Occasions For Academic Dress
Dignitaries, officers, staff, graduates and students wear academic dress at public ceremonies of the University of Melbourne. These include graduation ceremonies and important public lectures.
Dignitaries, visitors and residents of the residential colleges wear their academic regalia to formal dinners several nights per week during the lecturing semester (varying depending on the college). Some residential colleges dignify their fellows with distinct gowns.
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