Academic dress of the University of Edinburgh

Academic dress at the University of Edinburgh is compulsory at official ceremonial occasions, such as graduation and the installations of Rector and Chancellor, and otherwise optional, usually only worn for events.

[2] In recent times the undergraduate gown has been worn most commonly by members of the Edinburgh University Singers, the top table of The Diagnostic Society of Edinburgh and by students taking part in the traditional festivities surrounding the installation of the Rector.

Graduates wear the gown of the highest degree conferred upon them with or without the appropriate hood, depending upon the occasion.

Alternatively, either normal or full day Highland dress may be worn with the appropriate hose.

Academical caps do not form part of the dress of the university, they are not worn or carried by graduands at the graduation ceremony.

Black cloth, lined with royal blue silk shot with maize colour D.Mus.

Edinburgh College of Art: Undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), Master of Arts MA) Black gown, black hood with blue lining, purple lozenge and gold edging Edinburgh College of Art: Postgraduate Diploma: (PG Dip) Black gown, black hood with blue lining, purple lozenge and red edging Edinburgh College of Art: Postgraduate Master's degree: (Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of Design (Mdes), Master of Science (MSc), Master of Architecture (March), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), Master of Philosophy (MPhil)) Black gown, black hood with red lining, purple lozenge and gold edging Edinburgh College of Art: Doctor of Philosophy: (PhD) Blue gown with gold trim, blue hood with gold lining, purple lozenge and blue edging LL.B.

Black silk lined with purple silk, bordered with ivory poplin three inches broad and showing three inches of purple silk at the front of the neckband PGDE/PGCI University green, fully lined with University blue PhD Black cloth lined with blue silk shot with brown, bordered with three inches of red silk M.Vet.Sci Black gown, black hood lined with light maroon and bordered with green UG Certificate/Diploma University Blue, lined with red and bordered with white PG Certificate/Diploma University Blue, lined with red and bordered with red Chancellor: Robe of black brocaded satin, trimmed with gold lace and with gold frogs down the fronts and on the sleeves.

Vice-Chancellor: Robe and trencher the same as the Chancellor's, but trimmed with silver in place of gold.

Rector: Black silk gown, with crimson silk velvet sleeves; the gown is trimmed round the collar and down the front edges with broad gold lace, and the sleeves round the bottom with narrower gold lace.

Vice-Principal: Maroon silk, facings and yoke of cherry red velvet.