The regulations for academic dress are varied by award, and are established by the Senate (Delegated to the Chair of Education Committee).
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)Doctor of Divinity (DD)Doctor of Education(EdD)Doctor of Letters (DLitt)Doctor of Medicine (MD)Doctor of Music (DMus)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Doctor of Science (DSc)Doctor of Theology and Ministry (DThM)Master of Arts (MA)Master of Business Administration (MBA)Master of Data Science (MDS)Master of Education (MEd)Master of Jurisprudence (MJur)Master of Laws (LLM)Master of Letters (MLitt)Master of Music (MMus)Master of Philosophy (MPhil)Master of Professional Practice (MProf)Master in Research (MRes)Master of Science (MSc)Master of Social Work (MSW)Master of Teaching and Learning (MTL)Master of Theology (MTheol)Postgraduate DiplomaPostgraduate Certificate
Bachelor of Arts (BA)Bachelor of Chemistry (BChem)Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)Bachelor of Laws (LLB)Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil)Bachelor of Physics (BPhys)Bachelor of Science (BSc)Master in Accounting (MAcc)Master in Anthropology (MAnth)Master in Arts (MArts)Master of Biology (MBiol)Master in Business and Management (MBus)Master of Chemistry (MChem)Master of Engineering (MEng)Master in Marketing (MMark)Master of Mathematics (MMath)Master of Pharmacy (MPharm)Master in Science (MSci)Master of Physics (MPhys)Durham Scholars' Gown
Full dress
Scarlet wool panama, faced with white silk and bound on inside edge with palatinate silk.
Hood
Scarlet wool panama, lined with white silk and bound on all edges with palatinate silk one inch wide.
Gown
Scarlet cassimere, sleeves and front faced with white silk, with soft black velvet square cap.
Undress
Same as MA, ie black cord or corded silk, with long half-moon sleeve.
Scarlet cassimere, lined with white silk.
Scarlet cassimere, sleeves and front faced with palatinate silk, with soft black velvet square cap, and black silk scarf.
Same as MA, ie black cord or corded silk, with long half-moon sleeve, with black silk scarf.
Scarlet cassimere, lined with palatinate silk.
Scarlet cassimere, faced with scarlet silk, bound on the inside edge with palatinate silk one inch wide. From bottom edge, sleeves bound four inches wide palatinate silk and four inches wide white silk.
Same as MA, ie black cord or corded silk, with long half-moon sleeve, but with palatinate cord and button at the back.
Scarlet cassimere, lined with white silk, and bound on all edges with palatinate silk three inches wide.
Same as DCL, ie scarlet cassimere, but sleeves and front faced with old gold satin, with soft black velvet square cap.
Scarlet cassimere, lined with old gold satin.
Scarlet cassimere sleeves and front faced with palatinate cassimere and red silk.
Brocaded white satin of the standard design, sleeves and front faced with palatinate silk, with soft black velvet square cap.
Black silk, trimmed with broad black gimp.
Brocaded white satin, lined with palatinate silk.
Scarlet cassimere, faced with scarlet silk, bound on the inside edge with palatinate silk one inch wide.
Scarlet cassimere, lined with scarlet silk, and bound on all edges with palatinate silk one inch wide.
Same as DCL, ie scarlet cassimere, but sleeves and front faced with scarlet silk, with soft black velvet square cap.
Palatinate cassimere, lined with scarlet silk.
Scarlet panama, faced with red silk, edged with one inch palatinate silk. From bottom edge sleeves, bound with eight inch palatinate silk, edged with one inch black silk.
Scarlet panama, lined with palatinate silk. Outer edge bound in purple silk one inch wide. Cowel edged in black silk one inch wide.
Black cord or corded silk, with long half-moon sleeve.
Black silk, lined with palatinate silk.
Black silk, lined with palatinate silk and two and one-half-inch wide white silk, and bound with scarlet silk half-an-inch wide on both sides.
Black silk, lined with palatinate silk, and bound with scarlet silk ribbon two-inch wide both sides.
Black silk, lined with white silk, and edged on both sides with palatinate silk one inch wide.
Palatinate silk, bound with white fur.
Black silk, lined with palatinate silk, and bound with white silk half-an-inch wideboth sides.
Black corded silk, lined with old gold satin.
Same as for undress DMus, ie black silk trimmed with broad black gimp, but without slit at the back and with the single line of gimp down the sleeve instead of concentrated at one end.
Black lined with white brocade and bound with palatinate silk.
Black silk, lined with scarlet silk, and bound half inch with palatinate silk.
Same as MA i.e. black cord or corded silk, with long half-moon sleeve.
Black outer lined with palatinate silk.
Palatinate silk, lined with white silk, neck band bound top and bottom with three-eighth-inch white silk.
Black silk, lined with palatinate silk, and bound with scarlet silk half-an-inch wide both sides.
Palatinate silk outer, simple shape, lined with palatinate taffeta with half inch binding in darker purple ribbon on cowl edge and neckband.
Same as MA ie black cord or corded silk, with long half-moon sleeve.
Black outer, lined with white silk, trimmed with double row of palatinate ribbon half-an-inch wide.
Black, lined with black silk, and bound with palatinate silk one inch wide onboth sides.
Same as BA, ie black cord, pointed sleeve, with cord and button.
Black outer, self-lined black, trimmed with double row of palatinate ribbon half-an-inch wide.
Black outer, self-lined black, trimmed with one row of palatinate ribbon half-an-inch wide.
Black cord, pointed sleeve, with cord and button.
Black stuff, trimmed with white fur.
Black lined Palatinate silk, bound with white fur and one half inch wide Palatinate ribbon on outer edge.
Black, lined with scarlet silk and a palatinate band three inches wide, and trimmed with white fur fabric on the cape.
Palatinate silk, lined with maroon silk, and edged with white fur.
Black edged with white silk four inches wide and trimmed with white fur.
Black outer, lined with Palatinate silk, bound with white fur and dark purple ribbon one half inch wide on outer edge.
Palatinate silk, bound with white fur, and with a scarlet band half-an-inch wide next to the fur.
Black outer, lined with cerise and one inch white ribon and edged with white fur.
Palatinate outer, simple shape, lined with palatinate taffeta trimmed with fur.
Black outer, lined with palatinate silk and bound with white fur.
Black silk, lined with dark purple taffeta and bound with white fur and a palatinate corded ribbon, one inch wide.
Black outer, lined with palatinate silk and one inch white ribon, bound with scarlet silk half-an-inch wide and trimmed with fur.
Black silk, lined with palatinate silk, and bound with white fur and a palatinate corded ribbon one inch wide.
Black silk, lined with scarlet silk, and bound with palatinate corded ribbonone-half-inch wide.
Black outer, lined with palatinate silk and one inch white ribbon and trimmed with fur.
Black silk, lined with cerise silk, and bound with white fur fabric.
Purple outer, lined with red and trimmed with fur.
Black silk, lined with palatinate silk, and bound with white fur fabric and a scarlet corded ribbon one-half-inch wide.
Black outer, lined with Palatinate silk, bound with white fur and dark purple ribbon one inch wide.
Black cord, pointed sleeve, with cord and button, edged with palatinate ribbon one inch wide.
The description of hoods includes the word 'palatinate' which is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as 'purple, in Durham University, a light purple used in some academical robes.'
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