Members or honorary members of major non-US national or international academies, and recipients of awards from non-US governments.
| Award and Name | Department | Year of Award |
| Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences award, in the category of Comparative Literature and Literary Translation | ||
| Nabil Matar | English | 2017 |
| Royal Society of London | ||
| David Tilman | Ecology, Evolution & Behavior | 2017 |
| Royal Society of Canada | ||
| Zhi-Quan Luo | Physics & Astronomy | 2014 |
| Honorary Doctor, Research Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences | ||
| P. Patrick Cleary | Microbiology & Immunology | 2013 |
| Officer of the Legion of Honor, France | ||
| Charles Fairhurst | Civil Engineering | 2013 |
| Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences | ||
| Gary B. Cohen | History | 2011 |
| Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences | ||
| Tryphon Georgiou | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2011 |
| Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters | ||
| Douglas N. Arnold | Mathematics | 2009 |
| Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences | ||
| Helga Leitner | Geography | 2007 |
| Hungarian Academy of Sciences | ||
| A. Saari Csallany | Food Science & Nutrition | 2007 |
| International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science | ||
| Donald G. Truhlar | Chemistry | 2006 |
| Royal Academy of History, Spain | ||
| Carla Rahn Phillips | History | 2005 |
| William D. Phillips | History | 2005 |
| Academy of Athens | ||
| Apostolos Georgopoulos | Neuroscience | 2005 |
| European Academy of Sciences | ||
| Efi Foufoula-Georgiou | Civil Engineering | 2003 |
| Polish Academy of Sciences | ||
| E. Bruce Lee | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2000 |
| Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom | ||
| Richard J. Goldstein | Mechanical Engineering | 1999 |
| Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences | ||
| Avner Friedman | Mathematics | 1998 |
| Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala (Sweden) | ||
| Dennis Hejhal | Mathematics | 1997 |
| Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan | ||
| Iraj Bashiri | Slavic & Central Asian Languages & Literature | 1997 |
| Finnish Academy of Sciences | ||
| James Serrin | Mathematics | 1995 |
| National Academy of Engineering of Mexico | ||
| Richard J. Goldstein | Mechanical Engineering | 1991 |
| Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters | ||
| Edgar Reich | Mathematics | 1980 |
| Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences | ||
| Charles Fairhurst | Civil Engineering | 1979 |