Academic dress of the University of Manchester describes the gowns, hoods and headwear which are prescribed by the university for its graduates. The University of Manchester

University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

 was created out of the merger between UMIST

UMIST

The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England. It specialised in technical and scientific subjects and was a major centre for research...

 and the Victoria University of Manchester

Victoria University of Manchester

The Victoria University of Manchester was a university in Manchester, England. On 1 October 2004 it merged with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology to form a new entity, "The University of Manchester".-1851 - 1951:The University was founded in 1851 as Owens College,...

 in 2004. Rather than adapt the academic dress of its predecessor institutions, the university appointed Ede & Ravenscroft to create a new set of regulations upon its foundation.

Bachelors

• Bachelors - A robe of black silk or stuff of the shape special to the University. The gown is of the traditional masters' shape with the boot of the sleeve cut into the shape of an 'M', designated [m18] under the Groves classification system
  Groves classification system
  The Groves classification system is a system intended to enable the shape of any academic gown or hood of the United Kingdom to be easily classified and identified. It was devised by Dr Nicholas Groves and adopted as standard by the community of scholars that study academic dress...
  
  .

Masters

• Masters - A robe of black silk or stuff of the shape special to the University, as for bachelors.

Doctors

• Other Doctorates - A robe of maroon cloth in the Oxford Doctors pattern. The robe has sleeves and facings of purple, edged for one inch with gold ribbon

• Higher Doctorates - A robe of scarlet cloth in the Oxford Doctors pattern. The robe has sleeves and facings of purple, edged for one inch with gold ribbon

Hoods

All hoods are of the Cambridge Full [f1] shape in the Groves classification system

Groves classification system

The Groves classification system is a system intended to enable the shape of any academic gown or hood of the United Kingdom to be easily classified and identified. It was devised by Dr Nicholas Groves and adopted as standard by the community of scholars that study academic dress...

. All have purple neckbands with a centrally-placed band of gold ribbon.

Doctors

• Higher Doctorates - scarlet fully lined with purple, the cape edged in gold;

• Other Doctorates - maroon fully lined with purple carried over as an edging on the cape;

Masters

• Master of Philosophy - a full lining of purple trimmed with a broad band of gold ribbon within the cowl and a maroon edging

on the cape

• All other Post-Graduate Masters - a full lining of purple carried over as an edging on the cape;
• Undergraduate Masters - a full lining of purple trimmed with two bands of gold ribbon within the cowl;

Bachelors

• Bachelors (five or more years of study) - a full lining of purple, trimmed within the cowl with two ribbons, the outer of gold and

the inner of red

• All other Bachelors - a broad facing of purple within the cowl, trimmed with a single band of gold ribbon;

Certificates and Diplomas

• Diplomas and Certificates - self-lined and of black corded material, with a narrow band of purple within the cowl;

Caps

• Bachelors and Masters - a standard black cloth mortarboard.

• Doctors -a black velvet (or cloth for PhD) Tudor bonnet
  Tudor bonnet
  A Tudor bonnet is a traditional soft round cap, with a tassel hanging from a cord encircling the puggaree of the hat...
  
  with a cord and tassel of Gold.

Officers

Officers of the university wear special academic dress on ceremonial occasions. The gown is of purple damask with flap collar and closed, square ended sleeves [d4], edged with silver lace, and with the university arms, crest and motto embroidered on each of the revers at chest height. The cap is a black velvet tudor bonnet with silver tassel.