text: Besides receiving over at least 61 awards during his career, Cardona held eleven honorary doctorates. Some notable honors include:
  * 1964 American Physical Society, Fellow
  * 1982 Narcís Monturiol Medal, Government of Catalonia
  * 1984 Frank Isakson Prize, American Physical Society
  * 1984 Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science
  * 1984 Corresponding Member, Royal Academy of Sciences of Barcelona
  * 1987 Member, National Academy of Sciences of the USA
  * 1987 Grand Cross of Alfonso X el Sabio, Spain
  * 1988 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, named after the Crown Prince of Spain
  * 1991 Member, Academia Europaea
  * 1994 Max Planck Research Prize, shared with E. E. Haller, Berkeley
  * 1995 Corresponding Member, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
  * 1997 John Wheatley Award, American Physical Society
  * 1999 Ernst Mach Medal, Prague
  * 2001 Nevill Mott Medal and Prize
  * 2003 Matteucci Medal by the Accademia nazionale delle scienze, Italy
  * 2009 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
  * 2011 Vernadsky Gold Medal of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  * 2012 Paul Klemens Award, Phonons Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
  * 2012 Luis Federico Leloir Prize, Argentina