Honorary doctorates
- Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Carl H. Hahn
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Dieter Schneider, University of Bochum, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (deceased April 2014)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Helmut Schlesinger, President of the German Central Bank (retired)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard Selten, University of Bonn (deceased August 2016)
- Prof. Amartya K. Sen, Harvard University, Cambridge, M.A., U.S.A.