University Secretary's Department Statutes and Regulation

Regulation 11.5.R2 - Academic Dress

 

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Unless otherwise provided by Council, graduates and undergraduates must appear in academic dress at public ceremonies of the University and on any other occasions Council prescribes.
Academic dress for undergraduates
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The academic dress for undergraduates is a plain black stuff gown.
Academic dress for graduate diplomates
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The academic dress for graduate diplomates is the habit of their degrees.
Academic dress for members of Council and members of staff of the University
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The academic dress for members of Council, members of the academic staff, members of faculties and the professional staff of the University is the habit of their degrees or a gown and trencher as for a master of Arts.
Hoods
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A hood referred to in this regulation is of the size and shape of the hood of the Oxford master of Arts.
Academic dress for bachelors
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The academic dress for bachelors is a plain black stuff bachelor's gown with a hood of black silk bound with white silk and lined with the colour of the faculty, school or professional grouping.
Academic dress for masters and juris doctor
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Academic dress for masters is a plain black stuff master's gown, a black trencher cap with a black silk tassel and a hood of black silk lined with the colour of the faculty, school or professional grouping and academic dress for juris doctor will be the same except that the tassel on the trencher cap is white silk rather than black silk.
Academic dress for doctors
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The academic dress for doctorates other than doctors of Philosophy, except for full dress, is a black trencher cap with a black silk tassel and a black gown with full sleeves and a hood of their degree. Full academic dress for doctorates other than doctors of Philosophy is a black velvet bonnet, a cherry gown faced with their faculty colour with a hood of black silk lined with colour of the faculty, school or professional grouping. Full academic dress for doctors of Philosophy is a black velvet bonnet and a black gown, faced with cherry silk, and a hood of cherry silk lined with cherry silk.

Academic Dress for diplomates other than graduate diplomates (where applicable)

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Academic dress for diplomates other than graduate diplomates is a plain black stuff gown with a black silk stole lined with the colour of the faculty, school or professional grouping.

Choice of Colours

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The choice of colours used in this regulation is delegated to the Board.

Academic colours

11 Faculty or School colour
Architecture, Building and Planning  
Bachelor of Environments
saffron yellow
All other degrees
magenta
Arts - all degrees stewart blue
Business and Economics sky blue
Education - all degrees malachite green
Engineering - all degrees gold
Graduate Research pea green
Melbourne School of Land and Environment – all degrees old gold
Law white; white with black band for undergraduate hoods
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences:
Medicine, including Medical science, Gynaecology & Obstetrics and surgery
cardinal
Dentistry, including Dental Studies
mink
Physiotherapy
jade
Nursing
petunia
Health Sciences – for higher degrees offered by the schools of behavioural Science, Medicine (non-medical qualification prescription), Population Health, Physiotherapy (non-physiotherapy qualification prescription), Nursing (non-nursing qualification prescription), Rural Health
dove grey
Social Work
chartreuse green
Biomedicine
Black hood bound with white, lined with olive green and with a band of cardinal
Melbourne Business School sky blue with gold band
Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs empire blue
Science - all degrees except Optometry (including Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Arts and Sciences) olive green
Optometry juniper
Veterinary Science - all degrees garnet
VCA and Music  
Parkville New Generation BMus
lilac
All other degrees
lemon

 

[Made By Council 12/7/10; section10 amended 8/11/10 – effective 1/1/11;]
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