Academic dress of the University of Bristol

[1] Bristol has chosen, for graduates, to mainly specify Oxford-style gowns and Cambridge-style hoods.

This is not too important since, in practice, undergraduates are only required to be gowned when graduating or at dinner as a member of Wills Hall.

This appears to be a de facto rather than legislated practice since there is no specific provision in Statute, Ordinance or Regulation for how graduands should dress.

are not awarded very often and the other, higher, doctorates are reserved largely for honorary degrees so the anomaly is minor.

As of 2022, the university has re-introduced mortarboards as part of the graduation dress, citing popular demand as the reason for doing so.