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Encyclopedia > Academic regalia
Bachelor's gown, with hood and cap
Bachelor's gown, with hood and cap
The traditional BA hood worn with an undergraduate gown for graduation from Cambridge University
The traditional BA hood worn with an undergraduate gown for graduation from Cambridge University
The University Officers in charge of the degree ceremony at Cambridge
The University Officers in charge of the degree ceremony at Cambridge
An alternative coloured gown, Open University, MEd
An alternative coloured gown, Open University, MEd
An Anglican priest in choir dress. The dark red of his divinity hood can be seen on his shoulders.
An Anglican priest in choir dress. The dark red of his divinity hood can be seen on his shoulders.

Academic dress or academical dress (also known in the United States as academic regalia) is traditional clothing worn specifically in academic settings. It is more commonly seen nowadays only at graduation ceremonies, but in former times academic dress was, and to a lesser extent in many ancient universities still is, worn on a daily basis. This article deals chiefly with academic dress in the English-speaking world. Photo taken at the University of Canterbury graduation ceremony held during december 2004. ... Photo taken at the University of Canterbury graduation ceremony held during december 2004. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Photo of User:Ann Heneghan. ... Photo of User:Ann Heneghan. ... The Open University (OU) is the UKs open learning university, established in 1969. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 80 KB) Summary Picture of Anglican priest in choir habit -- cassock, surplice, academic hood and tippet -- taken by Gareth Hughes on 21 October 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 80 KB) Summary Picture of Anglican priest in choir habit -- cassock, surplice, academic hood and tippet -- taken by Gareth Hughes on 21 October 2005. ... The term Anglican (from the Angles meaning English) describes the people and churches that follow the religious traditions developed by the established Church of England. ... Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... Choir Dress is the term for the clothes worn by Cardinals and Bishops when attending Mass, but not celebrating or concelebrating. ... (See also List of types of clothing and Clothing terminology) Humans nearly universally wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments, attire, or apparel) on the body. ... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ... Academic procession during the University of Canterbury graduation ceremony. ... // History Because of the above definition, the oldest universities in the world were all European, as the awarding of academic degrees was not a custom of older institutions of learning in Asia and Africa. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


Academic dress in most universities in the Commonwealth is derived from the academic dress of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, which themselves are a development of academic and clerical dress common throughout the medieval universities of Europe. In the United States, however, academic dress has also been influenced by the academic dress of continental Europe. The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... REDIRECT [1] ... The first European medieval universities were established in Italy, France and England in the late 11th and the 12th Century for the study of arts, law, medicine, and theology. ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ...


Academic dress today generally consists of a gown, hood and sometimes a cap (either a mortarboard or a bonnet). When wearing academic dress, it is usual to dress formally and soberly beneath the gown; so, for example, males would typically wear a dark lounge suit with a white shirt and tie, or military or national dress, and females would wear equivalent attire. Graduation portrait of Linus Pauling, 1922 A mortarboard is an item of academic headgear consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the centre. ... Suits from the 1937 Chicago Woolen Mills catalog A suit, also known as a business suit or lounge suit, comprises a collection of matching clothing consisting of: a coat (commonly known as a jacket) a waistcoat (optional) (USA vest) for men, a pair of trousers (USA pants), or for women... Business shirt A shirt is a piece of clothing for the trunk of the body. ... Tie has a few valid meanings, including: A necktie is a piece of cloth hanging around the neck for fashion. ... National dress is a type of clothing which identifies with a certain nationality or culture. ...

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British academic dress

The gown

The modern gown is derived from the roba worn under the cappa clausa, a garment resembling a long black cape. In early medieval times, all students at the universities were in at least minor orders, and were required to wear the cappa or other clerical dress, and restricted to clothes of black or other dark colour. The minor orders were formally a part of the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. ...


The gowns most commonly worn, that of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Arts (MA), are substantially the same throughout the English-speaking world. Both are traditionally made of black stuff, or cloth, (although occasionally the gown is dyed in one of the college's colors) and have the material at the back of the gown gathered into a yoke. The BA gown has bell-shaped sleeves, while the MA gown has long sleeves closed at the end, with the arm passing through a slit above the elbow. In the Commonwealth, gowns are worn open, while in the United States it has become common for gowns to close at the front, as did the original roba. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ...


Undergraduates at many older universities also wear gowns; the most common is a smaller knee-length version of the BA gown. In some ancient Scottish universities the undergraduate's gown is red.


Dress and Undress

Since medieval times, doctors, like bishops and cardinals, have been authorised to wear garments of brighter colours such as scarlet, purple or red. In many older universities, doctors have scarlet dress gowns or robes which are worn on special occasions (for example, at graduation ceremonies and on certain festivals of the Christian calendar), as well as a black undress gowns which is worn on ordinary occasions. In Oxford, as well as full dress and undress gowns, there is a third form of dress, the Convocation habit or chemir, which is a scarlet sleeveless garment worn over the black gown, with the sleeves of the gown pulled through the armholes of the chemir. This is worn at meetings of Convocation or Congregation, including at degree ceremonies by non-graduands. A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ... A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. ... A Convocation is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose. ... A chimere is a garment that can be worn as part of academic dress, or by Anglican bishops in choir dress. ... A congregation is an assembly of people for a given purpose. ...


The cap

The academic cap or square, commonly known as the "mortarboard", has come to be symbolic of academia, and can be worn by graduates and undergraduates alike. It is a flat square hat with a tassel suspended from a button in the top center of the board. Properly worn, the cap is parallel to the ground, though some people, especially women, wear it angled back. Graduation portrait of Linus Pauling, 1922 A mortarboard is an item of academic headgear consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the centre. ...


The mortarboard may also be referred to as a trencher cap (or simply trencher). In many universities, holders of doctorates wear a soft rounded headpiece known as a Tudor bonnet, rather than a trencher. A tudor bonnet is an academic cap worn by one holding a doctorate degree as part of the academic dress. ...


As with other forms of headgear, academic caps are not generally worn indoors by men (other than by the Chancellor or other high officials), but are usually carried. In some graduation ceremonies caps have been dispensed with for men, being issued only to women, who do wear them indoors, or have been abandoned altogether. This has led to urban legends in a number of universities in the United Kingdom which have as a common theme that idea that the wearing of the cap was abandoned in protest at the admission of women to the university. This story is told at the University of Cambridge, the University of Bristol, the University of Durham, the University of St Andrews and Trinity College, Dublin among others. Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them (see rumor). ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol in the United Kingdom. ... Durham University is a university in England. ... The University of St Andrews was founded between 1410 and 1413 and is the oldest university in Scotland (and third oldest in the English speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge ). The university is situated in the Royal Burgh of St Andrews, on the east coast of Scotland. ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ...


The hood

The hood was originally a functional civilian 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. It is also worn by the clergy of the Church of England in choir dress over the surplice. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... An Anglican priest wearing a surplice as part of his choir dress. ...


The traditional hood consists of a cape and a cowl, as in the full Cambridge shape. In Oxford, the bachelors' and masters' hoods have lost their cape. Various other British universities have different shapes and patterns of hoods, in some cases corresponding to the pattern current at the ancient universities at the time when they were founded, and in others representing a completely new design. A Roman Catholic monk The cowl (from the Latin, cuculla) is a long, outer garment, with wide sleeves, worn by Catholic monks when participating in the liturgy. ...


The colour and lining of hoods in academic dress represents the status 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. Undergraduates do not normally wear hoods, but some have adopted the black unlined literates' hood worn by Anglican clergymen without degrees.


United States

Modern academic dress is often more colorful
Modern academic dress is often more colorful

As well as deriving from British academic dress, academic dress in the United States has been influenced by the academic dress traditions of continental Europe. There is an Inter-Collegiate code which sets out a detailed uniform scheme of academic dress, but not all colleges follow it. Download high resolution version (750x1000, 120 KB)User Jacob1207 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (750x1000, 120 KB)User Jacob1207 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...


Bachelors' and masters' gowns in the United States are similar to their counterparts in the United Kingdom, but the bachelors' gown is only worn closed.


Doctoral robes are typically black, although some schools use robes in the school's colors. In general, doctoral gowns are similar to the gowns worn by master's graduates, with the addition of velvet stripes across the sleeves and running down the front of the gown, tinted with the disciplinary color for the degree received. The robes have full sleeves trimmed with bands of velvet instead of the bell sleeves of the master's gown. Some gowns open more at the front to display a tie or cravat, while others take an almost cape-like form. Modern neckties, shown here tied as if they were on a person, may be found in a plethora of colours and designs. ...


In the US, academic dress is rarely worn outside commencement ceremonies. In many American schools, the color of the hood represents the school or department from which the wearer is graduating. A number of other items, cords or sashes, may be also seen worn, representing various academic achievements. See also Academic dress Categories: Education | Academia ... Honor cords is an item of academic dress consisting of twisted cords with tassels on either end given to members of honor societies or for various academic achievements. ...


The tassel worn on the mortarboard may indicate the university's colors, or the colors of the specific college or discipline from which the student is graduating. There is in some universities a practice of moving the tassel from one side to the other on graduating, but this is a modern innovation which would be impractical out of doors due to the vagaries of the wind. However, this mark of transition to graduate status has the benefit of taking less time than more traditional indicators such as the conferring of the hood (which is also done at some Scottish universities), or a complete change of dress partway through the ceremony (as at Oxford).


Opposition to academic attire

John Kerry (center) was among the students who opted against academic regalia at his graduation from Boston College Law School in 1976
John Kerry (center) was among the students who opted against academic regalia at his graduation from Boston College Law School in 1976

During the American civil rights movement and culminating during the Vietnam War, eschewing academic regalia became a popular means of political opposition in the United States. Student protests, which had the effect of cancelling graduation ceremonies at some American universities, lead to a general relaxing of protocols on academic attire and ceremonial pageantry. After the war, academic regalia continued to be shunned by some who considered it a symbol of elitism. ImageMetadata File history File links Johnkerrybclawgraduation. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Johnkerrybclawgraduation. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Website www. ... Boston College Law School was founded in 1929. ... The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all citizens of United States. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in support of... Protests against the Vietnam War started in 1945 when United States Merchant Marine condemned the U.S. government for the use of U.S. merchant ships to transport troops to subjugate the native population of Vietnam. ... Elitism is a belief or attitude that an elite — a selected group of persons whose personal abilities, specialized training or other attributes place them at the top of any field (see below) — are the people whose views on a matter are to be taken most seriously, or who are alone...


Since the 1970s, academic regalia has gained popularity among administrators of American secondary schools. This has been particularly notable at socially diverse public schools where the use of uniform academic gowns is considered preferable to individual displays of wealth and fashion. Others have argued that academic regalia is innappropriate in the context of secondary education and that such uniformity stifles freedom of expression. The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... High School also refers to the highest form of classical riding, High School Dressage. ... The term public school has two contrary meanings: In England, one of a small number of prestigious historic schools open to the public which normally charge fees and are financed by bodies other than the state, commonly as private charitable trusts; here the word public is used much as in... Freedom of speech is the right to freely say what one pleases, as well as the related right to hear what others have stated. ...


Inter-Collegiate colors

The colors allocated to the various academic disciplines have been largely standardized in the United States by the American Council on Education in their Academic Costume Code [1], and are:

Faculty Color Sample
Agriculture Maize
Arts, Letters, Humanities White
Commerce, Accountancy, Business Drab
Dentistry Lilac
Economics Copper
Education Light Blue
Engineering Orange
Fine Arts (including Architecture) Brown
Forestry Russet
Journalism Crimson
Law Purple
Library Science Lemon
Medicine Green
Music Pink
Nursing Apricot
Oratory (Speech) Silver Gray
Pharmacy Olive Green
Philosophy Dark Blue
Physical Education Sage Green
Public Administration (includes Foreign Service) Peacock Blue
Public Health Salmon Pink
Science Golden Yellow
Social Work Citron
Theology (includes Divinity) Scarlet
Veterinary Science Gray

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See also

The following articles describe in more detail on the academic dress schemes and usages of various universities:

// The academic dress prescribed by the University of Bristol is a mixture of that prescribed by Cambridge and Oxford. ... The gown and hood worn for BA graduation As is natural in the second oldest university in the United Kingdom, the University of Cambridge has a long tradition of academic dress. ... The academic dress of the University of Durham is based fairly closely on that of Oxford. ... Brian May, guitarist for the band Queen, in higher doctorate gown upon receiving an honorary Doctorate of Science in November 2002 The University of Hertfordshire prescribes academic costume for its members. ... The Academic Dress for degree-holders of Loughborough University is as follows: Certificate or Diploma Black stuff gown in London style. ... This page concerns the Academic dress of Oxford University. ... The University of Wales was chartered in 1893, and consisted of three colleges that had existed for some time before - at Aberystwyth (founded 1872), Bangor (founded 1884) and Cardiff (founded 1883); they had awarded external degrees of the university of London. ... University of Wales, Lampeter Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan   University of Wales, Lampeter (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) is a university in Lampeter, Wales, the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, and the third oldest in England and Wales after Oxford and Cambridge. ...

External links

  • The Burgon Society Promotes an interest in and the formal study of academic dress.
  • Academic Dress Yahoo Groups discussion group
  • [2] Publication concerning University of London academic dress.


 

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