Academic dress

Academic dressis a traditional form ofclothingforacademicsettings, mainlytertiary(and sometimessecondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained auniversity degree(or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate students at certain old universities).It is also known asacademical dress,academicals,oracademic regalia.

Adoctor of philosophyof theUniversity of Oxford,in full academic dress

Academic dress of King's College Londonin different colours, designed and presented by fashion designerVivienne Westwood

Contemporarily, it is commonly seen only atgraduationceremonies, but formerly academic dress was, and to a lesser degree in manyancient universitiesstill is, worn daily. Today, the ensembles are distinctive in some way to each institution, and generally consist of agown(also known as arobe) with a separatehood,and usually a cap (generally either asquare academic cap,atam,or abonnet). Academic dress is also worn by members of certainlearned societiesand institutions as official dress.

Overview and history

Erasmus of Rotterdamin a functional warm scholar's robe, fur-lined dark wool

The academic dress found in most universities in theCommonwealth of Nationsand theUnited Statesis derived from that of the universities ofOxfordandCambridge,which was a development of academic and clerical dress common throughout themedieval universitiesofEurope.This overgarment had the practical purpose of keeping a scholar warm while they were sitting, immobile, or studying.

Formal or sober clothing is typically worn beneath the gown so, for example, men would often wear a darksuitwith a whiteshirtand atie,orclerical clothing,militaryor civiluniform,ornational dress,and women would wear equivalent attire. Some older universities, particularly Oxford and Cambridge, have a prescribed set of dress (known assubfusc) to be worn under the gown. Although some universities are relaxed about what people wear under their gowns, it is nevertheless considered bad form to be incasual wearor the like during graduation ceremonies, and a number of universities may bar finishing students from joining the procession or the ceremony itself if not appropriately dressed(though this sometimes refers only to requiring the proper wear of academic dress and not what is worn beneath it, if unseen). In the Commonwealth, gowns are worn open, while in the United States, with a few exceptions, it has become common for gowns to close at the front, as did the originalroba.

Materials

In general, the materials used for academic dress are heavily influenced by the climate where the academic institution is located, or the climate where the graduate will usually be wearing the costume (as a faculty member at another institution, for example). In either case, the American Council of Education (ACE) allows for the comfort of the wearer, and concedes that lighter materials be used in tropical climates, and heavier materials elsewhere.In addition, it acknowledges cotton poplin, broadcloth, rayon, or silk as appropriate.

The materials used for academic dress vary and range from the extremely economical to the very expensive. In the United States, most Bachelor and master's degree candidates are often presented the "souvenir"version of regalia by their institutions or authorized vendor, which are generally intended for very few wearings and are comparatively very inexpensive. For some doctoral graduates, commencement will be the only time they wear academic regalia, and so they rent their gowns instead of buying them. These rented or hired gowns are often made of inexpensivepolyesteror other human-made synthetic fibre. In Britain, rented gowns are almost always polyester whileRussell cord,silk, or artificial silk gowns are only available when bought. Undergraduate gowns are usually made from cotton or cotton and polyester mix and are relatively inexpensive to encourage students to own them.

People who choose to buy their dress may opt for finer fabrics, such aspoplin,grosgrain,percale,cotton,wool,cassimere,broadcloth,Russell cord, or corded/ribbed material. For silk, there are a range of types includingartificial silk/rayon,Ottoman(i.e. ribbed or corded silk),taffeta,satin,alpaca,truesilk,shot silk,or a mixture. Pure Ottoman silk is rarely used except for official gowns, as it is very expensive.Some gowns may be trimmed withgimp lace,cords, buttons, or other forms of decoration.

In the past,furhas been used to line certain hoods (especially those of the UK) which range fromrabbittoermine.In the past,sheepskinwas widely used. Most now use imitation fur, instead, mainly because of cost andanimal rightsconcerns. Some robe makers use fur if the customer requests and pays for it, as some feel that the quality and feel of artificial fur has yet to match that of real fur.

Doctor's robes usually use woolflannel,panama wool (worsted), superfine cloth,damask,orbrocade,and are brightly coloured (or black, but faced with a bright colour) to distinguish them from lower degrees. They tend to be the most expensive because they must be dyed in a specific colour and/or be trimmed in coloured silks. Many doctoral gowns have a special undress version so adding to the cost of a full set.

A full set may cost about US$360 (£180) for cheap materials to as much as $5800 (£2900) for high-quality materials.Usually, ex-hire gowns are available for purchase at cheaper prices, though the quality may be lower.

Many institutions whose dress includes gowns of varying lengths prescribe the appropriate length of each gown with reference to parts of the wearer's body (undergraduate gowns at Cambridge, for example, must not reach the knees, whereas BA gowns should reach just beyond them, according to the university's statutes).As such, suppliers of academic dress produce gowns in many different sizes to fit persons of different heights.

By country

Canada

Ceremonial robe ofMcGill University's principal and chief executive

McGill University'sscarlet,PhDregalia dates back to the early 19th century.

InCanada,academic regalia are worn by university officials, faculty, students, and honoured guests duringGraduationexercises (commonly referred to as Convocation), installations of their presiding officers, and special convocations, such as the inauguration of newly endowed professorial chairs and inductions to some of the honour and professional societies with university chapters. Academic regalia typically consist of a headgear (mortarboard,Tudor bonnet,orJohn Knox cap), robe, and hood. Until the 1930s, Canadian universities customarily prescribed academic robes for its professors and students at classes and lectures. At theUniversity of Trinity Collegeat the University of Toronto, academic gowns are still required for all students and faculty at Wednesday dinners, most college meetings, debates, and certain special college events.

Most Canadian universities follow or adopted either the British University academic dress atOxfordorCambridgeuniversities,or the Intercollegiate Code of Academic Costume ratified by most American universities in the late 1890s.Other universities contain elements of the British and American patterns for some or all of their academic costumes. A classic example is theacademic dress of McGill University,whose British origins are evident in the regalia of its degree holders. The distinctive ceremonial regalia ofMcGill Universityofficials, though, are closer to the American pattern for the master's robe with above-the-elbow, square, slit-cut sleeves. The scarlet, doctor of philosophy (PhD) regalia of McGill can now be worn closed-front, unlike the open-front only gown of the University of Cambridge higher doctoral full dress, from which it evolved. Gold strand tassels used in American doctoral regalia are wrapped around McGill's otherwise Tudor-style bonnet or tam.

France

Doctors of various faculties, Paris

InFrance,academic dress, also called thetoge(from the wordtoga,an ancient Roman garment), is similar to French judges' court dress, except for its colour, which depends on the academic field in which the wearer graduated. It is nowadays little worn, except by doctors during the opening of the university year or the ceremony for a doctoratehonoris causa.For doctors, it consists of:

• A long gown (a bit similar to a cassock) with a long row of buttons (traditionally, 33, but nowadays usually fewer) in front and a train at the back (which in the current costume is not visible but attached with a button in the inner side of the gown). The gown is in two colours: black and the standard colour of the academic field in which the wearer graduated (see below), withsimars(two vertical bands in the front of the gown).
• Anépitoge(epitoga): A piece of cloth with white fur stripes (three for doctors) attached by a button on the left shoulder, with a rectangular, long, thin tail in the front and a triangular, shorter, broad tail in the back (both tails carry the fur stripes); its colour is that of the relevant academic field. The epitoga has evolved from the academic hood, which explains why the French academic dress does not include a hood.
• A long, wide belt or sash, either black or of the colour of the relevant academic field, ended by fringes (which may be golden or of the same colour as the belt), and attached with a broad, ornamental knot.
• A whiterabat(jabot), over which a white tie may be worn for ceremonial occasions: It is made of lace for the dean of the faculty, the president of the university, and a few other officials, of plain cotton for others.
• Traditionally only for men, a mortarboard of the colour of the relevant academic field with a golden stripe, which is usually not worn but carried (since the academic dress in France is rarely worn outdoors, and men are not supposed to wear hats indoors), and often even omitted. Nowadays the practice is more relaxed, and the mortarboard is sometimes seen worn by women or worn indoor by men.
• In principle, a white bow tie (for men only; quite rarely seen) and white gloves (nowadays never used).

Professors who served 20 years are sometimes presented with a sword (identical model to that of French police commissars).

The colours of the various academic fields are daffodil (yellow) for literature and arts, amaranth (purplish red) for science, redcurrant (reddish pink) for medicine, scarlet red for law, and violet (purple) for theology. University rectors, chancellors or presidents wear also specific costumes, which are violet regardless of the academic field in which they graduated.

Field of graduation	Colour name	Colour aspect
Divinity (and all high officials regardless of the field)	Violet(Purple,specifically the Royal Purple shade)
Law (colour also worn by high magistrates)	Écarlate(Scarlet)
Medicine (and health-related fields)	Groseille(Redcurrant,a reddish shade of pink)
Science (exact and experimental)	Amaranthe(Amaranth)
Arts, literature, philosophy, humanities	Jonquille(Daffodil,a shade of yellow)

The dress exists in two versions: thepetit costume( "small costume" ) and thegrand costume( "great costume" ). Both are identical in form, and differ only in the presence or absence of the mortarboard and the repartition of colours on the gown and sash (the other elements of the dress, especially the epitoga, being identical for both):

• for thepetit costume,the gown is all black, except the simarras which are of the colour of the academic field; the buttons are black; the sash and its fringes moiré black; the mortarboard is usually not worn;
• for thegrand costume,the gown is black between the simarras, which are moiré black, and of the colour of the academic field on the sides and on the sleeves, except their turn-ups, which are black; the buttons are of the colour of the academic field; the sash is of the colour of the academic field, its fringes may be either the same colour or gold.

In formal occasions, thegrand costumeis equivalent towhite tie,whereas thepetit costumeis equivalent toblack tie.

Germany

Academic robes of theFree University of Berlin

German academic dress generally consists of gown and cap. Nowadays, if in use at all, it is only found at special occasions, such as public processions, inaugurations of rectors, and graduation ceremonies. Historically, only the rectors, deans, professors, and lecturers wore academic dress—not students or graduates. Each German university had its own system of colours and drapings to signifyfacultymembership and position in the university hierarchy.

The gown of the German academic dress is called "Talar" (with the accent on the second "a": talár; from Latintalarewhich meansto the ankles). It can be traced back to the everyday clothes of the scholars in the Middle Ages. The same wordTalaris also used for the robes of Protestant (Lutheran) pastors and rabbis (not for judges or lawyers, their gowns are called "Robe" ), although these gowns often differ more or less in cut, length, drapings, and sometimes even in colour (the gowns of theGerman Supreme Courtare, e.g., completely dark red).

The professorialTalarcan be described as a long black gown with wide sleeves, often with lapels in faculty colour, while deans wear aTalarcompletely in faculty colour. Rectors typically have a distinguished, more elaborateTalar,e.g., made of velvet, coloured in red, or with gold embroidery.At some universities, the rector additionally wears achain of officeand, at some occasions, carries ascepter.The cap that accompanies theTalaris calledBarett.As is the case with theTalar,which type of cap is used varies by university as well. Historically, caps made of soft materials rather than the square academic cap are common. The colour of theBarettmatches theTalar.

After theGerman student movement,following the years of 1967 all West German universities dropped their academic dress because they were identified with right-winged conservatism and reactionism by the partly socialist influenced students at that time: The famous slogan "Unter den Talaren – Muff von 1000 Jahren" (beneath the gowns thefugof 1000 years) refers not to the old traditions of the Middle Ages, but especially to the Nazi regime and their self-declared "empire of 1000 years".In East Germany, which was a communist one-party state,Talarewere abolished by law at about the same time. After East Germany began to dissolve in 1989, several universities, particularlyUniversity of Rostock,University of Greifswald,University of Jena,andUniversity of Halle-Wittenberg,resurrected lost traditions including theTalarfor officials. Some traditional universities in West German states have since followed, such asUniversity of Heidelberg.

Since 2005, some universities introduced centrally organized graduation ceremonies for students of all faculties where academic dress is worn, most notablyUniversity of Bonn,Chemnitz University of Technology,andRWTH Aachen(only cap andstole).The graduates' dress usually consists of a simple black gown, asquare academic cap,and possibly a stole in faculty colour. At most other universities, faculties are responsible for organizing graduation ceremonies individually. Some faculties have decided for wearing academic dress at their ceremonies as well, e.g., the Faculty of Law atUniversity of Marburgand the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration atGoethe University Frankfurt.This practice is commonly understood as following Anglo-American examples rather than reviving old traditions.

India

Prime Minister of IndiaNarendra Modi,a graduating student, and the Chancellor ofBanaras Hindu University,Dr.Karan Singhat the university's 2016 convocation ceremonies

Indian universities followedUnited Kingdom robe and gown systemuntil 2013whenBanaras Hindu Universityreplaced it with Indian traditional dress ofKurta,Dhoti,Pyajamafor men andSareefor women, which led to students at other universities demanding similar dresses.Slowly Indian universities started replacing the robes and gowns with traditional dresses. In 2019, India'sUniversity Grants Commissionformally issued a circular to all public and private universities to opt for Indian traditional dress made ofIndian handloom.

Indian universities today prescribeKurta,Pyajamafor male students andSareeorSalwar Suitfor women.

Indonesia

Common type of Indonesian academic regalia with color-coded cape and pentagon cap

In Indonesia, academic regalia, also called atogais only worn in graduation ceremonies. An Indonesian toga generally comes in three pieces of clothing: a gown, a cape or a hood, and a cap with tassel (pentagon-shapedmortarboard/bonnet). Other items are also worn during graduation ceremony such as amedallion,tippetoracademic stole.

There are four elements in Indonesian academic regalia:

• Gown– Indonesian academic gowns commonly come in black with a different color of trimming according to the field of study/faculty. In general they are long gowns with bell sleeves. There are some distinctive differences for each academic degree: for example, the length of undergraduate gown is usually below knee; for master's degrees, the gown is longer than undergraduate; and for doctoral degrees, the gown has avelvetpanel (orvelourfor fabric substitution) on the front and sleeve.
• Cape or Hood– In most universities capes are commonly used for undergraduates/bachelor's degree students, meanwhile hoods are commonly used for graduate students (master/doctoral) and academic staff. A cape/hood is also colour-coded according to the field of study/faculty.
• Cap– For undergraduate and master's degrees a mortarboard is worn. Unlike most academic caps, which are square in shape, the Indonesian cap is usually pentagonal. Another type of cap like Tudor bonnet is generally worn by doctoral students, although in some universities likePadjadjaran Universitythe bonnet is worn for all academic degrees.
• Tassel– In most universities, before the commencement ceremony, undergraduates' tassel are placed on the left position, and during the graduation procession students receive their degree scroll/diploma and then move their tassel to the right. Tassels are also color-coded.

Italy

The MagnificusRectorof thePaviaUniversityPlinio Fraccaro,wearing gown and academic cap, welcomes thePresident of RepublicLuigi Einaudi,13 April 1955.

InItalythere are several differences among the typical academic dress (gowns,academic caps,etc.) of the different universities, due to the great number of ancient universities in the country (for example theUniversity of Bologna,University of Pavia,University of Padua,University of Pisa,University of Siena,University of Florence,University of Rome,etc.). Usually gowns are worn only by professors during ceremonies and, in some faculties, during graduations. After thestudent protests of 1968many professors in many universities had stopped wearing academical gowns also in the formal occasions but since the 1990s people have started to use them again, mostly inhumanities faculties.Furthermore, also students have started to wear gowns and cap in graduation ceremonies (usually for PhD) in some universities.Gowns are traditionally all hemmed with the colours of faculty, which have some variations following the tradition of each atheneum.However the most widely used table of colours is the following

Faculty	Colour	Sample
Humanities	White
ArchitectureandEngineering	Black
Economics	Yellow
Law	Blue
Pharmacy	Maroon
Political science	Lilac
Education	Pink
Medicine and Surgery	Red
Veterinary medicine	Violet
Natural science	Green
Psychology	Grey
Sociology	Orange

Malaysia

In Malaysia, most public university academic gowns incorporateSongketmotifs, apart from being influenced by the academic dress system in the United Kingdom which incoporates Tudor bonnets for doctorates and mortarboard for Masters and Bachelor's Degrees holder. For instance, the academic dress of theUniversity of Malayais based on the academic dress of theUniversity of Oxford,which the academic dress for Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree and Doctorate are inspired from those of the University of Oxford's Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy respectively. Some university chancellors who were royal heads of state usually incoporates yellow-colour academic gown to denote their royal status. Certain universities, especiallyUniversiti Teknologi MARA,Universiti Utara Malaysia,National Defence University of MalaysiaandUniversiti Malaysia Kelantanincludes an academic sash as academic regalia specifically for first class bachelor's degree holders. However, academic dresses are rarely worn and usually worn during convocation ceremonies, professorship lectures. and inanugration ceremonies.

University	Design	Dress Colour	Colours denoting faculty/Academic ranks?	Academic hat	Academic sash used?
University of Malaya	Closed-front and based on theUniversity of Oxfordacademic dress for graduands. Closed-front withSongketmotif for university staffs	Dark Blue Deep Red (Inanugural lecturer and honorary degree holder)	Yes, Hood, Elongated stripes (Postgraduate diploma holders), songket motif and Tassel (Ph.D)	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet	No
National University of Malaysia	Closed-front withSongketmotif	Varying according to faculty, degree	Yes, see Dress colour	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet	No
Univeristy of Science Malaysia	Open-front gown	Purple	Yes, Hood	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet	No
Universiti Putra Malaysia	Closed-front withSongketmotif (Vary according to academic level)	Maroon	Yes, Hood	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet	No
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Closed-front withSongketand university emblem motifs	Maroon	Yes, Songket lapel	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet	No
Universiti Teknologi MARA	Closed-front withSongketmotif	Black	Yes, Hood	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet,Songkok(Advanced diploma and academic staffs)	Yes
Universiti Utara Malaysia	Closed-front with yellow stripes (Bachelor's Degree and Postgraduare Diploma), Closed-front and elongated light blue stripes with paddy and university emblem motifs (Postgraduate degrees)	Blue (Academic Staff, Bachelor's Degree and Postgraduare Diploma) Dark Blue (Master's Degree) Black (Ph.D)	Yes, Hood	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet	Yes
Universiti Malaysia Sabah	Closed-front	Black	Yes, Hood	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet	No
National Defence University of Malaaysia	Closed-front withSongketmotif (postgraduate degrees) Closed-front with white elongated stripes	Red	Yes, Hood	Mortarboard, Tudor bonnet	Yes

Netherlands

At Dutch universities, academic dress does not come with a degree but with the incumbency of a professorial chair: only full, chaired professors wear thetogawith bib and beret. The beret is usually a soft cap, square or round and made of velvet; the gown (ankle-length, open in the front), is made of wool trimmed with velvet or silk It is traditionally black, as in the robes of early-modern humanists; some universities have gowns with wide slashed sleeves edged in faculty-specific colours, others have a decorated sleeve but without specific faculty colours. Recently established universities may show a greater variety of colours.

Academic dress is only worn on ceremonial occasions: the university anniversary ordies natalis,inaugural lectures, and the public defence of a doctoral thesis. On such occasions, the assembled professors line up as acortègeheaded by the universitybeadle,who also wears an academic gown and carries the university's mace. Male professors remove their beret when sitting down and put it on when standing up (e.g. to lecture or to address a doctoral candidate during the thesis defence). Female professors may keep the beret on at all times.

Academic dress may be completed by a chain of office (for the presiding Rector or Dean) or the insignia of honorary doctorates or royal orders (only worn at thedies natalis).

New Zealand

University graduates in New Zealand wear an academic gown identical to those of theUniversity of Cambridgeand either a hood or scarf, depending on whether the graduate is receiving a degree or diploma. If the graduate is receiving a degree, a hoodwill be worn throughout the ceremony. If a diploma is received, the graduate will wear a diploma scarf.

The hood, like the gown, is identical to that of the hood for the Cambridge Master of Arts. A Bachelor's degree hood is lined with coloured satin and bordered with white fur (the exception to this are Canterbury and Waikato University which do not line their hoods with fur). The bachelor's degree with Honours hood is lined with coloured satin and bordered with white satin. The master's degree hood has no edging. A doctoral degree recipient wears the same as a graduate receiving a master's degree, except the gown is completely silk, either black or scarlet, with the option to wear a cloth gown. A Doctoral hood is completely silk and the headdress is a black Tudor bonnet, in place of the flat-topped mortarboard worn with bachelor's and master's gowns.

Academic dress is rarely worn in New Zealand other than at formal academic events, such as by graduates and faculty at graduation ceremonies and teaching faculty at school prizegivings. Some traditional boys' high schools retain the tradition of the headmaster wearing a gown while leading assemblies. Undergraduates who live at College House at theUniversity of Canterburymust wear academic dress to dinner.

It is common for graduands to wear clothing or adornments significant to their culture at their graduation ceremony. For example, it is common to seeMāoristudents wearing a traditional cloak known askorowaiorkakahu huruhuruorPasifikastudents wearinglavalava,ta'ovalaand elaboratelei.

Below is a list of the general hood colours of graduates:

Faculty	Colour	Sample
Architecture	Lemon
Arts	Pink
BBIM	Apricot
Business Administration,MBA	Burgundy
Commerce	Orange
Dentistry	Violet
Economics	Copper
Education	Emerald,Coral
Engineering	Dark Violet
Fine Arts	Gold
Human Biology	Crimson
Law	Light Blue
Medicine	Lilac
Music	White
Nursing	Navy
Optometry	Blue Green
Performing Arts	Pink
Pharmacy	Grey Green
Philosophy	Dark Blue
Physical Education	Sage Green
Planning	Green
Property	Silver
Science	Dark Blue
Theology,Divinity	Kingfisher Blue,Forest Green,Violet Grey

Philippines

Most colleges and universities in the Philippines follow the traditionalmortarboard,hood and gown during graduation.

In some schools of the country, the colour of the gown corresponds to the school colour (Blue forColegio de San Juan de LetranandAteneo de Manila University,Green forFar Eastern University,and Red forSan Beda University).

Some schools, like theUniversity of Santo Tomas,due to their Spanish heritage, follow Spanish academic attire such as theacademic birettaandmozetta.The biretta and mozetta are worn by those from the Graduate School and the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. Graduates of the Bachelors' programs wear the traditional mortarboard, hood and gown. The professors of the university wear their academic regalia during the Missa de Apertura or the Opening Mass of the Academic Year aside from Solemn Investitures (graduation ceremonies) and other academic activities. The academic colours are unique to this university as these depend on the official color of the faculty or college a student or an academe belongs into.

A unique graduation garb worn at member universities of theUniversity of the Philippines Systemis the use of theSablay.TheSablaywas inspired from the Malong of Muslim Mindanao, giving it a Filipiniana look. It features the indigenousbaybayincharacters for "U" and "P".During the commencement ceremony, graduates wear theSablayat the right shoulder, it is then moved to the left shoulder after the President of the university confers their degree, "similar to the moving of the tassel of the academic cap." TheSablayis worn over traditional Filipino attire –barong tagalogfor men and Filipiniana dress for women. The garb was first worn at theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman.Other UP campuses followed suit.

Elementary and high school students also wear a certain kind of academic dress upon their graduation, usually a white gown and mortarboard for public schools. For private schools, the gown and mortarboard's color is at the discretion of the administration. There are several schools which make use of a hood-like design on top of their gowns which bears the school colors.

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  UP Dilimangraduates preparing for the march
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  UP Dilimangraduation ceremonies
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  TheRector Magnificus of the University of Santo TomasinManila,Philippines,in full Spanish academic attire, wearing theacademic birettaand themozettaover the Dominican habit

Poland

The wearing of traditional academic dress is an important feature of Polish educational ceremonies.

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Portugal

Portrait ofFernando Bissaya Barretowearing academic regalia. A scholar and politician, he was the founder ofPortugal dos PequenitosinCoimbra,Portugal.

Academic dress varies from university to university. In some situations, such as in doctoral exams, the hat is not used.

In Portugal, following an ancient tradition, university regular students also use a specific dressing. The "traje académico", as it is known in Portuguese, is recognized by its almost totally black color and cape. But other student dresses did exist, including the unique blue attire of the students of theUniversity of Algarve(UAlg) in use until at least to the 2010s.

Singapore

Academic dress for PhD inSingaporewith description

Academic dress for Masters inSingaporewith description

South Africa

Academic dress in South Africa varies from one institution to another, but generally follow UK patterns. A common distinction is for graduands in all degrees up to and including the master's degree to have black gowns, while the PhD candidate wears a scarlet gown. These days, academic dress is only used at graduation ceremonies. The wearing of traditional African attire, or modern clothes inspired by traditional attire, beneath the academic dress has been a distinct trend in recent years.

Spain

Honoris causadoctorates wearing the Spanish doctor's academic dress for Sciences at theUniversity of Valladolid,Spain

The typical Spanish academic dress has Latin origin. It has been regulated since 1850, when QueenIsabella IIestablished several rules about academic dress, according to the centuries-old Spanish custom. The typical Spanish academic dress for doctors is composed by:

• A black long gown (toga) with a long row of buttons, made of satin and wool. It is worn over a black suit.
• Amozzetta(muceta), whose colour depends on the academic field.
• Long cuffs (puñetas) of the same fabric and color than the mozetta, covered by white cotton lace. Those of theRector(University president) are bright red or pink, and the lace is usually silken. The buttons are made of gold for the Rector and made of silver for the Deans.
• An octagonal, tasseledbiretta(birrete), whose colour depends on the academic field. Tassels of doctors holding more than one degree in separate fields alternate the corresponding colors.
• White gloves.
• A ring is usually worn by doctors.
• A staff or scepter (bastón) made of American reed is carried by the university rector.
• Medallions are often worn by postgraduates, doctors, professors, deans and the university rector.

Doctorates wearing the Spanish doctor's academic dress with colours used for the various academic fields

Academic procession at theMiguel Hernández University of Elche

However, this academic dress is only used for the opening of the academic year and for PhD graduations or for doctorateshonoris causa.It is worn only by doctors, deans and the University Rector. For other graduates, the academic dress is often composed by amortarboardand a mozzetta (muceta) or a sash over the shoulder (beca) with the shield of the university and/or faculty. The colour of the mozzetta or the sash depends on the academic field.

The colours used in Spain for the various academic fields are:

Academic field	Colour name	Sample
Psychology	Lilac
Pharmacy	Purple
Odontology	Fuchsia
Law	Red
Architecture,Engineering	Brown
Economics,Business,Political Sciences,Sociology	Orange
Medicine	Gold
Art,Theology	White
Veterinary Medicine	Green
Sport Sciences	Light green
Translation,Interpreting	Teal
Philosophy,Literature	Sky blue
Learning Sciences	Light Blue
Natural Sciences,Exact Sciences	Dark ( "Turk" ) blue
Nursing	Grey
Journalism	Lead grey
Rector	Black

Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, the academic dress consists of gown, hood (post-graduate) and a garland (on graduation day). Universities that were affiliated to the formerUniversity of Ceylonissue black gowns for graduates and post graduates; red gowns for masters and Phd graduates; crimson gowns for chancellors with a different colour gowns for senior academic faculty. These universities only issuegarlandon the graduation day to new graduates and only issue mortar boards to chancellor, vice chancellor and registrars. Private universities issue mortar boards to graduates along with a hood in place of garland.

Sweden and Finland

A traditional Finnish technology student's hat from theHelsinki University of Technology(photograph taken on top of a mirror)

Finnish doctoral hat for a doctor of science from theUniversity of Oulu

Finland and Sweden have similar traditions when it comes to academic clothing. For important academic ceremonieswhite tieis usually worn, however, often with traditional headwear and gowns. Gowns are not generally used except by therectoras a symbol of office, if anyone.

The regularstudent cap(Finnish:ylioppilaslakki,Swedish:studentmössa) usually has a white velvet crown, a black band and a black beak. The cap can be worn by anyone who has passed thematriculation examinationand is acceptable wear for both formal and informal academic celebrations. Technology students wear a special kind of student cap called ateekkarilakki(Finnish) orteknologmössa(Swedish). It is similar to the traditional student cap, but features a tuft and a distinctivecockadeto show which university the wearer is attending. Technology students generally wear their caps more frequently, and thus the tuft often symbolizes university engineering students. Although universities have different rules regarding the use of the cap, caps are generally not awarded to students until the completion of the first year of studies. The technology student's hat may also be seen on informal occasions, being worn with thestudent overallat many universities.

In both countries many universities havedoctoral hatsfor persons who have completed a PhD or similar degree. These usually resembletop hatsand must be worn withwhite tie.Like other hats, they are not generally worn indoors, but they may be presented on a table. Events where the hat and white tie are worn include thesis defences, post-doctoral parties, ceremonial conferments of degrees, opening ceremonies and other formal ceremonies related to the university.At some universities, adoctoral ringis awarded together with the hat. In theIngmar BergmanfilmWild Strawberries,one scene shows the conferral of a Jubilee doctor degree on the main character at theUniversity of Lund,which includes the presentation of such a hat and ring. At theUniversity of Helsinkia cape and a sword are commonly worn with the doctoral hat. Students of the student organization "Limes" may also be seen wearing a black cape.

Taiwan

Academic dress varies from university to university in Taiwan, generally consisting of cap and gown. Its use is limited to such special occasions asgraduation ceremonies.

Thailand

In Thailand, there are five different styles of academic dress: (1) traditional Thai, (2) traditional American, (3) French (Paris), (4) modified American, and (5) modified British.

Some universities prefer a traditional robe originated in the royal court, known assuea khrui.Traditionally, the robe is a one-piece open-fronted garment made with a mesh, faced and bordered with a velvet or felt band. Since the conception ofChulalongkorn University,the traditional suea khrui was adopted for their graduates. Influenced by the colour of gowns used atOxford,bachelor's' and master's gown are faced and bordered with a black felt band. Meanwhile, a scarlet felt band is reserved for doctors. There are patterns upon the felt band to denote different degrees and faculties.Other universities that utilise the traditional robe might, instead of a mesh, use another kind of fabric for their dress.

Other universities in Thailand that use a traditional robe include

• Mae Fah Luang University,Chiang Rai;
• Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University,Nonthaburi;
• Khon Kaen University;
• Naresuan University,Phitsanulok;
• Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University,Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya;
• Mahamakut Buddhist University,Nakhon Pathom;
• All King Mongkut's Universities of Technology;
• MostRajabhat Universitiesand allRajamangala universities of technology.

As a note, Mahachulalongkorn and Mahamakut Buddhist universities do not prescribe an academic dress for monks, nuns and clergymen. It is also customary that monks and ministers of religion do not wear a dress, when they are being admitted to the degree at other Thai universities.

Other universities employs academic dress of themodified American pattern,with the exception atThammasat UniversityandKasetsart University.Thammasat University employs a plain black gown with differentepitoge,a strip of cloth worn over the left shoulder, for distinct degrees. The number of fur bands upon the epitoge indicates the degree (i.e. 3 for doctors, 2 for masters and 1 for bachelors). The hat is not worn.Kasetsart University, on the other hand, retains the original American academic dress style.For bachelors, the dress comprises a plain sleeve gown with a coloured cord around the neck. This is different from many American universities, at which a scarf is used instead of a cord. Masters' gown exactly follows the American design. The sleeve is sewn shut at the end, with a slit to free the arm. Doctors' gown also follows the American tradition. The sleeve has three velvet bars to denote the seniority. The hat is included.

Since most Thai universities do not fully understand the original American tradition, they usually use an American doctoral gown for their doctoral degree. By reducing the number of velvet bars on the sleeve, it is possible to get gowns for masters (2 bars) and bachelors (1 bar or none). Notable examples of this deviation includeRamkhamhaeng University,Burapha University,Mahidol Universityand theUniversity of Phayao.Some universities even incorporate the hood into a pattern on the gown, includingSuranaree University of TechnologyandWalailak University.This eliminates the need of additional hood.

Prince of Songkhla Universityuses a gown which is heavily deviated from the original British style. Gowns for bachelors and masters are made of black stuff. Doctoral gowns are made from scarlet cloth. Instead of being open-fronted like ones in the United Kingdom and Australia, all gowns are close-fronted, probably due to the robemakers. The neckband is curved instead of being a chevron.Silpakorn Universitymixes a modified American gown (i.e. a close-fronted black gown with different number of bars on the sleeve) with an altered version of Oxford simple hood.

Tunisia

InTunisia,University of Ez-Zitounagraduates wear an academic gown. Doctoral graduates in Islamic Sciences wear a jebba. In other Tunisian universities, like the medical university,doctoral graduates wear an academic dress.

Tunisian Jebba

Turkey

Academic regalia in Turkey has many similarities with the academic dress traditions of the United States.

Herman Braun-Vegareceiving hisHonoris Causadegree at theSüleyman DemirelUniversity inIsparta,Turkey

United Kingdom and Ireland

Further information:Academic dress in the United Kingdom

See also:Academic dress of the University of DublinandAcademic dress of the National University of Ireland

An alternative coloured gown,The Open University,MEd

The Bishop Andrewes cap as used forUniversity of CambridgeDDs

There is a distinction between different types of academical dress. Most recently, gowns, hoods and caps are categorised into their shape and patterns by theGroves classification system,which is based on Nicholas Groves' document,Hood and Gown Patterns.This lists the various styles or patterns of academic dress and assigns them a code or aGroves Classification Number.For example, the Cambridge BA style gown is designated [b2] and a hood in the Cambridge full-shape is designated [f1], etc. Because the universities are free to design their own academicals using a wide range of available gown, hood and cap patterns, colours and materials at their and the robemaker's disposal, the academicals of two given universities rarely clash with each other.

TheBurgon Societywas founded in 2000 to promote the study of academic dress.Its publications and activities examine the history and current use of academic dress. In 2011 it published the third edition of Shaw's reference book on British and Irish academical dress.The Society hosts a conference each spring at which recent research is presented.

The modern gown is derived from therobaworn under thecappa clausa,a garment resembling a long black cape. In early medieval times, all students at the universities were in at leastminor orders,and were required to wear thecappaor other clerical dress, and restricted to clothes of black or other dark colour. The gowns most commonly worn, that of the clerical type gowns ofbachelor's degrees(BA and BS) andmaster's degrees(MA and MS), are substantially the same throughout the English-speaking world. All are traditionally made of black cloth, (although occasionally the gown is dyed in one of the university's colours) and the material at the back of the gown is gathered into a yoke. The Bachelor's gown has bell-shaped sleeves, while the Master's gown has long sleeves closed at the end, with the arm passing through a slit above the elbow.

There are two distinctive shapes used in the UK for doctor's gowns; the Oxford doctor's shape and the Cambridge doctor's shape. The former has bell-shaped sleeves, the latter has long open sleeves. Another rarer form is the Cambridge Doctor of Music dress gown which is a pattern between the two. The other form of doctor's gown is the undress gown. This is a black gown worn for less formal occasions such as lectures. This type of gown is rarely seen or worn nowadays as many wear the dress gown instead; however, the undress gown still plays a part in the older universities where academic dress is usually worn.

Undergraduates at many older universities also wear gowns;the most common essentially a smaller knee-length version of the Bachelor's gown, or the Oxford Commoners gown which is a sleeveless lay type gown and has two streamers at the back at Oxford.At Cambridge, most colleges have their own distinctive design of gown.Undergraduates at St Andrews, with the exception of theology students, commonly wear scarlet woollen gowns with velvet collars.Undergraduate gowns are seldom worn (even in institutions that prescribe them) nowadays except in the older universities.

Another form of dress, now rarely seen, is the habit, which is worn over a black gown. Only Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Newcastle use habits and mainly reserve their use for very formal ceremonial occasions and to a specific group of academics or officials.

The hood was originally a functional garment, worn to shield the head from the elements. In the English tradition, it has developed to an often bright and decorative garment worn only on special occasions. Hoods comprise two basic patterns: full shape or simple shape. The traditional full-shape hood consists of a cape,cowl,andliripipe,as is used at Cambridge. At Oxford, the bachelors' and masters' hoods use simple hoods that have lost their cape and retain only the cowl and liripipe.The colour andliningof hoods in academic dress represents the rank and/or faculty of the wearer.In many Commonwealth universities bachelors wear hoods edged or lined with white rabbit fur, while masters wear hoods lined with coloured silk (originally ermine or other expensive fur). Doctors' hoods are normally made of scarlet cloth and lined with coloured silk.Faculty colours were introduced by the University of London and many universities followed suit.

Theacademic capor square, commonly known as the mortarboard, has come to be symbolic of academia. In some universities it can be worn by graduates and undergraduates alike. It is a hat consisting of a skullcap surmounted by a flat square of stiffened cloth, the board; a tassel is fixed to a button in the centre of the board. The mortarboard may also be referred to as atrencher cap(or simply trencher). Thetasselis composed of a cluster of silk threads which are wrapped together with a cord which is attached to the button affixed to the centre of the headpiece. The loose strands are allowed to fall freely over the board edge, typically falling over the left front side of the cap. Often the strands areplaitedtogether to form a cord with the end threads left untied. In many universities, holders of doctorates wear a soft-crowned, round-brimmed headpiece known as aTudor bonnetortam,rather than a trencher. Other types of hats used, especially in some universities in the UK, are theJohn Knox cap(mostly at Scottish universities), theBishop Andrewes cap(a reinvention of the ancient form of the mortarboard, worn by CambridgeDoctors of DivinityDD's) and thepileus(at Sussex). In some universities, such as Oxford, women may wear an Oxford ladies' cap.

Officers of the universities generally wear distinctive and more elaborate dress. TheChancellorand theVice-Chancellormay wear a black damask lay type gown (sometimes with a long train) trimmed with gold or silverlaceandfrogs.They wear a velvet mortarboard, similarly trimmed with gold braid and tassel. Other than this gown, they may have other distinct forms of dress, such as the scarletcappa clausaorcopeworn in certain circumstances by the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge or his/her deputy and by higher doctors presenting candidates for degrees, which was once worn byDoctors of Divinity.In the past, Chancellors may also wear full court dress with breeches and court shoes like that of theLord Chancellorof Great Britain.

At degree ceremonies, graduands often dress in the academic dress of the degree they are about to be admitted to prior to the actual graduation ceremony. This is not the case at several of the older universities in the UK, most notably, Oxford, Cambridge and St Andrews which have their own distinct traditions.

In addition to universities and colleges, a number of British professional bodies, such as theInstitute of Biologyand theInstitute of Physicsgrant academic dress to their members.

United States

Main article:Academic dress in the United States

AColumbiaDoctor of Educationin doctoral regalia. The rules of academic dress in the United States were first standardized at Columbia, before spreading toHarvardandYale.

The Harvard doctoral gown and hood, which do not entirely follow the American Council on Education system

American academic dress is typically closed at the front and properly worn with the prescribed cap, as well as the hood. On the baccalaureate dress shown other items such as scarves, stoles or cords may be seen.

Academic regalia in the United States has been influenced by the academic dress traditions of Europe. There is an Inter-Collegiate code which sets out a detailed uniform scheme of academic regalia followed by most, though some institutions do not adhere to it entirely, and fewer still ignore it. Generally, academic regalia in the United States consists of a mortarboard cap affixed with a tassel, and gown worn over other clothing.The ensemble can also be adorned with anacademic stole—a vestment used by various organizations to denote academic achievement.

Academic regalia consisting of mortarboard cap, tassell, gown, and academic honors stole (Whitman College)

The practice of wearing academic regalia in the United States dates to theColonial Collegesperiod, and was heavily influenced by European practices and styles.Students of most colonial colleges were required to wear the "college habit" at most times – a practice that lasted until the eve of theAmerican Civil Warin many institutions of higher learning.In some rare instances the practice has persisted, such as atSewanee,where members of the student honor society, along with most professors, continue to wear the gown to class.After the Civil War, academic regalia was generally only worn at ceremonies or when representing the institution.There was not, however, any standardization among the meanings behind the various costumes. In 1893, an Intercollegiate Commission made up of representatives from leading institutions and chaired byPresident of ColumbiaSeth Lowwas created, to establish an acceptable system of academic dress. The commission met atColumbia Universityin 1895 and adopted a code of academic regalia, which prescribed the cut and style and materials of the gowns, as well as determined the colors which were to represent the different fields of learning.These rules were soon adopted by Columbia's peer institutions, including Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.In 1932 theAmerican Council on Education(ACE) authorized the appointment of a committee to determine whether revision and completion of the academic code adopted by the conference of the colleges and universities in 1895 is desirable at this time, and, if so, to draft a revised code and present a plan for submitting the code to the consideration of the institutional members of the council.

The committee reviewed the situation and approved a code for academic costumes that has been in effect since that year. ACommittee on Academic Costumes and Ceremonies,appointed by the American Council on Education in 1959, again reviewed the academic dress code and made several changes.

Although academic dress is now rarely worn outsidecommencementceremonies or other academic rituals such asencaeniain the U.S., graduation ceremonies have gained popularity and have expanded from high school graduations to middle school, elementary school and kindergarten graduation ceremonies.

Bachelors'andmaster'sgowns in the United States are similar to their counterparts in the United Kingdom, though bachelor's gowns are now designed to be worn closed, and all are at least mid-calf length to ankle-length.The masters' gown sleeve isoblongand, though the base of the sleeve hangs down in the typical manner, it is square cut at the rear part of the oblong shape. The front part has an arc cut away, and there is a slit for the wrist opening, but the rest of the arc is closed. The shape is evocative of the square-cutliripipeincorporated into many academic hoods (see,below). The master's gown is designed to be worn open or closed.

Doctoralrobes are typically black, although some schools use robes in theschool's colours.The Code calls for the outside shell of the hood (see,below) to remain black in that case, however. In general, doctoral gowns are similar to the gowns worn by bachelor's graduates, with the addition of three velvet bands on the sleeves and velvet facing running down the front of the gown. The Code calls for the gown trim to be either black or the colour designated for the field of study in which the doctorate was earned (seeInter-Collegiate colors). However, in the case of the degree ofDoctor of Philosophy(PhD), although it is awarded for study in any number of fields, the dark blue velvet of philosophy is always used regardless of the particular field studied. For example, if not choosing black trim, a PhD in theology would wear velvet gown trim in dark blue, while aDoctor of Theology(Th.D.) would wear scarlet trim, if not choosing black. The robes have full sleeves, instead of the bell sleeves of the bachelor's gown. Some gowns expose anecktieorcravatwhen closed, while others take an almost cape-like form. It is designed to be worn open or closed in the front.

The Code calls for the shell material of the hood to match the robe, and for the colour to be black regardless of the colour of the robe being worn.The interior lining – generally silk – displays the colours of the institution from which the wearer received the degree, in a pattern prescribed by it (usually, if more than one colour is used,chevronsor equal divisions).The opening of the hood istrimmedinvelvetorvelveteen.In most American colleges and universities, the colour of the velvet hood trimming is distinctive of the academic field – or as closely related as possible – to which the degree earned pertains (seeInter-Collegiate colors).Many institutions, particularly larger ones, have dispensed with the bachelor's hood at commencement ceremonies altogether, though a graduate is still entitled to wear one once the degree is conferred.

Headwear is an important component of cap-and-gown, and the academic costume is not complete without it. The headwear will vary with the level of academic achievement and, to some extent, on the individual academic institution's specifications. For caps, the mortarboard is recommended in the Code, and the material required to match the gown.The exception—velvet—is reserved for the doctor's degree only, seen in the form of a multiple-sided (4, 6, or 8)tam,but the four-sided mortarboard-shaped tam in velvet is what the Code seems to recommend here.The only colour called for is black, in all cases.The tassel worn on the mortarboard or a tam seems to provide, by tradition, the greatest opportunity for latitude in American academic dress. It has been black, or represented the university's colours, or the colours of the specific college, or the discipline. The tassel has also been used to indicate membership in nationalhonour societiesor other awards. There is at some colleges and universities a practice of moving the tassel from one side to the other on graduating, but this is a modern innovation that would be impractical out of doors due to the vagaries of the wind. For doctoral and masters students, the tassel commonly begins and remains on the left.

The colours allocated to the various fields of learning have been largely standardized in the United States by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume, and accepted by the American Council on Education in itsAcademic Costume Code.Some of the more common colours seen are thatliberal artsis represented by white, science by golden yellow, medicine by green, law by purple, theology by scarlet, and philosophy (including all PhD degrees) by dark blue. A distinction is made in the code, which calls for a graduate to display the colour of the subject of the degree obtained, not the degree itself.For example, if a graduate is awarded aBachelor of Arts(BA) degree specifically in business the trimming should be drab, representing commerce/accountancy/business, rather than white, representing the broader arts/letters/humanities; the same method is true of master's degrees and doctorates. However, in 1986, the American Council on Education updated the Code and added the following sentence clarifying the use of the colour dark blue for theDoctor of Philosophydegree, which is awarded in any number of fields: "In the case of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, the dark blue colour is used to represent the mastery of the discipline of learning and scholarship in any field that is attested to by the awarding of the degree, and it is not intended to represent the field of philosophy."

A number of other items such ascords,stoles,aiguillettes,etc. representing various academic achievements or other honours are also worn at the discretion of some degree-granting institutions. Technically, however, the ACE code does not allow their use on or over academic regalia.

Pontifical universities

Academic dress forpontifical universitiestends to vary by the host country. Traditionally, for doctors of a pontifical university or faculty "the principal mark of a Doctor's dignity is the four horned biretta."Under theold Code of Canon Law,incommencement ceremoniesand other academic settings, doctors from pontifical faculties and universities had a canonical right to wear thedoctoral biretta,as stated in can. 1378, and explained in commentary 262 of the Commentarium Codicis Iuris Canonici as follows:

262. Doctoratus ac Scentiae effectus canonici sic recensentur can. 1378...doctoribus seu gradum academicum in una ex quatuor supradictis facultatibus <<vide 261: philosophia, theologia, ius canonicum, Sacra Scriptura>> supremum obtinentibus, rite creatis, seu promotis regulariter post examen, iuxta « statuta a Sede Apostolica probata » (can. 1376, § 2) saltem quoad usum validum « facultatis ab eadem Aplca. Sede concessae » (can. 1377, § 1), deferendi, extra sacras functiones, (quarum nomine ad hunc eflectum non-venit ex usu sacra praedicatio), nisi aliunde amplietur eis hoc ius quoad a) annulum etiam cum gemma « ipsis a iure huius canonis concessum » (can. 136, § 2), b) et biretum doctorale, (idest: cum quatuor apicibus) utpote insigne huius gradus ac diverso colore ornatum pro Facultate.

262. The canonical effects of the doctorate and of the science are listed in can. 1378...doctors or an academic diegree in one of the four above-mentioned faculties <<See 261: philosophy, theology, canon law, Sacred Scripture>> have the highest rank, duly created, or promoted regularly after the examination, according to "appointed statutes approved by the Apostolic See" (c. 1376 §2). Granted see "(c. 1377 §1), for deferring outside sacred functions (the name of which does not come from the use of sacred preaching for this effect), unless this right may be extended to them from other sources as far as: a) a ring with a jewel" to them by the right granted under this canon "(c. 136, § 2), b) and a doctoral hat (that is, with four tips) as a badge of this degree and adorned in different colors for the Faculty.

There is no equivalent canon in thecurrent Code of Canon Lawpromulgated in 1983, but the tradition remains.

The Sartoria Gammerelli as of August 2013offers, in line with the updated stipulations of the Pontifical Gregorian University, birettas lined with the following assorted piping and tufts depending on which faculty one is graduated from: Green for Canon Law, Red for Sacred Theology, Blue for Philosophy, and Orange for Social Sciences. Three-horned birettas are to be used by Licentiates, four-horned for Doctors.

Academic dress for thePontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas,Angelicumgraduates consists of a black toga or academic gown with trim to follow the color of the faculty, and an academic ring. For the doctoral degree a four cornedbirettais to be worn, and for the Licentiate degree a three cornedbirettais to be worn. See:Academic regalia of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.The 'traditional' biretta at thePontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas,Angelicum,is white, to correspond to the white Dominican habit.Also, the academic senate of theAngelicumin its May 2011 meeting indicated that the black biretta may be used with trim and pom in the color of the particular faculty.

A three-peaked black biretta with appropriately colored piping may be similarly used by those receiving the licentiate degree (S.T.L., Ph.L.).

See also

• Academic procession
• Academic stole
• Burgon Society
• Chinese academic dress
• Ede & Ravenscroft
• Encaenia
• Graduation
• Groves classification system
• The Central Institute London

Academic dress details for the following universities are available via these links:

Canada

• Academic dress of McGill University

United Kingdom and Ireland

• Academic dress of the University of Bristol
• Academic dress of the University of Cambridge
• Academic dress of Durham University
• Academic dress of the University of Edinburgh
• Academic dress of the University of Exeter
• Academic dress of the University of Glasgow
• Academic dress of the University of Hertfordshire
• Academic dress of Imperial College London
• Academic dress of the University of Kent
• Academic dress of King's College London
• Academic dress of the University of Leeds
• Academic dress of Liverpool John Moores University
• Academic dress of the University of London
• Academic dress of the University of Manchester
• Academic dress of the University of Nottingham
• Academic dress of the University of Oxford
• Academic dress of the University of St Andrews
• Academic dress of the University of Wales
• Academic dress of the University of Wales, Lampeter
• Academic dress of the University of Warwick
• Academic dress of the University of Dublin
• Undergraduate gowns in Scotland
• Lambeth degree academic dress protocol

Others

• Academic dress of La Trobe University
• Academic dress of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Academic dress of Columbia University
• Academic dress of Harvard University
• Academic dress of Stanford University
• Academic dress of University of Melbourne

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Electronic

• Sullivan, Eugene (ed.)An Academic Costume Code and An Academic Ceremony Guide,American Council on Education. Reprinted with permission fromAmerican Universities and Colleges,15th Edition (1997). Walter de Gruyter, Inc.
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Further reading

• American Council on Education staff (1997).American Universities and Colleges,15th Edition. Walter de Gruyter, Inc.ISBN0-275-98745-0
• Belting, Natalia Maree (1956),The History of Caps and Gowns,New York: Collegiate Cap & Gown Co. viaInternet Archive
• Franklyn, C.A.H.(1970),Academical Dress from the Middle Ages to the Present Day Including Lambeth Degrees.Lewes: WE Baxter.
• Haycraft, F.W. (1948), 4th ed. rev. Stringer, E.W Scobie,The Degrees and Hoods of the World's Universities and Colleges.Cheshunt Press.
• Rashdall, H. (1895, 1936),The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages.Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Rogers, F.R.S.,Franklyn, C.A.H.,Shaw, G.W.,Boyd, H.A. (1972),The Degrees and Hoods of the World's Universities and Colleges.Lewes: WE Baxter.
• Smith, H.H., Sheard, K. (1970),Academic Dress and Insignia of the World.Cape Town: A.A. Balkema.
• Wood, T.W. (1882),The Degrees, Gowns and Hoods of the British, Colonial, Indian and American Universities and Colleges.London: Thomas Pratt & Sons.

External links

• "Academic Dress" mini portal– A list of internet resources compiled byThe New York Times
• Academic Costume Code and Ceremony GuidefromAmerican Universities and Colleges, 15th Edition,by Eugene Sullivan.