An Honorary Fellow shall be a person who is distinguished by work in engineering, technology, science, or otherwise whom the Institution desires to honour.

Citations for Honorary Fellows (presented after 2001) can be found in the public area of the website in the April issues of engineering dimension.

Honorary Fellowships have been bestowed on the following people:

2008   M G Sturgeon
2007   G Davies
2007   J L Tallon
2006   H van der Heyden
2005   P Maire
2003   J Hood
2003   R P Smith (deceased)
2002   B Buckley
2002   G Paykel
2001   K A McIntosh
2001   G Page (deceased)
2000   G Thornton
1999   C J Maiden
1998   G W Batts
1997   Sir Angus Tait (deceased)
1996   Sir Edmund Hillary (deceased)
1995   J Britten (deceased)
1995   T W Schnackenberg
1993   M D Earle
1990   Prince Philip
1985   R D Northey
1981   C Segedin (deceased)
1965   W H Pickering (deceased)
1962   Lord Cobham (deceased)
1949   R Stradling (deceased)
1947   P Dunsheath (deceased)