academic dress
Commencement ceremony attire
Academic dress is the formal attire worn at university ceremonies—graduation, convocation, and formal academic occasions.
The ensemble typically includes a gown, a mortarboard or other cap, and sometimes a hood.
Colors, cuts, and hood linings indicate the wearer's degree level, field of study, and institution: The doctoral academic dress featured velvet panels and gold piping.
Long formal garment
- capCovering for top
- hoodAttached head covering
- robeLong loose outer garment
- mortarboardSquare graduation headwear
stole · sash · tassel · cords · tam · trencher · coif · tippet
Act of starting
- convocationFormal ceremonial gathering
- matriculationFormal university admission process
- hoodingCovering the head
- baccalaureateFirst college degree
procession · investiture · graduation · conferral · presentation · processional · recessional · marshal
Top graduation honor
- magna cum laudeLatin academic distinction
- cum laudeAcademic distinction phrase
- honor cordsGraduation achievement indicators
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
salutatorian · dean's list · gold tassel · distinction · high honors · highest honors
Of advanced academic study
- master'sAdvanced graduate credential
- bachelor'sFirst university degree
- associateConnect mentally or socially
- PhDHighest academic credential
JD · MD · MBA · DPhil · undergraduate · postgraduate · honorary doctorate · emeritus
Ceremonial emblems of authority
- pomp and circumstanceShowy formal ceremony
- alma materOne's former institution
- heraldryStudy of armorial bearings
gown
Long formal garment
mortarboard · stole · sash · tassel · cords · tam · trencher · coif · tippet · sleeve
commencement
Act of starting
- convocationFormal ceremonial gathering
- matriculationFormal university admission process
- hoodingCovering the head
baccalaureate · procession · investiture · graduation · conferral · presentation · processional · recessional · marshal · diploma ceremony
summa cum laude
Top graduation honor
- magna cum laudeLatin academic distinction
- cum laudeAcademic distinction phrase
- honor cordsGraduation achievement indicators
valedictorian · salutatorian · dean's list · gold tassel · distinction · high honors · highest honors
doctoral
Of advanced academic study
- master'sAdvanced graduate credential
- bachelor'sFirst university degree
- associateConnect mentally or socially
PhD · JD · MD · MBA · DPhil · undergraduate · postgraduate · honorary doctorate · emeritus · licentiate
regalia
Ceremonial emblems of authority
- pomp and circumstanceShowy formal ceremony
- alma materOne's former institution
- heraldryStudy of armorial bearings
- graduationcap and gown, diploma frame, graduation ceremony, graduate, commencement address
- school traditionspep rallies, graduation ceremony, school spirit, school dances, homeroom
- academic regaliabachelor's gown, cap and gown, doctoral gown, graduation cap, graduation gown
- OxbridgeOxford, Oxbridge, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Exeter
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
academic dresscasual wear
Informal, comfortable clothing
street clothes · plainclothes · leisurewear · loungewear · athleisure
academic dressmilitary uniform
Armed forces standard attire
judicial robes · religious habit · corporate attire · prison uniform · sports uniform
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