In 2008, Bassil was awarded an honorary doctoral degree "Doctorate Honoris Causa" in the humanities by the Lebanese American University (LAU),[REF][REF] and in 2010 the Université Saint-Esprit Kaslik (USEK) awarded him an honorary degree "Doctorate Honoris Causa" in Business.
Throughout his professional career, he received many honorary distinctions, among them the Order of the Crown awarded by H.M. King Albert II of Belgium; and Knight in the Order of St. Gregory the Great, awarded by Pope John Paul II.