An academic stole is a vestment used by Australian universities as the regalia for diplomas, graduate diplomas, post graduate diplomas and graduate certificates. Some universities, such as Deakin University, reserve the use of the stole for undergraduate regalia lower than that of the baccalaureate level, and use a hood for post-graduate courses. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A diploma (from Greek diploma) is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study, or confers an academic degree. ... Deakin University is a large Australian public university with nearly 100,000 students studying Bachelor, Masters, Doctoral and Professional programs. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course that generally lasts three or four years. ...