Academic dress

Academic dress for the University of Wollongong consists of a royal blue gown, a hood or stole and a blue tasselled trencher.

Doctoral degree graduates wear blue gowns with red facing and black Tudor bonnets with coloured tassels.

Hoods are lined with different coloured silk trims to denote the type of award.

Hire and purchase of academic dress

The graduation fee covers the cost of hiring your academic dress for your graduation ceremony.

Academic dress is also available for hire or purchase from the Unishop throughout the year, except during graduation weeks. 

Bachelor's Degree

Bachelor Degree

Blue gown with open sleeves and trencher
Blue hood with light blue lining

Bachelor's Degree (Honours)

Grad Honours

Blue gown with open sleeves and trencher
Blue hood with light blue lining and black border

Graduate Certificate

Grad Cert

Blue gown with open sleeves and trencher
Blue hood with tangerine border

Graduate Diploma

Grad Diploma

Blue gown with open sleeves and trencher
Blue hood with rose pink lining

Master's Degree (Coursework)

Masters Coursework

Blue gown with stitched sleeves and trencher
Blue hood with cream lining and golden brown border

Master's Degree (Research)

Masters Research

Blue gown with stitched sleeves and trencher
Blue hood with cream lining and cardinal red border

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

PHD

Bonnet with red tassel
Blue gown with cherry red silk facing and button sleeves
Blue hood with red lining

Aboriginal Stole

Red, yellow and black sash

Torres Strait Islander Stole

Blue, white and green sash

Other Doctoral Dress

  • Doctor of Business Administration, Creative Arts, Education & Public Health: Blue gown with red facing, blue hood with red lining, black bonnet with blue tassels
  • Doctor of Science: Red gown with blue facing, red hood with blue lining, black bonnet with silver tassels
  • Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Laws: Red gown with blue facing, red hood with blue lining, black bonnet with gold tassels