Recipients of the UTS Distinguished Service Award are listed below. Qualifications are those advised at time of conferral, unless advised later.
| Larissa Behrendt AO, LLB BJuris (UNSW), LLM SJD (Harvard), FASSA, FAHA, FAAL | 2023 |
| Beverley Bosman, BA(Hons) (Monash), MBA (NSWIT) | 2022 |
| Alan Brady, BSurv, MSurvSc, GradDipHigherEd (UNSW), MISAust | 2008 |
| Michelle Callen, BA, MA (St And) | 2022 |
| Margaret Connolly | 2023 |
| Mary Coupland, BSc, DipEd, MEd (Sydney), PhD (W'gong) | 2024 |
| Ken Doyle, BA, MA (Sydney), PhD (Nebraska) | 2023 |
| Jenny Edwards, BSc(Hons), PhD (Sydney) | 2015 |
| Jane Hall AO, BA (Macq), PhD (Sydney), FASSA | 2022 |
| Patrick Healy, BE (NUI), DIC, MSc (Lond), MBA (UNSW), MIEAust, MAIPM | 2008 |
| Rosemary Johnston AM, DipEd, BA (Sydney), MA, PhD (Macq) | 2019 |
| Rob Lynch, DipPhysEd (W’gong TC), BEd(Hons), MEd (UWA), PhD (Ill) | 2016 |
| Danielle McCartney, BArch (UNSW), MPhil (EnvDesign) (Camb) | 2024 |
| Maureen McMahon | 2009 |
| Tony Moon OAM, PhD (Melb), FAIP | 2013 |
| Tom O’Sullivan, BA (Sydney), LLB (ANU), SnrExecDevProg (UNSW) | 2011 |
| Glenn Rabbitt, BArch (UTS), MUrbanDevDesign (UNSW) | 2018 |
| Peter Ralph, BAppSc (NSWIT), MAIBiol, PhD (UTS) | 2022 |
| Brett Smout, BA(Psych)(Hons) (Macq), PhD (Sydney), MAPS | 2019 |
| Joan Tranter, DipTeachAdultEd, GradDipAdultEd (ITATE) | 2012 |
| Jonathan Tyler, BCom (UNSW), PhD (UTS), FCA | 2022 |
| Stephen Wallace | 2008 |
| Jacqueline Wise, MMgmt (Mktg) (MGSM), MA (UTS) | 2022 |