This is a list of awards given to Desmond Tutu.
| Year | Award | Place |
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| 1978 | Honorary Doctorate of Divinity | General Theological Seminary, United States of America |
| Fellow of King's College London | London, England |
| Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law | University of Kent, England |
| 1979 | Honorary Doctorate of Laws | Harvard University, United States of America |
| 1980 | Prix d'Athene | Onassis Foundation, Greece |
| 1981 | Honorary Doctorate of Theology | Ruhr University, Bochum, West Germany |
| Honorary Doctorate of Divinity | University of Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Newsmaker of the year | Southern African Society of Journalists, South Africa |
| 1982 | Honorary Doctorate of Sacred Theology | Columbia University, United States of America |
| 1983 | Family of Man Gold Medal Award |
| 1984 | Martin Luther King Junior Humanitarian Award | United States of America |
| Nobel Peace Prize | Oslo, Norway |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | Saint Paul's College, Virginia, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Laws | Claremont Graduate University, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Sacred Theology | Dickinson College, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | Howard University, United States of America |
| 1985 | Freedom of The City | Florence, Italy |
| 1986 | Freedom of The City | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| Magubela prize for liberty |
| 1987 | Freedom of The City | Durham, England |
| Pacem in Terris Award | United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Laws | University of the West Indies, West Indies |
| 1988 | Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape | Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1989 | Third World Prize (jointly) |
| 1990 | Freedom of The City | Lewisham, England |
| Freedom of The City | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Honorary Degree | Oxford University, England |
| Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters | University of Missouri-Kansas City, United States of America |
| 1991 | Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences | Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1992 | Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award |
| 1993 | Honorary Doctorate | Albion College, Albion, Michigan, USA |
| 1994 | Doctor of Laws (honoris causa)[1] | The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
| 1995 | Chaplain and Sub-Prelate of Venerable Order of Saint John | International |
| 1996 | Order for Meritorious Service Award (Gold) | South Africa |
| Archbishop of Canterbury's Award for Outstanding Service to the Anglican Communion | Lambeth Palace, England |
| 1997 | Humanitarian Award | African Times, New York, United States of America |
| Bill of Rights Award | American Civil Liberation Union Fund, United States of America |
| ROBIE award | Jackie Robinson Foundation, New York, United States of America |
| 1998 | Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur | France |
| Four Freedoms Award | Middelburg, The Netherlands |
| Honorary Degree | Bishop's University, Canada |
| 1999 | Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award | United States of America |
| Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Germany |
| Dedicatee of the Annual Survey of American Law | New York University School of Law, United States of America |
| Order for Meritorious Service (Gold) | South Africa |
| Sydney Peace Prize | Sydney, Australia |
| Freedom of the City | Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Honorary Doctorate of Divinity | University of Cambridge, England |
| Honorary Doctorate | Florida International University, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate | University of Hull, England |
| Wilberforce Medal | England |
| 2000 | Delta Prize for Global Understanding | Atlanta, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Laws | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Honorary Degree | Yale University, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Divinity | University of Trinity College, Canada |
| Honorary Doctorate of Laws | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humanities | Seattle University, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate | Pompeu Fabra University, Spain |
| Honorary Doctorate of Laws | Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada |
| Honorary Degree | University of Oklahoma, United States of America |
| Athenagoras Prize for Human Rights | Chicago, United States of America |
| 2001 | One room named for Desmond Tutu at Southwark Cathedral[2] | London, England |
| Honorary Degree | Fort Hare University, South Africa |
| 2002 | Honorary Doctorate | Vaal University of Technology, South Africa |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | University of Washington, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate | Potchefstroom University, South Africa |
| Honorary Doctorate of Theology | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award | Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America |
| 2003 | International Advocate for Peace Award | Cardozo School of Law, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters[3] | Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Laws | Rhodes University, South Africa |
| Golden Plate Award | Academy of Achievement, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Divinity | Willamette University, United States of America |
| Père Marquette Discovery Award | Marquette University, United States of America |
| James Parks Morton Interfaith Award | Interfaith Center of New York, United States of America |
| 2004 | Desmond Tutu HIV Centre founded | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Honorary Doctorate | Warsaw University, Poland |
| Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace founded | Liverpool Hope University, England |
| Honorary Doctorate of Laws | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 2005 | Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award | New York City, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | Berea College, United States of America |
| Gandhi Peace Prize | India |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | University of North Florida, United States of America |
| Desmond Tutu TB Centre founded | Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | Fordham University, United States of America |
| Desmond Tutu Education Center founded | General Theological Seminary, United States of America |
| Chartered Institute of Public Relations' President's Medal | Harrogate, England |
| Honorary Doctorate | Ghent University, Belgium |
| 2006 | Union Medal | Union Theological Seminary, United States of America |
| Light of Truth Award from the International Campaign for Tibet | Brussels, Belgium |
| Desmond Tutu Centre for the ARROW Project founded | Plymouth, England |
| Honorary Doctorate in Public Service | The College of William & Mary, United States of America |
| Gandhi King Ikeda Community Builders Prize | Morehouse College, United States of America |
| King Hussein Prize | New York, United States of America |
| 2007 | Honorary Doctorate in Education | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa |
| Alumnus of the Year | King's College London, England |
| Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award | James Madison University, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Laws | University of Ulster, Northern Ireland |
| Profiles in Courage Award[4] | Danish Kennedy Society, Denmark |
| Honorary Fellowship | Guild of Church Musicians, London, England |
| Tutu Foundation UK launched[5] | London, England |
| Marion Doenhoff Prize for International Reconciliation and Understanding | Germany |
| Washington National Cathedral Prize for Advancement in Religious Understanding | Washington, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | University of Pittsburgh, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters | Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate | Wheelock College, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate of Humanities | James Madison University, United States of America |
| Honorary Doctorate | Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Giuseppe Motta Medal[6] | Geneva Institute for Democracy and Development, Switzerland |
| 2008 | OUTSPOKEN Award | International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, San Francisco, United States of America |
| Lincoln Leadership Prize | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, Chicago, United States of America |
| J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding | United States Department of State, United States of America |
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| 2009 | [https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS153163+10-Feb-2009+PRN20090210/ Spiritual Leadership Award] | Humanity's Team, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Honorary'>Doctorate in Theology | Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Vienna, Austria |
| Honorary Doctorate of Theology[7] | University of Vienna, Austria |
| Honorary Doctorate | University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| Honorary Doctorate | Bangor University, Wales |
| Presidential Medal of Freedom | United States of America |
| 2010 | The Juliet Hollister Awards | New York, USA |
| Bynum Tudor Fellow[8] | Kellogg College, Oxford, England |
| 2011 | Global Treasure Award of the Skoll Foundation | Oxford, England |
| 2014 | International Catalonia Prize[9] | Barcelona, Catalonia |
| 2015 | Honorary Companion of Honour (CH) | Commonwealth realms |
| 2017 | Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John (GCStJ)[10] | Commonwealth realms |
1. ^{{cite web |url=http://about.anu.edu.au/profile/history/honorary-graduates |title=Honorary graduates |author= |date=3 May 2013 |website=About ANU |publisher=The Australian National University |accessdate=6 May 2013}}
2. ^Nelson Mandela pays tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, BBC, 28 April 2001.
3. ^{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Lindsay|title=Tutu offers peaceful words of inspiration|url=http://org.elon.edu/pendulum/Issues/2003/040303/News/Tutu.html|work=Elon Pendulum|accessdate=25 May 2012}}
4. ^Desmond Tutu receives Danish award {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210115052/http://www.amblondon.um.dk/en/menu/TheEmbassy/News/DesmondTutuReceivesDanishAward.htm |date=10 December 2007 }}
5. ^Tutu Foundation UK
6. ^Giuseppe Motta Medal Website {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222040927/http://motta.gidd.eu.org/ |date=22 February 2014 }}
7. ^Desmond Tutu to receive an honorary doctorate by the University of Vienna - website of the University of Vienna
8. ^{{cite web| title=Archbishop Desmond Tutu | publisher=Kellogg College | url=http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/discover/people/archbishop-desmond-tutu/ | accessdate= 22 July 2018}}
9. ^Desmond Tutu, guardonat amb el Premi Internacional Catalunya 2014 324.cat, 8-05-2014 {{ca}}
10. ^{{London Gazette |issue=2871020 |page=1120 |date=21 September 2017}}