A C A D EMIC D RES S
The academic dress worn today is a modification and amalgam of the everyday dress worn by scholars and teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It consists of a gown with sleeves of a pattern appropriate to the degree, a trencher cap or a bonnet, and a scarf-like stole or a hood, which is the remnant of the cowl that was once worn to cover the head and shoulders.
The style of the academic dress adopted by Monash University is based on that of the University of Cambridge, with the exception of the dress for higher doctorates, which is based on that of the University of Oxford.
The colours appropriate to the faculties are scheduled below.
Art, Design and Architecture Spectrum orange
Arts Old rose
Business and Economics Peacock green
Education Banana
Engineering Rose beige
Information Technology Spectrum green
Law White
Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences Victrix blue
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Buttercup
Science Primrose
Diplomates and holders of Graduate Certificates A black gown and a black trencher cap with a black stole faced with the appropriate faculty colour.
Bachelors A black gown and a black trencher cap with a turquoise blue hood lined to a depth of ten centimetres with the appropriate faculty colour.
Masters A black gown and a black trencher cap with a turquoise blue hood fully lined with the appropriate faculty colour.
Professional Doctorates derived from one faculty A black master’ s gown faced with peony red, a turquoise blue hood fully lined with the appropriate faculty colour and piped with peony red, and a black velvet bonnet with peony red cord and tassels.
Professional Doctorates derived jointly from two faculties A black master’ s gown faced with peony red, a turquoise blue hood fully lined with the appropriate colour of the faculty administering the degree and piped with peony red, the inside of the cowl next to the piping being banded with five centimetres of the colour of the other faculty, and a black velvet bonnet with peony red cord and tassels.
Doctors of Philosophy A black master’ s gown faced with peony red, a turquoise blue hood fully lined with peony red and piped with the appropriate faculty colour, and a black velvet bonnet with peony red cord and tassels.
Higher Doctorates A festal scarlet gown faced with the appropriate faculty colour, a scarlet hood lined with the same colour as the facing of the gown, and a black velvet bonnet with gold cord and tassels.
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