When I looked up the word "confer" I found these example sentences:

"The university conferred a degree on him"

"A degree was conferred on him by the University"

What if I need to say about "him" first? I couldn't find if the following is correct:

"He was conferred with a degree by the university"

Is it correct? If not, what verb should I use to keep the sense and the order of the words in the sentence above?