1954 - Laurea in Philosophy at the University of Torino. 1961 - Libero Docente in Aesthetics. 1975 - Ordinario di Semiotica at the University of Bologna. 1985 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Katolieke Universiteit, Leuven. 1986 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Odense University, Danmark. 1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Loyola University, Chicago. 1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, State University of New York. 1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Royal College of Arts, London. 1988 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Brown University. 1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle. 1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Liège. 1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Sofia. 1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Glasgow. 1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 1992 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Kent University, Canterbury 1993 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Indiana University. 1994 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Tel-Aviv. 1994 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Buenos Aires 1995   Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Athens 1995 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Laurentian University at Sudbury (Ontario) 1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw 1996   Doctor Honoris Causa, University Ovidius, Constanta. 1996   Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Santa Clara (California) 1996   Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Tartu 1997 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Grenoble 1997 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. 1998   Doctor Honoris Causa, Lomonosov University of Moscow. 1998   Doctor Honoris Causa, Freie Universität, Berlin. 2000   Doctor Honoris Causa, Université du Quebec, Montreal 2001   Doctor Honoris Causa, Open University 2002   Doctor Honoris Causa, Rutgers University 2002   Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Jerusalem 2002   Doctor Honoris Causa, Università di Siena 2004   Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Franche Comté, Besançon 2005   UCLA Medal