Hoods are established in accordance with the guidelines provided by the North American Intercollegiate Code. Faculty/credential colours are as follows:
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape - russet
Faculty of Arts - white*
BA - white
BCS - silver grey
BFA - brown
BMUS - pink
BSc - golden yellow
Cumming School of Medicine - dark green
Faculty of Graduate Studies - philosophy blue*
EdD, MEd, MC - light blue
DBA, MBA, MMgmt - sapphire blue
DDes, MArch, MEDes, MLand, MPlan - russet
LLM - purple
MA, MSS - white
MCE - light green
MDCS, MPA - dark green
MEng & MSc (Eng) - orange
MFA - brown
MKin - sage green
MMus - pink
MN - apricot
MPP - turquoise
MSc, MBT, MGIS - golden yellow
MSW - citron yellow
PhD - philosophy blue
Graduate Certificates and Diplomas - colour of discipline
Haskayne School of Business - sapphire blue
Faculty of Kinesiology - sage green*
BKin - sage green
BSc - golden yellow
Faculty of Law - purple
Faculty of Nursing - apricot
Schulich School of Engineering - orange
Faculty of Science - golden yellow*
BA - white
BSc - golden yellow
Faculty of Social Work - citron yellow
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - grey*
DVM - asphalt
Werklund School of Education - light blue
University of Calgary
Inclusive Education Program - Olympic red
*Indicates the stole colour for the dean when there are different hood colours for the degrees within the faculty.
1. For the Bachelors' and Masters' degrees, the University of Calgary uses a black hood lined with the University colours, gold with red chevron, and trimmed with the colour indicating the subject of the degree, in a silk-like material. Graduate Certificate and Diploma programs graduands wear the bachelor's hood of the faculty offering the credential.
2. For Inclusive Education Program, the University of Calgary uses a black associate’s hood with an Olympic red trim chevron.
3. Doctoral degrees: PhD hood: The body is doctors' scarlet, with a lining of gold and a chevron of scarlet with a three-inch trim at the edge (inside and out) of philosophy blue. Professional Doctorate hood: conforms to the Intercollegiate Code in shape, size and colour. The trim colour is the same as the masters' hood.
4. For Honorary Doctorates of the University of Calgary (LLD) the hoods have a body in gold, lined in doctors' scarlet with a gold chevron. The trim is a one-inch band of white silk edged with a three-inch band of scarlet velvet, the configuration follows that of the PhD hood.
5. The honorary degree Doctor of the University of Calgary (DUC) has been awarded previously. The hood is similar to the LLD hood without the white band.
Academic Regulations