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14.1 Honorary awards | 14.2 Determination of recipients | 14.3 Rescission of honorary award

14.1 Honorary awards

14.1.1 Council has determined that there shall be the following honorary awards:

(1) Honorary Doctor of Business (HonDBus);

(2) Honorary Doctor of Creative Arts (HonDCA);

(3) Honorary Doctor of Design (HonDDes);

(4) Honorary Doctor of Education (HonDEdu);

(5) Honorary Doctor of Engineering (HonDEng);

(6) Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences (HonDHlthSc);

(7) Honorary Doctor of Laws (HonLLD);

(8) Honorary Doctor of Letters (HonLittD);

(9) Honorary Doctor of Science (HonDSc);

(10) Honorary Doctor of Technology (HonDTech);

(11) Honorary Doctor of the University (HonDUniv);

(12) Fellow of the University;

(13) UTS Distinguished Service Award;

(14) Emeritus awards.

14.2 Determination of recipients

14.2.1 Council may, on the recommendation of the Honorary Awards Committee, the Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor, resolve to confer an honorary award upon a person who has satisfied the criteria determined by Council as being appropriate to the specific award in question.

14.2.2 Such determination shall be in accordance with the Honorary Titles and Awards Policy approved by Council from time to time.

14.3 Rescission of honorary award

14.3.1 In exceptional circumstances, Council may rescind the conferral of an honorary award.

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses now stand. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands. 

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