Honorary fellowship of the College is by direct nomination using a Cook College of Dentists CD(CK) Honorary Fellowship Nomination form by current Fellows of the College, a short resume of no more than Five pages for the nominated candidate.

Current Fellows of the College nominating others for a honorary fellowship should be aware that their nominee(s) should have made an outstanding contribution either to dental or general science or literature and/or should have given exceptional service in a non-dental capacity to the college, science or practice of medicine.

The Council may nominate others as Fellows of the College, if the following persons meet these requirements

• Persons holding a dental qualification, but are not Members of the College, who have distinguished themselves in the practice of Dentistry, or in the pursuit of Dental or General Science or Literature and who have been previously nominated by the Council as specially eligible. No more than ten such persons shall be elected Fellows in any one year, unless in exceptional circumstances.
• Honorary Fellowships of the College may be bestowed on persons of eminence, who do not necessarily hold a dental qualification, but have rendered exceptional services to the Science or Practice of Dentistry.
• Only current fellows of the College can make a nomination using the honorary Fellowship Nomination form and submitted to cdck@jcmumed.org
• To nominate for honorary fellowship please write the College cdck@jcmumed.org to get started.
• Resume's of greater than five pages will not be accepted and candidates may fail to progress to submission.

In any one annual cycle from 2025, no more than 10 honorary fellowships will be allocated.

All proposals for honorary fellowships need to be received by 1 June to be considered by the July Fellowship Council at which honorary fellowships will be elected.

Honorary fellowships will not be considered at any other point in the year.