In 2021, SDU has awarded the honorary doctorate to the following researchers:
- Professor Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
- Professor and Dr. Herbert Obinger, BIGSSS, University of Bremen.
- Professor Barbara Caputo, Politecnico Torino.
- Professor og Dr. Jennifer Dressman, Fraunhofer ITMP.
- Professor Yasmin B. Kafai, Learning Science, University of Pennsylvania.