Statute No. 11: Academic Dress

1. The official academic dress of the University is as set out in this Statute.

Chancellor

2.(1) The Chancellor's gown is black, faced with white silk and trimmed with gold braid down each front with a flap collar at the back faced with white silk and trimmed with gold braid and with open sleeves fully lined with white silk, trimmed with gold braid and turned back to form a triangle bisected by two loops of gold cord from the shoulders.

(2) The Chancellor's cap is a black velvet trencher cap with gold tassel and button and trimmed with three centimetres gold braid.

Pro-Chancellor

3.(1) The Pro-Chancellor's gown is black, faced with white silk and trimmed with gold cord down each front with a flap collar at the back faced with white silk and trimmed with gold cord and with open sleeves fully lined with white silk, trimmed with gold cord and turned back to form a triangle bisected by two loops of gold cord from the shoulders.

(2) The Pro-Chancellor's cap is a black velvet trencher cap with gold tassel and button and trimmed with one-and-one-half centimetres gold braid.

Vice-Chancellor

4.(1) The Vice-Chancellor's gown is black, faced with white silk and trimmed with silver braid down each front with a flap collar at the back faced with white silk and trimmed with silver braid and with open sleeves fully lined with white silk, trimmed with silver braid and turned back to form a triangle bisected by two loops of silver cord from the shoulders.

(2) The Vice-Chancellor's cap is a black velvet trencher cap with silver tassel and button and trimmed with three centimetres silver braid.

Members of the Senate

5.(1) The gown for members of the Senate is either—

(a) the gown prescribed for the academic dress for their degrees; or

(b) a black gown similar to that described in Clause 9(1) but with a plain black collar and with the sleeves looped up with black braid from the shoulders.

(2) The cap for members of the Senate is a black cloth trencher cap unless they are wearing the academic dress for their degree and this includes a hat or cap.

Graduates and Graduands of the University

Bachelor's Degrees

6.(1) The gown is black, gathered onto a yoke and with wide sleeves with a vertical slit at the front.

(2) The hood is black, of the Oxford simple shape, lined with silk of the prescribed colour and edged with white silk three centimetres wide.

Certificates

7.(1) The gown is as described in Clause 6(1).

(2) The stole, which is worn round the neck and down the facing of each side of the gown, is black, five centimetres wide and 180 centimetres long with 45 centimetres of cloth of the prescribed colour down each side to breast level.

Diplomas

8.(1) The gown is as described in Clause 6(1).

(2) The stole, which is worn round the neck and down the facing of each side of the gown, is five centimetres wide and 180 centimetres long, both sides being of cloth of the prescribed colour.

Master's Degrees

9.(1) The gown is black, gathered onto a yoke and with full sleeves slit horizontally to free the arms.

(2) The hood is black, of the Oxford simple shape and lined with silk of the prescribed colour.

(3) The cap is a black cloth trencher cap.

Doctor of Philosophy

10.(1) The gown is as described in Clause 9(1) but with facings of scarlet silk ten centimetres wide the full length of the front.

(2) The hood is black, of the Oxford simple shape and lined with scarlet cloth.

(3) The cap is a black velvet trencher cap.

Doctorates, other than the Doctor of Philosophy or Higher Doctorates

11.(1) The gown is as described in Clause 9(1) but with silk facings of the prescribed colour ten centimetres wide the full length of the front.

(2) The hood is black, of the Oxford simple shape and lined with silk of the prescribed colour.

(3) The cap is a black velvet trencher cap.

Higher Doctorates

12.(1) The gown is scarlet, gathered onto a yoke at the sleeves and the back, with facings of the prescribed colour ten centimetres wide the full length of the front, and fully lined sleeves of silk of the prescribed colour.

(2) The hood is scarlet, of the Oxford simple shape and lined with silk of the prescribed colour.

(3) The cap is a black velvet trencher cap.

Undergraduates

13. The academic dress for undergraduates of the University is plain black gown with a band of silk one-and-one-half centimetres wide of the prescribed colour placed horizontally at the level of the breast on each facing of the gown.

Colours of Silk Linings and Facings

14. The colours of the silk linings and facings of the academic dress for degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University are as prescribed in the University General Rules for Academic Courses.