SDU har i 2017 tildelt æresdoktorgraden til følgende:
- Professor Steven N. Blair, University of South Carolina.
- Professor Alison J. Clarke, Universität für angewandte Kunst, Wien.
- Professor Carol V. Robinson, University of Oxford.
- Professor S. Tamer Cavusgil, Georgia State University.
- Professor Yves Demazeau, the National Center for Scientific Research.