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
MArch - russet
MEDes - russet
MLA - russet
MPlan - russet
Faculty of Arts - white*
BA - white
BCS - silver grey
BFA - brown
BFS - scarlet
BMUS - pink
BSc - golden yellow
Cumming School of Medicine
BCR - dark green
BHSc - dark green
MD - dark green
Faculty of Graduate Studies - philosophy blue*
LLM - purple
MA - white
MBA - sapphire blue
MBT - golden yellow
MC - light blue
MCE - light green
MDCS - dark green
MEd - light blue
MEng & MSc in Eng - orange
MFA - brown
MGIS - golden yellow
MKin - sage green
MMus - pink
MN - apricot
MP - russet
MPP - turquoise
MSc - golden yellow
MSS - white
MSW - citron yellow
EdD - light blue
PhD - philosophy blue
BDipl - colour of discipline
MDipl - colour of discipline
PDipl - colour of discipline
Haskayne School of Business - sapphire blue
BComm - 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
BSc in Eng - orange
DipSc - orange
DipSH - 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
BEd - light blue
DipEd - 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. Diploma programs graduands wear the bachelor's hood of the faculty offering the Diploma.
2. For Inclusive Education Program, the University of Calgary uses a black associate’s hood with an Olympic red trim chevron.
3. For the 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. The Doctorate hood (e.g., EdD, DB etc.) 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