Student gown

Student gown

Student gowns are a form of academic dress worn by undergraduate students at a number of institutions:

Ancient universities in the United Kingdom

* Undergraduate gowns in Scotland (red gowns)
** Academic dress of the University of St Andrews

*Academic dress of the University of Oxford
*Academic dress of the University of Cambridge


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