Academic dress of University of Melbourne

The BHort/BAgr hood (not normally worn with a mortarboard)

The academic dress of University of Melbourne describes the formal attire of robes, gowns and hoods prescribed by the Statutes and Regulations^[1] for undergraduates, graduates, officers and honorands of the university. This follows the Oxford style for the gowns and hoods for the Bachelors and Masters degrees. For its doctorates, Melbourne follows the style of Cambridge.

The hoods are all black (of size and shape those of the Oxford MA; i.e. Burgon simple-shape) lined with the colour specified for the relevant faculty or degree, and bound with white (on the lower edge) for bachelors, and no binding for masters. The faculty or degree colours are specified in the University Regulations. Formerly, Pass degrees were bound in fur and Honours in silk — however the distinction no longer exists. Bachelors wear an Oxford Bachelors gown, and Masters an Oxford Masters gown. The undergraduate gown is the same as the bachelors, but the sleeves must not be split. Masters may wear the mortar board, however undergraduate students and Bachelors are not permitted to wear the mortar board. This rule is strictly applied and extends to graduation photography as well as the ceremony itself.^[2]

The academic dress for a PhD consists of an Oxford masters gown, faced in scarlet, with a black hood lined in scarlet, and a bonnet with a scarlet cord. Higher doctorates are scarlet, lined and faced in the colour of the faculty/degree, with a larger scarlet hood lined in the colour of the faculty/degree, and a bonnet with a gold cord.

Occasions for academic dress

Dignitaries, officers, staff, graduates and students wear academic dress at public ceremonies of the University of Melbourne. These include graduation ceremonies and important public lectures.

Dignitaries, visitors and residents of the residential colleges wear their academic regalia to formal dinners several nights per week during the lecturing semester (varying depending on the college). Some residential colleges dignify their fellows with distinct gowns.

Faculty colours

	Faculty or School	Colour
	Architecture, Building and Planning - all degrees	magenta
	Arts - all degrees except Social Work	stewart blue
	Social Work	chartreuse green
	Economics and Commerce - all degrees	sky blue
	Education - all degrees	malachite green
	Engineering - all degrees	gold
	Graduate Studies	pea green
	Land and Food Resources - 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
	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	petunia
	Melbourne Business School	sky blue with gold band
	Music	lilac
	School of Enterprise	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
	Victorian College of the Arts – all degrees	lemon, with the VCA pentagram embroidered in black on each shoulder

Definition of colour names:

Colours

cardinal	B.C.C. 186	chartreuse green	B.C.C. 171
cherry	B.C.C. 185	dove grey	B.C.C. 123
empire blue	B.C.C. 87	garnet	B.C.C. 160
gold	B.C.C. 114	jade	B.C.C. 122
juniper	B.C.C. 192	lemon	B.C.C. 52
lilac	B.C.C. 176	magenta	B.C.C. 198
malachite green	B.C.C. 23	mink	B.C.C. 169
old gold	B.C.C. 115	olive green	B.C.C. 78
pea green	B.C.C. 172	petunia	B.C.C. 109
sky blue	B.C.C. 162	stewart blue	B.C.C. 149

Notes

1. "Regulation 11.5.R2: Academic Dress". Statutes and Regulations. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
2. http://union.unimelb.edu.au/regalia/faqs Archived March 7, 2008 at the Wayback Machine

References

• Regalia (Academic Dress) requirements for University of Melbourne degree courses