Academic Dress of Universities in Queensland, Australia - University of The Sunshine Coast - Hoods

Hoods

Hoods are worn by all other graduates of the university. All hoods are black with one exception. Honorary Doctors of the university wear a Rifle Green Cambridge style hood lined in silk.

Bachelor degree holders hoods Oxford-burgon style and are lined with silk to a depth of 15 cm in the colour of their faculty. However in the case of honours degrees a 2 cm thick strip of black commencing 3 cm from the edge of the silk lining. In the case of combined Bachelors degrees the lining of the hood is in two colours. On the right side of the hood the silk lining is the colour of the first named faculty, and on the left the silk is that of the second named faculty.

Masters degrees are differentiated by coursework and research at USC. Masters hoods are in the Oxford-burgon fully lined with silk in the colour of the faculty. Those obtained through course work, however, have a 2 cm black band of silk 3 cm from the edge. All doctorate hoods are in the Cambridge style. Professional Doctorate holders and Honorary Doctorates from the Faculties wear a hood lined in the colour of the faculty. Doctorates of Philosophy wear hoods fully lined in New Red.