Academic dress
What you'll wear
If you're graduating at a ceremony, you'll wear the traditional academic dress of black gown, a hood or a stole and a mortarboard.
RMIT’s academic dress is based on the Oxford style, and exactly what you wear is determined by your program’s discipline and the level of award you receive, e.g. diploma, bachelor, master.
Scroll down for colours and sizes.
For the Melbourne Graduation Ceremony and Parade
| Collection |
Pick up your academic dress at one of our Gown and Ticket events. |
| Cost |
The cost is included in your graduation fee. |
| Return | As you leave the ceremony. |
Not attending the Melbourne Ceremony?
Hire your academic dress
If you are not attending a graduation ceremony or if you've already graduated, you can hire academic dress between April and September.
Complete the Academic dress hire request form and email it to graduation@rmit.edu.au
We'll then email you a direct link to our online payment system where you can pay by VISA or MasterCard. Remember to bring a copy of your receipt when you collect your academic dress.
| Cost | $100+ $150 deposit. |
| Available | Between April and September |
| Collection and Return | When: Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm Where: RMIT Building 88, Level 9 - 440 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne 3000 |
We'll refund the deposit to your credit card within approximately three business days after you return the items hired (unless any items are lost, returned damaged or late - then we may retain it).
Purchase your academic dress
To purchase your own academic regalia (gown, hood/stole and mortarboard/bonnet), complete the Academic dress purchase request form email it to graduation@rmit.edu.au.
We'll then email you a direct link to our online payment system where you can pay by VISA or MasterCard.
Please be aware that pick up and delivery is only available until the end of October. As of November, all academic dress purchases will be available for pick up only at the Gown and Ticket collection.
Please allow four to six weeks for delivery.
| Award Level | Cost | Delivery(only within Australia) |
Diploma Master Bachelor |
$75.00 | $25.00 |
| PhD | $150.00 | $25.00 |
Colours of hoods and stoles
The colour of your hood or stole represents your program’s discipline.
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.
Professional Doctors wear a black gown faced with the colour of their award discipline.
| Discipline | Colour | Discipline | Colour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Science | Honeysuckle | Law | White |
| Architecture | Cherry | Nursing | Fuschia |
| Arts | Magenta | Pharmacy | Opaline green |
| Business | Heliotrope | Public Health | Peacock green |
| Design | Silver grey | Social Science | Buttercup |
| Education | Turquoise | Social Work | Powder blue |
| Engineering | Spectrum blue | Technology | Spectrum green |
| Health Science | Violet | Doctor of Philosophy | Scarlet red |
Gown sizes
Your gown size is determined by your height and is intended to be loose fitting.
Gown size |
cm |
feet and inches |
|---|---|---|
| S | 156–166 |
5' 1" to 5' 5" |
M |
167–176 |
5' 6" to 5' 9" |
L |
177–186 |
5' 10" to 6' 1" |
XL |
187 and over |
6' 2" and over |
Mortarboard sizes
You'll wear a mortarboard (or cap) made from black cloth with a folding crown and a black tassel.
This mortarboard is adjustable and fits all sizes.
Doctorate bonnets
If you're graduating with a doctorate you'll wear a black velvet Tudor bonnet with a coloured cord and tassel.
Size |
cm |
|---|---|
Small |
53–55 |
Medium |
56–59 |
Large |
60–63
|
Need help?
Email your questions to graduation@rmit.edu.au.
