Gowns and hoods of the University of Wales

Bachelors and Masters wear a black stuff or silk gown of the patterns customary for these degrees.

Doctors wear, in undress, a black stuff or silk gown of the customary pattern. In full dress, a Doctor of Philosophy wears a crimson cloth gown, with full sleeves reversed at the edge in front, with silk facings and sleeve-linings of colours proper to the Faculty in which the degree has been obtained; other Doctors wear a scarlet cloth gown, with full sleeves reversed at the edge in front, with silk facings and sleeve-linings of colours proper to the respective Faculties.

Bachelors’ hoods are of the Oxford form, and are made of black stuff or silk. In all Faculties, except the Faculty of Medicine, Bachelors’ hoods are bordered with silk of the colours proper to the respective Faculties.

Masters’ hoods are of the Cambridge form, and are made of black silk. Masters’ hoods are lined with silk of the colours proper to the respective Faculties. In addition the hood of a Master of Philosophy is bordered with crimson. The hood of a Master of Research is lined with silk of the colours proper to the Faculty in which the degree was awarded.

Doctors’ hoods are of the Cambridge form. They are made of scarlet cloth, except in the case of a Doctor of Philosophy, whose hood is made of crimson cloth. The hoods of Doctors are lined with silk of the colours proper to the Faculty in which the degree has been obtained.

The colours proper to the Faculties are:

Arts or Letters

BA, MA: Mazarin blue shot with green

Science

BSc, MSc: Bronze colour (yellow shot with black)
BEng: Red shot with green

Medicine

BN: Green shot with white, edged with red

Economic and Social Studies

MBA: Red shot with yellow, edged with pale blue

Education

MEd: Green shot with white