To date, the title of Honorary Professor of NCU has been awarded to:
prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kus of Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics (2015)
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Łaszewski of Faculty of Law and Administration (2015)
prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Wincławski of Faculty of Humanities (2015)
prof. dr hab. Mieczysława Czerwionka-Szaflarska of Collegium Medicium Faculty of Medicine (2016)
prof. dr hab. Marian Filar of Faculty of Law and Administration (2016)
prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Tyburski of Faculty of Humanities (2016)
prof. dr hab. Jan Pręgowski of Faculty of Fine Arts (2017)
dr hab. Andrzej Jamiołkowski, prof. UMK of Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics (2017)
prof. dr hab. Ireneusz Mikołajczyk of Faculty of Languages (2018)
prof. dr hab. Roman Ossowski of Collegium Medicum Faculty of Health Sciences (2018)
prof. dr hab. Stanisław Salmonowicz of Faculty of Law and Administration (2018)
prof. dr hab. Janusz Tondel of Faculty of Historical Sciences (2019)
prof. dr hab. Andrzej Kowalczyk of Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics (2019)
prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Goździewicz of Faculty of Law and Administration (2020)
prof. dr hab. Wiesław Kozak of Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences (2020)
prof. Andrzej Nowicki of Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science (2020)
prof. dr hab. Jarosław Zaremba of Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics (2021)
prof. dr hab. Halina Kaczmarek of Faculty of Chemistry (2021)
prof. dr hab. Mirosław Bączyk of Faculty of Law and Administration (2025)
prof. dr hab. Edward Szłyk of Faculty of Chemistry (2025 r.)
prof. dr hab. Jerzy Witold Wiśniewski of Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management (2025)
prof. dr hab. Jerzy Łukaszewicz of Faculty of Chemistry and Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies (2026)