A group of students collecting their gowns in Shirley Hall

Gown hire

The Graduate Gowning Company supplies all the gowns for our ceremonies.

GOWN HIRE WILL OPEN - 13 March

Please hire your gown online with the Graduate Gowning Company before 26 June

You will need to know:

  • your height
  • your head size (circumference round your head, approximately 2cm above your ears)
  • your student number 

If the Graduate Gowning Company cannot supply you with a gown, you will not be able to graduate. Similarly, you will not be able to graduate if you use a gown that is not supplied by the Graduate Gowning Company.

Check what colour your hood will be below: 

Undergraduates

Faculty Bachelor's Degree Undergraduate Master's Degree
Division of Arts & Humanities You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and yellow inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and gold & yellow inner section and a black mortar board.
Division of Natural Sciences You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and blue inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and gold & blue inner section and a black mortar board.  
Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and blue inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and gold & blue inner section and a black mortar board.  
Kent Business School You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and grey inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and gold & grey inner section and a black mortar board.
Division of Human and Social Sciences You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and grey inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and gold & grey inner section and a black mortar board.
Division for the study of Law, Society and Social Justice You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and grey inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown, a hood with a grey outer section and gold & grey inner section and a black mortar board.
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Postgraduate

Faculty Master's Degree Doctor of Philosophy
Division of Arts & Humanities You will wear a black gown, a hood with a gold outer section and yellow inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown with maroon facings, a hood with a maroon outer section and yellow inner section and a Tudor bonnet.
Division of Natural Sciences You will wear a black gown, a hood with a gold outer section and blue inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown with maroon facings, a hood with a maroon outer section and blue inner section and a Tudor bonnet.
Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences You will wear a black gown, a hood with a gold outer section and blue inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown with maroon facings, a hood with a maroon outer section and blue inner section and a Tudor bonnet.
Kent Business School You will wear a black gown, a hood with a gold outer section and grey inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown with maroon facings, a hood with a maroon outer section and grey inner section and a Tudor bonnet.
Division of Human and Social Sciences You will wear a black gown, a hood with a gold outer section and grey inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown with maroon facings, a hood with a maroon outer section and grey inner section and a Tudor bonnet.
Division for the study of Law, Society and Social Justice You will wear a black gown, a hood with a gold outer section and grey inner section and a black mortar board. You will wear a black gown with maroon facings, a hood with a maroon outer section and grey inner section and a Tudor bonnet.
Image showing undergraduate hoods
PG Cert & PG Dip
You will wear a black gown, a hood with a red outer section and a blue inner section and a black mortar board. 
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