, 1997	China	Jilin University	Professor Emeritus
March 18, 1997	Philippines	De La Salle University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
May 5, 1997	Sri Lanka	University of Kelaniya	Honorary Doctor of Letters
May 12, 1997	China	Shanghai University	Professor Emeritus
October 6, 1997	China	Inner Mongolia University	Professor Emeritus
November 8, 1997	Mongolia	National University of Mongolia	Honorary Doctor of Humanities

*The names of the countries/regions and awarding organizations are those at the time of the award.

Award Date	Country/region name	Name of the awarding organization	Title Name
February 11, 1998	Philippines	Manila City University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 18, 1998	Argentina	Moron University	Honorary Doctorate
April 2, 1998	Russia	High Energy Physics Laboratory	Honorary Doctorate
April 29, 1998	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro State University	Honorary Doctorate
May 15, 1998	South Korea	Kyung Hee University	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
July 4, 1998	South Korea	Chungcheong University	Professor Emeritus
July 24, 1998	Peru	Ricardo Palma University	Honorary Doctorate
July 24, 1998	Peru	Doctor of Education Association	Honorary Doctorate
November 1, 1998	China	Yanbian University	Professor Emeritus
November 25, 1998	China	Nankai University	Professor Emeritus
November 30, 1998	Brazil	University of the North	Honorary Doctorate
December 13, 1998	India	University of Delhi	Honorary Doctor of Letters
January 15, 1999	Argentina	University of Flores	Honorary Doctorate
April 5, 1999	China	Sichuan University	Professor Emeritus
April 17, 1999	Peru	Federico Villarreal National University	Honorary Doctorate
May 17, 1999	South Korea	Jeju National University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
June 12, 1999	Bolivia	Private University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Honorary Doctorate
July 24, 1999	China	Tohoku University	Professor Emeritus
August 24, 1999	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan University of Oriental Languages and Cultures	Professor Emeritus
September 4, 1999	Peru	National University of Peru	Honorary Doctorate
September 10, 1999	China	Hunan Normal University	Professor Emeritus
October 25, 1999	Argentina	Department of Sociology, National University of Lomas de Zamora	Professor Emeritus
October 27, 1999	Argentina	National University of Comau	Honorary Doctorate
December 16, 1999	China	Nanjing University	Professor Emeritus
January 6, 2000	Russia	St. Petersburg University	Honorary Doctorate
January 15, 2000	America	Delaware University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
January 18, 2000	America	Queens College, City University of New York	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
January 28, 2000	America	University of Guam	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
February 5, 2000	Philippines	Angeles University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
February 8, 2000	China	Minzu University of China	Professor Emeritus
February 19, 2000	China	Guangdong University of Foreign Studies	Professor Emeritus
February 27, 2000	Argentina	Nordeste National University	Honorary Doctorate
March 10, 2000	China	Northeast Normal University	Honorary Doctorate
March 21, 2000	Sakha Republic, Russia	Yakutsk University	Professor Emeritus
April 17, 2000	El Salvador	Latin American Institute of Technology	Honorary Doctorate
April 22, 2000	China	Inner Mongolia Academy of Arts	Professor Emeritus
April 24, 2000	India	Sanskrit Education Institute	Honorary Doctorate
May 5, 2000	Mongolia	Mongolian Literature and Society University (formerly Mongolian Literature University)	Honorary President
May 11, 2000	China	Beijing School of Public Administration	Professor Emeritus
June 27, 2000	China	Yunnan University	Professor Emeritus
August 25, 2000	China	South China Normal University	Professor Emeritus
August 26, 2000	India	Bundelkhand University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
September 1, 2000	Venezuela	Suria University	Honorary Doctorate
September 13, 2000	Panama	University of Panama	Honorary Doctorate
October 15, 2000	India	Bundelkhand University, School of Social Sciences	Honorary Doctor of Letters
November 5, 2000	Thailand	Siam University	Honorary Doctor of Public Administration
November 13, 2000	Tonga	Tonga National University of Education, Science and Technology	Lifetime Professor Emeritus
November 24, 2000	Australia	University of Sydney	Honorary Doctor of Letters
November 29, 2000	Malaysia	Putra University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
December 7, 2000	China (Hong Kong)	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences
December 25, 2000	Mongolia	Mongolian National University of Culture and Arts	Honorary Doctorate

*The names of the countries/regions and awarding organizations are those at the time of the award.

Award Date	Country/region name	Name of the awarding organization	Title Name
January 20, 2001	India	V.B.S. Purvanchal University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
February 16, 2001	China	Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences	Professor Emeritus
April 2, 2001	China	Northwestern University	Professor Emeritus
April 28, 2001	China	Anhui University	Professor Emeritus
May 8, 2001	US/Puerto Rico	Carlos Albizu University	Honorary Doctor of Behavioral Sciences
May 14, 2001	Mongolia	Karakoram University	Honorary Doctorate
June 1, 2001	China	Fujian Normal University	Professor Emeritus
June 14, 2001	China	Huaqiao University	Professor Emeritus
July 14, 2001	China	Jinan University	Professor Emeritus
July 19, 2001	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Islands University	Professor Emeritus
October 5, 2001	China	Soochow University	Professor Emeritus
October 23, 2001	China	Liaoning Normal University	Professor Emeritus
October 27, 2001	Philippines	University of Southern Philippines	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
November 18, 2001	China	Guangzhou University	Professor Emeritus
December 8, 2001	South Korea	Gyeongju National University	Professor Emeritus
December 15, 2001	South Korea	Changwon National University	Honorary Doctor of Education
December 20, 2001	Kazakhstan	International Kazakh-Turkish University	Professor Emeritus
February 15, 2002	dominican republic	Santiago Polytechnic University	Honorary Doctorate
February 20, 2002	Uzbekistan	National University of Fine Arts	Professor Emeritus
March 9, 2002	China	Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences	Principal Research Professor
March 14, 2002	Philippines	Araneta University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 19, 2002	Cambodia	Royal University of Phnom Penh	Professor Emeritus
April 1, 2002	China	Liaoning University	Professor Emeritus
April 7, 2002	America	Morehouse College	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 21, 2002	China	Qingdao University	Professor Emeritus
April 27, 2002	India	Chhatrapati Shahji Maharaj University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
May 18, 2002	Kenya	Kenyatta University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
May 25, 2002	China	Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences	Professor Emeritus
June 8, 2002	Russia	Moscow State University	Professor Emeritus
June 23, 2002	China	Nanjing Normal University	Professor Emeritus
June 28, 2002	South Korea	Seorabeol University	Professor Emeritus
August 26, 2002	India	Himachal Pradesh University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
September 28, 2002	China	Renmin University of China	Professor Emeritus
October 6, 2002	China	University of Science and Technology of China	Professor Emeritus
November 2, 2002	China	Zhejiang University	Professor Emeritus
November 20, 2002	Mongolia	Shikhotog University of Law	Honorary Doctorate
November 28, 2002	Ukraine	Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics	Honorary Doctorate
December 2, 2002	South Korea	East Asia University	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
December 12, 2002	China	Shanghai International Studies University	Professor Emeritus
December 21, 2002	China	Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences	Professor Emeritus
January 18, 2003	India	Bharathidassan University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
February 23, 2003	Peru	National University of Piura	Honorary Doctorate
March 24, 2003	Taiwan	Chinese Culture University	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
April 15, 2003	China	Dalian Foreign Language Institute	Professor Emeritus
April 19, 2003	Paraguay	University of Colombia del Paraguay	Honorary Doctor of Sociology
September 27, 2003	Peru	Jorge Basadre Gromann National University	Honorary Doctorate
October 8, 2003	China	Northwestern Normal University	Professor Emeritus
October 18, 2003	South Korea	Gwangju Women's University	Professor Emeritus
October 24, 2003	China	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Professor Emeritus
December 16, 2003	America	Chapman University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
December 24, 2003	China	Chokei Academy	Professor Emeritus

*The names of the countries/regions and awarding organizations are those at the time of the award.

Award Date	Country/region name	Name of the awarding organization	Title Name
January 10, 2004	Sakha Republic, Russia	Arctic Culture and Arts National University	Professor Emeritus
February 24, 2004	India	Rabindra Bharati University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
February 28, 2004	America	Mineral Area College	Professor Emeritus of Humanities
March 19, 2004	China	National Prosecutor's Academy	Professor Emeritus
March 29, 2004	Taiwan	Pingtung University of Science and Technology	Honorary Doctor of Agriculture
April 1, 2004	Republic of Buryatia, Russia	Buryat State University	Professor Emeritus
April 14, 2004	Brazil	State University of Londrina	Honorary Doctorate
May 5, 2004	Bolivia	San Francisco Javier de Chuquisaca University	Honorary Doctorate
May 29, 2004	China	China University of Petroleum	Professor Emeritus
June 6, 2004	Philippines	Capitol University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
June 26, 2004	China	Shanghai Sugita College	Professor Emeritus
July 22, 2004	Jordan	University of Jordan	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
September 20, 2004	Mexico	University of Guadalajara	Honorary Doctorate
September 26, 2004	China	Fujian Academy of Social Sciences	Professor Emeritus
October 3, 2004	China	Changchun University	Professor Emeritus
October 16, 2004	China	Qufu Normal University	Professor Emeritus
November 4, 2004	Kyrgyzstan	Osh State University	Professor Emeritus
November 23, 2004	South Korea	Baekje University of Arts	Professor Emeritus
December 17, 2004	Mongolia	Otgontenger University	Honorary Doctorate
January 21, 2005	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Islands University	Honorary President
January 22, 2005	Peru	Enrique Guzman y Baye National University of Education	Honorary Doctorate
February 20, 2005	Belarus	Minsk State Linguistic University	Professor Emeritus
March 19, 2005	Philippines	Batangas State University	Honorary Doctor of Education
April 1, 2005	China	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics	Professor Emeritus
April 29, 2005	Paraguay	National University of Itapua	Honorary Doctorate
May 7, 2005	China	Beijing Language and Culture University	Professor Emeritus
May 27, 2005	Brazil	State Cornelius Procopio College of Philosophy, Science and Letters	Honorary Doctorate
June 17, 2005	China	Central China Normal University	Professor Emeritus
July 14, 2005	China	Guangxi Normal University	Professor Emeritus
September 16, 2005	Mongolia	Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law, Mongolian Academy of Sciences	Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
September 18, 2005	Vietnam	National University of Hanoi	Honorary Doctorate
October 8, 2005	China	East China University of Science and Technology	Professor Emeritus
October 12, 2005	Serbia	Brača Caric University	Honorary Doctorate
December 20, 2005	Russia	Security/defense/public order issues Academy	Professor
December 21, 2005	India	Symbiosis International Education University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
January 23, 2006	Russia	Ural State University	Honorary Doctorate
February 8, 2006	Laos	National University of Laos	Professor Emeritus of Humanities
March 16, 2006	Philippines	Pampanga State Agricultural University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 3, 2006	China	Hunan University	Professor Emeritus
April 28, 2006	Ukraine	Kyiv National Polytechnic University of Ukraine	Honorary Doctorate
May 5, 2006	China	East China Normal University	Professor Emeritus
May 22, 2006	China	Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts	Professor Emeritus
May 29, 2006	India	Tagore International University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
June 2, 2006	China	Southwestern University of Political Science and Law	Professor Emeritus
June 6, 2006	America	Southern Illinois University Carbondale campus	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
June 8, 2006	America	Los Angeles Southwest University	Professor Emeritus
June 16, 2006	China	Shaoguan College	Professor Emeritus
June 17, 2006	South Korea	Toshin University	Honorary Doctor of Public Administration
July 3, 2006	Thailand	Maejo University	Honorary Doctor of Management
September 22, 2006	Brazil	Catholic University of Economics of Bahia	Honorary Doctorate
October 7, 2006	China	Beijing Normal University	Professor Emeritus
November 24, 2006	Philippines	Rizal System University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
December 8, 2006	China	Dalian University of Technology	Professor Emeritus

*The names of the countries/regions and awarding organizations are those at the time of the award.

Award Date	Country/region name	Name of the awarding organization	Title Name
February 6, 2007	South Korea	Dongzhou University	Professor Emeritus
February 26, 2007	China	Guizhou University	Professor Emeritus
March 13, 2007	Russia	Baikal State University of Economics and Law	Professor Emeritus
March 20, 2007	Venezuela	Rafael Belloso Chacin University	Honorary Doctorate
March 20, 2007	Venezuela	Santa Maria University	Honorary Doctor of Laws
March 23, 2007	Italy	University of Palermo	Honorary Doctorate in Communication
April 2, 2007	Brazil	Brazilian Academy of Philosophy	Honorary Doctorate
April 17, 2007	America	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 18, 2007	China	Harbin Engineering University	Professor Emeritus
April 29, 2007	Brazil	Federal University of Mato Grosso del Sur	Honorary Doctorate
May 5, 2007	China	Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences	Professor Emeritus
May 28, 2007	Taiwan	Nantan University of Science and Technology	Honorary Doctor of Engineering
May 31, 2007	Russia	Russian State University for the Humanities	Honorary Doctorate
June 23, 2007	Peru	National Santa University	Honorary Doctorate
July 5, 2007	Sakha Republic, Russia	Yakutsk State Agricultural Academy	Professor Emeritus
July 9, 2007	Russia	Far Eastern National Technical University	Professor Emeritus
September 13, 2007	Philippines	National University of the Southeastern Philippines	Honorary Doctor of Education
October 6, 2007	China	Shaanxi Normal University	Professor Emeritus
October 8, 2007	Mexico	Integrated Humanities University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
October 10, 2007	Brazil	Inga University	Professor Emeritus
October 21, 2007	China	China Youth Political Academy	Professor Emeritus
October 24, 2007	Mongolia	Mongolian National University of Education	Honorary Doctorate
November 30, 2007	China	Wenzhou Medical College	Professor Emeritus
December 17, 2007	China	Shanghai Normal University	Lifetime Professor Emeritus
January 19, 2008	dominican republic	Autonomous University of Santo Domingo	Honorary Doctorate
January 21, 2008	Taiwan	Yunlin University of Science and Technology	Honorary Doctor of Management
January 26, 2008	Philippines	Laguna State Polytechnic University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 1, 2008	China	Hunan University of Science and Technology	Professor Emeritus
March 21, 2008	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan National University	Honorary Doctorate
March 31, 2008	China	Kao Gakuin	Professor Emeritus
April 2, 2008	Russia	Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University	Professor Emeritus
April 16, 2008	China	Hebei University	Professor Emeritus
May 4, 2008	China	Yan'an University	Tenured Professor
May 30, 2008	China	Liaodong Academy	Lifetime Professor Emeritus
June 2, 2008	China	Changchun University of Technology	Professor Emeritus
June 17, 2008	Brazil	University of Anhaangueira	Honorary Doctorate
June 20, 2008	Brazil	Italo University	Honorary Doctorate
July 10, 2008	Philippines	Benguet State University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
July 22, 2008	Taiwan	Souyu Technical College	Professor Emeritus
July 24, 2008	Taiwan	Tainan University of Applied Science and Technology (formerly Tainan University of Science and Technology)	Professor Emeritus
September 18, 2008	Philippines	Ifugao State University of Agriculture and Forestry	Honorary Doctor of Education
October 11, 2008	Philippines	Manila City University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
October 29, 2008	Mongolia	Mongolian National University of Science and Technology	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
December 3, 2008	China	Dalian University	Professor Emeritus
January 19, 2009	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan National University of Arts	Professor Emeritus
February 24, 2009	Malaysia	Open University of Malaysia	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 16, 2009	Bolivia	Aquino University of Bolivia	Honorary Doctorate
March 21, 2009	Denmark	University of Southern Denmark	Honorary Doctorate
April 2, 2009	South Korea	Korea Maritime University	Professor
April 10, 2009	Kyrgyzstan	Issyk-Kul State University	Professor Emeritus
April 17, 2009	China	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University	Professor Emeritus
April 24, 2009	China	Henan Normal University	Professor Emeritus
May 18, 2009	England	Queen's University Belfast	Honorary Doctorate
May 28, 2009	China	Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics	Professor Emeritus
June 29, 2009	Philippines	Southern Luzon State University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
July 16, 2009	Brazil	Federal University of Hondonia	Honorary Doctorate
September 4, 2009	South Korea	Hongik University	Honorary Doctor of Letters
September 24, 2009	China (Macau)	Asia (Macau) International Open University	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
September 26, 2009	Brazil	Marañon School of Public Policy	Professor Emeritus
September 28, 2009	Brazil	Silva e Souza Integrated University	Honorary Doctor of Architecture/Urban Engineering
October 10, 2009	Indonesia	University of Indonesia	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy and Peace
October 14, 2009	China	Zhongkai Agricultural Engineering College	Professor Emeritus
October 25, 2009	China	Dalian University of Technology	Professor Emeritus
October 28, 2009	Sakha Republic, Russia	Yakutsk First Pedagogical College	Professor Emeritus
November 1, 2009	China	Southwest Jiaotong University	Professor Emeritus
November 6, 2009	China	Xi'an Polytechnic University	Professor Emeritus
November 23, 2009	China	Ningxia University	Lifetime Professor Emeritus
December 8, 2009	Taiwan	Yuda University of Business and Technology	Professor Emeritus
December 15, 2009	Mexico	Enrique Diaz de Leon University	Honorary Doctorate
December 23, 2009	China	Xi'an Peika University	Professor Emeritus

*The names of the countries/regions and awarding organizations are those at the time of the award.

Award Date	Country/region name	Name of the awarding organization	Title Name
January 15, 2010	Guam	Guam Community College	Professor Emeritus
January 27, 2010	China	Anhui University of Science and Technology	Professor Emeritus
February 24, 2010	Uzbekistan	Institute of Arts, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan	Honorary Doctorate
February 27, 2010	China	Xi'an Foreign Affairs University	Professor Emeritus
March 10, 2010	China	Guangdong Business School	Professor Emeritus
March 16, 2010	Venezuela	Bicentenarian University of Aragua	Honorary Doctor of Education
March 16, 2010	Venezuela	Bicentenarian University of Aragua	Professor Emeritus
March 21, 2010	China	Xi'an Jiaotong University	Professor Emeritus
March 26, 2010	Philippines	Ramon Magsaysay Technological University	Professor Emeritus
April 2, 2010	Armenia	Yerevan State Academy of Arts	Honorary Doctorate
April 5, 2010	China	Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences	Professor Emeritus
April 15, 2010	China	Xinjiang Medical University	Professor Emeritus
April 15, 2010	China	Guangxi University of the Arts	Lifetime Professor Emeritus
April 20, 2010	China	Shaoxing University of Literature and Science	Professor Emeritus
May 4, 2010	Canada	Laval University	Honorary Doctor of Education
May 13, 2010	China	Tsinghua University	Professor Emeritus
May 28, 2010	China	Beijing City College	Professor Emeritus
June 8, 2010	China	Ningbo University	Professor Emeritus
June 9, 2010	China	Zhejiang Ocean University	Professor Emeritus
June 28, 2010	America	George Mason University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
July 2, 2010	Taiwan	National Taiwan University of Arts	Professor Emeritus
July 29, 2010	Taiwan	National University of Kaohsiung	Professor Emeritus
August 2, 2010	Malaysia	University of Malaya	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
August 17, 2010	Kyrgyzstan	Osh Humanities and Educational University	Professor Emeritus
August 17, 2010	Kyrgyzstan	Osh Agricultural University	Professor Emeritus
September 8, 2010	Chile	Pedro de Valdivia University	Honorary Doctorate
October 9, 2010	Philippines	Southern Mindanao University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
November 21, 2010	America	University of Massachusetts Boston	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
November 29, 2010	Brazil	Federal University of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas	Honorary Doctorate
December 1, 2010	China	Dalian Maritime University	Professor Emeritus
December 3, 2010	Brazil	Sao Paulo Metropolitan University	Professor Emeritus
December 10, 2010	Brazil	Federal University of Mato Grosso	Honorary Doctorate
December 22, 2010	Taiwan	National Huwei University of Science and Technology	Honorary Doctor of Engineering
December 23, 2010	South Korea	Konyang University	Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
January 29, 2011	China (Macau)	Macau Polytechnic University	Professor Emeritus
March 2, 2011	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz-Russian Educational Academy	Professor Emeritus
May 18, 2011	China (Macau)	Macau University of Science and Technology	Professor Emeritus
May 26, 2011	China	Hainan Normal University	Professor Emeritus
July 12, 2011	South Korea	Chungju National University	Honorary Doctor of Business Administration
July 29, 2011	Philippines	Pangasinan State University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
September 17, 2011	South Korea	Pukyong National University	Honorary Doctorate in International Regional Studies
September 25, 2011	Zambia	University of Zambia	Honorary Doctor of Laws
October 13, 2011	Philippines	Central Luzon State University	Lifetime Professor Emeritus
October 20, 2011	China	Ikuoka University	Professor Emeritus
October 25, 2011	England	University of Buckingham	Honorary Doctor of Letters
November 9, 2011	China	Jimei University	Professor Emeritus
November 18, 2011	Russia	Russian State University of Trade and Economics	Honorary Doctorate
December 14, 2011	Uzbekistan	Termez State University	Professor Emeritus
January 12, 2012	China	Central University of Finance and Economics	Professor Emeritus
March 14, 2012	Kyrgyzstan	K. Karasaev Bishkek Humanities University	Honorary Doctorate
March 21, 2012	Philippines	Bataan Peninsula State University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 28, 2012	Bolivia	Santa Cruz Technological University	Honorary Doctorate
April 11, 2012	Taiwan	Taipei Maritime Technology College	Professor Emeritus
May 6, 2012	Peru	Peruvian University of Technology	Honorary Doctorate
May 6, 2012	Peru	Faculty of Law, Political Science and International Relations, Polytechnic University of Peru	Professor Emeritus
May 8, 2012	China	Guizhou Normal University	Professor Emeritus
June 5, 2012	Taiwan	National Taiwan Normal University	Professor Emeritus
June 13, 2012	China	Bohai University	Professor Emeritus
September 12, 2012	Canada	University of Guelph	Honorary Doctorate
September 22, 2012	Brazil	Don Bosco University	Honorary Doctorate
October 24, 2012	Kazakhstan	Kazakh National University	Professor Emeritus
November 28, 2012	Venezuela	Tachira National University of Practice	Honorary Doctorate

*The names of the countries/regions and awarding organizations are those at the time of the award.

Award Date	Country/region name	Name of the awarding organization	Title Name
February 20, 2013	Bolivia	University of Pando Amazonica	Honorary Doctorate
February 27, 2013	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz-Chinese University of Humanities and Economics	Professor Emeritus
March 15, 2013	Philippines	National University of Nueva Vizcaya	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 22, 2013	South Africa	University of KwaZulu-Natal	Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences
August 14, 2013	Thailand	Thammasat University	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
September 22, 2013	Armenia	Yerevan State University	Honorary Doctorate
October 4, 2013	Philippines	Aklan State University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
October 8, 2013	China	Dalian Academy of Arts	Professor Emeritus
November 6, 2013	Peru	University of Las Americas, Peru	Honorary Doctorate
November 15, 2013	Mongolia	University of Humanities	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
November 22, 2013	Russia	Pushkin State Russian Language Institute	Honorary Doctorate
February 21, 2014	Argentina	Villamaria National University	Professor Emeritus
March 19, 2014	India	Satyendra Narayan Sinha Institute of Management	Professor Emeritus
April 24, 2014	Philippines	Isabela State University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
May 16, 2014	China	Tianjin Foreign Studies University	Professor Emeritus
May 22, 2014	Peru	National Institute of Technology	Professor Emeritus
July 16, 2014	China	Harbin Normal University	Professor Emeritus
September 16, 2014	Russia Sakha	Yakutsk Pedagogical College	Professor Emeritus
September 30, 2014	Philippines	University of the East	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
October 17, 2014	China	Nanjing University of Science and Technology	Professor Emeritus
November 6, 2014	Russia	Peoples' Friendship University of Russia	Honorary Doctorate
February 25, 2015	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz Russian-Slavic University	Honorary Doctorate
April 18, 2015	India	Madurai Institute of Social Sciences	Professor Emeritus of Sociology
May 4, 2015	South Korea	North Korean Graduate School	Honorary Professor
May 28, 2015	China	Foshan University of Science and Technology	Professor Emeritus
June 16, 2015	Bolivia	Beni Autonomous University	Honorary Doctorate
June 18, 2015	Brazil	Castelo Branco University	Honorary Doctorate
September 20, 2015	South Korea	Kyungnam University	Honorary Doctor of Education
November 19, 2015	Taiwan	Jiankuo University of Science and Technology	Lifetime Professor Emeritus
November 29, 2015	India	Jagran Lake City University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities

*The names of the countries/regions and awarding organizations are those at the time of the award.

Award Date	Country/region name	Name of the awarding organization	Title Name
January 22, 2016	India	Barkatullah University, Bhopal	Honorary Doctor of Letters
March 12, 2016	Kyrgyzstan	Uzgen Technical and Pedagogical University	Honorary Doctorate
August 23, 2016	Argentina	National University of Tucuman	Honorary Doctorate
December 28, 2016	America	DePaul University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
March 28, 2017	Brazil	Federal University of Akure	Honorary Doctorate
June 22, 2017	China	Hunan University of Technology	Professor Emeritus
August 21, 2017	Peru	National University of San Marcos	Honorary Doctorate
August 24, 2017	Brazil	University of Valencia	Honorary Doctorate
October 10, 2017	Japan-Paraguay Relations	Japanese University	Honorary Doctor of Education
November 9, 2017	China	Hubei University	Professor Emeritus
January 25, 2018	Spain	University of Alcala	Honorary Doctor of Education
February 24, 2018	Argentina	University of Cuenca del Plata	Honorary Doctorate
March 2, 2018	Taiwan	Chihri University of Science and Technology	Professor Emeritus
March 3, 2018	Brazil	Jacarepagua Integrated University	Professor Emeritus
April 18, 2018	Argentina	University of Tierra del Fuego	Honorary Doctorate
June 13, 2018	Brazil	Federal University of Paraiba	Honorary Doctorate
June 21, 2018	Philippines	Cagayan State University	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
July 30, 2018	Taiwan	Chinese University	Professor Emeritus
October 23, 2018	China	Beijing Film Academy	Professor Emeritus
October 29, 2018	China	Huaiyin Normal College	Professor Emeritus
October 31, 2018	Argentina	Eastern University	Honorary Doctorate
June 11, 2019	Venezuela	Central University of Venezuela	Honorary Doctorate
August 2, 2019	Brazil	Federal University of Sergipe	Honorary Doctorate
August 21, 2019	Brazil	Federal University of Amazonas	Honorary Doctorate
August 24, 2019	Brazil	Federal University of Pernambuco	Honorary Doctorate
September 15, 2019	Argentina	National University of Jujuy	Professor Emeritus
September 23, 2019	India	Manav Rachana University	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
October 31, 2019	Uzbekistan	National University of Uzbekistan	Honorary Doctorate
November 7, 2019	China	Changchun Normal University	Professor Emeritus
November 21, 2019	India	Jaipur National University	Honorary Doctorate
November 22, 2019	India	Xavier University	Honorary Doctorate
February 27, 2020	Philippines	Mindanao State University	Honorary Doctorate in Educational Management
November 17, 2020	Brazil	Federal University of Piauí	Honorary Doctorate
December 4, 2021	Brazil	Federal University of Pernambuco	Honorary Doctorate
April 21, 2022	India	Birsa Agricultural University	Professor Emeritus
April 28, 2022	South Korea	Chungbuk National University	Honorary Doctorate of Education
May 14, 2022	America	University of Minnesota	Honorary Doctor of Humanities
April 5, 2023	India	Maharaja Surajmal Brij University	Honorary Doctorate of Letters
May 20, 2023	South Korea	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
June 9, 2023	Argentina	National University of Misiones, Argentina	Honorary Doctorate
June 10, 2023	Argentina	National University of Salta, Argentina	Honorary Doctorate
July 19, 2023	China	Hebei Foreign Language Institute	Lifetime Professor Emeritus title
July 28, 2023	Multiethnic State of Bolivia	University of Development and Innovation	Honorary Doctorate
August 26, 2023	Malaysia	New Era University	Honorary Doctorate of Letters
December 13, 2023	Paraguay	Ibero-American University	Honorary Doctorate

*The names of the countries/regions and awarding organizations are those at the time of the award.

Lectures at overseas universities and academic institutions

Date	Lecture venue	title
April 1974	University of California, Los Angeles (USA)	"Proposals for the 21st Century: The Century of Humanity"
May 1975	Moscow State University (Russia)	"A New Path for East-West Cultural Exchange"
April 1980	Peking University (China)	In search of a new image of the people
March 1981	University of Guadalajara (Mexico)	"Mexican Poetic Thoughts"
May 1981	Sofia University (Bulgaria)	"In Search of Green Space Where East and West Meet"
June 1983	University of Bucharest (Romania)	"At the Crossroads of Civilization"
June 1984	Peking University (China)	"The Royal Road to Peace: My Thoughts"
June 1984	Fudan University (China)	"Humans are the driving force behind history"
June 1989	The Academy of France (France)	"Art and Spirituality in the East and West"
March 1990	University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)	"The pulse of globalism resonates in the land of fusion"
May 1990	Peking University (China)	"The Path of Education: A Bridge of Culture - My Thoughts"
January 1991	University of Macau (Macau)	In search of a new consciousness of humanity
April 1991	University of the Philippines (Philippines)	Peace and Business
September 1991	Harvard University (USA)	"The Age and Philosophy of Soft Power"
January 1992	Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)	"The Chinese Humanist Tradition"
February 1992	Gandhi Memorial (India)	"Toward a War-Free World: Gandhism and the Modern Age"
June 1992	Ankara University (Türkiye)	"From the Cradle of Civilization: A New Silk Road"
October 1992	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)	"The 21st Century and East Asian Civilization"
January 1993	Claremont College (USA)	"In Search of a New Principle of Integration"
February 1993	Brazilian Academy of Letters (Brazil)	"The Morning of Hope for Human Civilization"
September 1993	Harvard University (USA)	"21st Century Civilization and Mahayana Buddhism"
January 1994	Shenzhen University (China)	"The Infinite Horizon of 'Humanism'"
May 1994	Moscow State University (Russia)	"Man - the Great Cosmos"
June 1994	University of Bologna (Italy)	"Leonardo's Eye and the Parliament of Man: Reflections on the Future of the United Nations"
January 1995	Hawaii East-West Center (USA)	"Security for Peace and Humankind"
June 1995	Ateneo Cultural and Academic Institute (Spain)	"The Dawn of 21st Century Civilization - Beyond Faust's Suffering"
November 1995	Tribhuvan University (Nepal)	"Looking up to the pinnacle of humanism: Shakyamuni living in the modern age"
June 1996	Simon Wiesenthal Center (USA)	"Tsunesaburo Makiguchi: A Life of Humanity and Justice"
June 1996	Columbia University (USA)	"A consideration towards education for global citizenship"
June 1996	University of Havana (Cuba)	"Building a Great Spiritual Bridge to a New Century"
October 1997	Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Affairs (India)	"Towards the Century of 'New Humanism'"
March 2007	University of Palermo (Italy)	"The Rise of Human Culture from the Crossroads of Civilizations"

Founder Daisaku Ikeda