UMA awards honorary doctorate to MIT professor Emilio José Castilla Fernández

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The University of Málaga holds this Tuesday, October 20, at 12.30 hours, the investiture as doctor honoris causa of the economist and sociologist Emilio José Castilla Fernández, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The ceremony can be followed live.

FJCG · Published on October 20, 2026 at 11:36

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The investiture ceremony is held this Tuesday, October 20, from 12.30 hours in the Assembly Hall of the Rectorate building of the University of Málaga (UMA). The event recognises the career of Emilio José Castilla Fernández, economist and sociologist, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in the study of economic sociology and of organisations.

Who takes part

The event will be presided over by the rector, Teodomiro López. The laudatio, the speech of praise for the honoree, will be given by the investiture sponsor, Cristina Quintana García, professor in the Department of Business Organisation and Marketing at UMA.

How to follow it

The ceremony can be followed live on the institutional YouTube channel and on the UMA website.

What an honoris causa is

The honorary doctorate is an honorary title that a university grants to eminent people who have stood out in a professional field, without it being necessary for them to have completed a specific degree, according to the definition given in the Wikipedia encyclopedia.

The event

Date: Tuesday, October 20.
Time: 12.30.
Place: Assembly Hall of the Rectorate building of UMA.
Broadcast: institutional YouTube channel and UMA website.