| Each level of degree has different hoods. Degree | | | | and females would wear equivalent attire. |
| holder person wear different hoods of different color | | | | How to Wear a Hood - The hood should be placed |
| and in different style like MA degree holder wear | | | | over your head so that it drapes off your shoulders |
| Black silk, lined with white silk, BA degree holder wear | | | | and over the back of your gown. The velvet border |
| Black silk, edged with orange silk and bordered inside, | | | | should be on the outside as shown in the pictures. Be |
| within the orange edging, with white cloth 12mm wide | | | | sure the lining of the hood is turned out so that the |
| and PhD degree holder the Doctor's Scarlet cloth | | | | color(s) identifying the institution which conferred |
| gown distinguished by white silk facings and sleeve | | | | your degree are prominently displayed. This can be |
| linings. Sleeves will have a white tassel and button, | | | | done by turning the velvet trim to the out side at |
| and John Knox Cap. | | | | the back just below your shoulders. The cord on the |
| Academic Regalia Guide- There are many resources | | | | back of your hood will keep your hood in place. The |
| where you can get much knowledge about the | | | | cord in the front of your hood is provided to keep |
| academic regalia guide. Look at some of the pictures | | | | the hood away from your neck, fasten the cord to a |
| of faculty like Arkansas, Harcourt, Calvin, Wisconsin, | | | | dress button or the gown zipper. |
| Cornell and D.M.A academic regalia. How to wear | | | | Protocol for wearing Academic Hoods- A custom |
| academic regalia hoods:- Academic dress today | | | | established in the 14th century, modern-day scholars |
| generally consists of a gown also known as academic | | | | display their academic achievements by wearing |
| choir robes or choir robe gowns quail with a (usually | | | | academic graduation hoods commencements and |
| separate, unattached) hood, and sometimes a cap. | | | | other important academic ceremonies. All university |
| When wearing academic dress, it is usual to dress | | | | regalia strictly comply with the guidelines set forth by |
| formally and soberly beneath the gown; so, for | | | | the Committee on Academic Customs and |
| example, males would typically wear a dark suit with | | | | Ceremonies, appointed in 1959 by the American |
| a white shirt and tie or military or national dresses, | | | | Council on Education. |