| Discipline | Colour |
|---|---|
| Applied Science | Honeysuckle |
| Architecture | Cherry |
| Arts | Magenta |
| Business | Heliotrope |
| Design | Silver grey |
| Education | Turquoise |
| Engineering | Spectrum blue |
| Health Science | Violet |
| Law | White |
| Nursing | Fuschia |
| Pharmacy | Opaline green |
| Public Health | Peacock green |
| Social Science | Buttercup |
| Social Work | Powder blue |
| Technology | Spectrum green |
| Doctor of Philosophy | Scarlet red |
If you attend a graduation ceremony, you'll wear graduation dress. Find out what it will look like and how to wear it.
RMIT’s graduation dress is based on the Oxford style, so, if you're graduating at a ceremony, you'll wear a traditional black gown, a hood or stole and a mortarboard or bonnet.
Exactly what you'll wear is determined by your program’s discipline and the level of award you receive, e.g. Diploma, Bachelor or Master.
Colours of hoods and stoles
The colour of your hood or stole represents your program’s discipline.
Certificate and Diploma graduates will wear a stole, while degree graduates wear hoods. If you're graduating with a double degree, you are entitled to wear two hoods, one for each discipline. You'll wear a mortarboard (or cap) made from black cloth with a folding crown and a black tassel.
Professional Doctors wear a gown of black cloth faced with scarlet silk together with a hood of scarlet cloth edged with scarlet silk, and a black velvet bonnet with a red tassel.
Where to get your graduation dress
Where you can collect your graduation dress will depend on the ceremony you are attending. Information will be provided to you via email before the ceremony.
How to wear your graduation dress
For instructions on how to wear your graduation dress, watch the video below or download the How to Wear Your Academic Dress Flyer (PDF, 435KB).
How to wear your academic dress
A helpful guide to wearing your academic gown when graduating from RMIT University.
Need help?
Contact Student Connect.
