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