Academic dress of the University of Nottingham

Main article: Academic dress

In addition to the dress listed below, further colour and splendour is brought to occasions where formal academic dress is worn by the gold trimmed gowns and hats of the senior University officers (the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellors, the Vice-Chancellor and the Pro-Vice-Chancellors.)

Gowns

At the University of Nottingham the diploma, undergraduate and masters gowns are made from black fabric. The gowns of Doctors of Philosophy and other first doctorates are claret, while higher doctoral gowns are made from scarlet cloth.

Hoods

The Nottingham MSc hood.

Undergraduate diploma graduates wear a hood lined with the University blue silk and postgraduate diploma graduates wear a hood lined with Sherwood green silk. For information regarding hood classifications, see here

All degree graduates wear a hood. All degree hoods are partially or fully lined with light blue silk which is the University colour. The hood is also trimmed with a coloured ribbon which indicates the faculty and the level of degree being awarded.

Degree	Nominal Faculty	Colour of Ribbon
BArch, MArch, DArch	Architecture	orange
BA, MA, MSW, DLitt	Arts & Letters	dark pink
MBA, DBA	Business Administration	Salmon pink
DB, BTh, MTh, DD	Theology	Purple
BEd, MEd, EdD	Education	Lilac
BEng, MEng	Engineering	Navy blue
LLB, LLM, LLD	Law	Maroon
BM, BS, BMedSci, MMedSci, MPH, DM	Medicine, Medical Science & Public Health	Gold
BMus, AMusM, AMusD, DMus	Music and Musical Arts	Pink
BN, MN, MNursSci, NursD/DHSci	Nursing and Health Sciences	Cream
BPharm, MPharm,	Pharmacy	Dove grey
BPhil, MPhil, MRes, PhD	Philosophy and Research	Light blue
BSc, MSc, MMath, MSci, MNutr, DAppPsy, DSc	Science (including Mathematics, Nutrition and Applied Psychology)	Royal blue
BVMedSci, BVM, BVS, DVM, DVS	Veterinary Medicine	Teal

References

• "Regulations for Academic Dress". University of Nottingham. 2007. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/registrar/calendar/academic-dress.pdf. Retrieved 8 July 2010. 
• Shaw, George (1995). Academical Dress of British and Irish Universities. Chichester: Phillimore.