Academic and Ceremonial Dress Order 2013
20Academic dress: Master graduates, Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda and Juris Doctor graduates
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20 Academic dress: Master graduates, Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda and Juris Doctor graduates
20.1 The academic dress of a graduate of the University, being awarded or holding a degree of Master or a degree of Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda or Juris Doctor, is to be:
(a) a gown of black cloth as traditionally worn at the University, being heavily gathered on the back and on both shoulders with a curved yoke, with sleeves that are long and closed (being 20cm from the bottom of the gown) with a crescent shaped cut at the bottom and a bound opening for the arm at the elbow; and
(b) a hood of black cloth in the style as traditionally worn at the University and in the shape known as the Oxford Burgon cut, and that is lined on the inside with colours applicable to the award as set out in Schedule 2 Part 1 or 2, or, for a degree of Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda or for a degree of Juris Doctor, as set out in Part 3 of that Schedule; and