This page describes the different types of academic dress allowed at the University of Exeter.

Official Dress

• The Chancellor s Robe is black silk with MA style sleeves and embroidery of gold lace, worn with a cap adorned with a gold tassel and gold edging.
• The Pro-Chancellor s robe is black silk with MA style sleeves and embroidery of gold lace, worn with a cap adorned with a gold tassel and gold edging.
• The Vice-Chancellor s robe is black silk with MA style sleeves and embroidery of gold lace, worn with a cap adorned with a gold tassel and gold edging.
• The Treasurer s robe is black silk with open sleeves and embroidery of gold lace, worn with a cap adorned with a gold tassel.

Academic Dress of Awards of the University

• Robes of Graduates
  Gowns are of the Cambridge pattern. Hoods are of the Cambridge full shape. The black undress gowns of Higher Doctoral awards (DLitt, etc.) are provided with Doctors lace around the sleeve openings and yoke. The black undress gowns of PhD, EdD and DClinPsych are of the Masters pattern with Doctors lace around the sleeve openings only.
• Robes of Undergraduates
  Academic costume for undergraduates consists of a black stuff gown of the approved pattern, worn without an academic cap.
• Hoods
  The University colour is dove grey.
• Graduands
  Graduands should wear the dress of the degree they are about to receive.
• Headgear
  All Bachelors and Masters wear the black academic square mortarboard with black tassel. Doctors in full dress wear the velvet bonnet with Spectrum blue chord. Women graduates and women members of the academic staff wear the appropriate headgear whenever the hood is worn. Men also wear the appropriate headgear except when being presented for a degree.
• Accompanying Dress
  On occasions when the wearing of academic dress is prescribed, men should wear a dark suit and a tie of a sober colour. Women should wear a dress or skirt of a dark shade.

Bachelor s Dress

BPhil - In the case of Bachelors of Philosophy, the hood is provided with a thin white cord sewn to the leading edge of the hood.

BA/BSc - Black gown. Hood in dove grey cloth unlined, edged with Spectrum blue taffeta.

Undergraduate Master s (MChem, MEng, MMath, MPhys) Dress

Black postgraduate gown. Hood in dove grey unlined, edged with Spectrum blue taffeta with a thin gold cord sewn to the leading edge of the hood.

Postgraduate Master s Dress

Black gown. Hood in dove grey fully lined in Spectrum blue taffeta.

Junior Doctorates (PhD, EdD, DClinPsych) Full Dress

Black gown, with Spectrum blue taffeta facings on the front of the gown only. Hood in dove grey cloth lined with scarlet

Higher Doctorates (DDiv, DEng, LLD, DLitt, DMus, DSc) Full Dress

Gown of scarlet cloth with wide sleeves and with Spectrum blue silk facings on the gowns and sleeves. Hood of scarlet cloth lined with dove grey and edged with Spectrum blue.

See also

• Groves classification system

External links

• J.P.Wippell & Co The University's official robe maker