Academic dress of the University of London – Machinery parts manufacturer – Push
Gowns
Detail of the BA gown sleeve.
Undergraduates
They wear a black gown gathered at the yoke with pointed sleeves, the point of the sleeve not reaching below the knee.
Bachelors
Three different gowns are utilised, depending upon the faculty of the degree.
The standard Bachelors Gown : BA, BEd, BEng, BSc, BCom, BH, MSci, MEng. A black silk or stuff gown with pointed sleeves gathered at the forearm and held in place with a cord and button.
The BD gown is as above but with the addition of a black cord and a Sarum red button on the yoke of the gown.
The Medicine / Music Gown : MB BS, BVetMed, BDS, MPharm. A black silk or stuff gown with a flap collar and long closed sleeves. This shall be the same shape as the Cambridge Doctor of Laws undress gown except that the sleeves shall be hollowed out at the bottom in a double ogee curve. Before the abolition of Convocation, the BMus gown is of light blue corded silk but now it is black.
The Legal Gown : LLB, LLM and LLD (in undress). A black gown with a square flap collar and long closed sleeves squared off at the ends with a slit in the back of the gown. There is an ‘inverted T’ armhole. This is the same shape as the generic solicitor’s gown.
Masters
MA, MSc, etc: A black gown with long closed sleeves as for the Cambridge MA. The sharp angle of the Cambridge MA ogee curve on the bottom of the sleeve is rounded off.
MS: a violet corded silk gown of the same pattern as the MB,BS gown
MDS: An olive green corded silk gown of the same pattern as the MB,BS gown.
MTh: A black cord and Sarum red button on the yoke in addition to the pattern described above for other master’s gowns.
MPhil: The standard master’s gown with a 1″ claret ribbon on the outer edge of the facings of the gown.
Doctors
Until c.1997 holders of University of London doctoral degrees had two sets of costume: full dress and undress.
Full Dress
PhD: A claret coloured robe with long open winged sleeves held back at the wrists with claret cord and button. The sleeves and facings lined with a lighter claret silk. The outside edge of the facings are bound with 1″ dark blue silk. (Under previous regulations this one inch binding of silk was the same colour as that of the faculty awarding the PhD).
Professional Doctorates: as the PhD but lined with ruby shot silk and without the blue silk binding.
Higher Doctorates: A robe of scarlet cloth in the Cambridge Doctors pattern. The robe is faced with five inches of silk of the faculty colour. The sleeves are fully lined with silk of the faculty colour.
All the above gowns have ‘strings’ attached to the inside of the gown behind facings. These are long wide ribbons the same colour as the gown.
Undress
Until c.1997 doctoral undress was officially the nearest black Masters gown; in practice the black MA/MSc style gown rather than the law, music or medicine gowns. The practice continues, although without any official sanction in the post-1997 regulations.
Hoods
The London DSc gown.
These are of a full shape which is characteristic of the university. This consists of a full shape, like Cambridge, but with rounded corners to the cape.
Diplomas
A black stuff or silk hood edged along the cowl with a twisted cord of white, blue and red. The neckband is plain. In practice, the hood is self lined to add more weight to it.
Bachelors
A black stuff or silk hood fully lined with white silk. The cowl shall be faced inside for three inches and edged outside with three-eighths of an inch of faculty silk. The neckband shall be similarly edged. Before the abolishment of Convocation, non-members were not entitled to a lining of white silk, instead they only had a facing of the faculty silk. Afterwards, all bachelor hoods were allowed the white silk lining.
BMus: A hood of the above pattern. A light blue corded silk hood faced inside for three inches and edged outside with three-eighths of an inch of white watered silk.
Masters
A black silk hood fully lined and bound all edges with the faculty silk. Before the abolishment of Convocation, members were entitled to a facing of white silk.
MMus: a mid-blue silk hood lined and bound all edges with white watered silk.
MPhil: a black silk hood fully lined with light claret silk and bound all edges with blue silk.
Doctors
A hood made of wool and lined with silk. The colours used are the same as the gown. The PhD has all its edges bound with blue silk.
Caps
Everyone below the rank of doctor wears a standard black cloth mortarboard.
Doctors wear a black velvet (or cloth for PhD) Tudor bonnet which has a cord and tassel of the faculty colour.
Women may wear a black Oxford ladies soft cap in lieu of mortarboard.
Faculty Colours
Divinity – Sarum red
Medicine – Violet
Law – Blue
Veterinary Medicine – Lilac
Dental Surgery – Olive green (corded)
Engineering – Turquoise
Science – Gold
Music – White (watered)
Arts – Russet brown
Business Administration – Fawn
Education – Eau-de-nil green
Commerce – Deep orange (no longer awarded)
Humanities – Pale pink (no longer awarded)
Any future degrees not under the above faculties use a grey-silver silk instead.
References
Goff, Philip (1999). University of London Academic Dress. University of London Press. ISBN 0-7187-1608-6. http://www.phildress.co.uk.
The University of London Regulations on Academic Dress. Annex to Ordinance Twelve.
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