Regalia

Graduating Students

Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees

Recipients wear a cap and gown, with no hood. Students can visit the Morningside campus bookstore on weekdays from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and on weekends from 11:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Master's students can visit both the CUIMC & Morningside campus bookstores.

Regalia can also be shipped directly from the bookstore.

Doctoral Degrees

Recipients wear a gown, hood, and velvet tam. Regalia ordered after April 11 will incur a late fee. Visit the Bookstore, on weekdays from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and on weekends from 11:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., to place your rental order. A ship-to-home option is not available for doctoral rental regalia but can be picked up in-store beginning April 22, if ordered by April 11.

Please note: purchased doctoral regalia takes up to 8 weeks and will not arrive for Commencement. If you have further questions and still want to place a purchase doctoral regalia order, please email [email protected].

2024 Grad Fair

• From February 27 to February 29 at the Morningside University Bookstore (11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.). Distribution begins for the bachelor and master souvenir packs.
• On March 1 at the Medical Center Bookstore (11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.).

For more information on academic attire, graduation announcements, class rings, and diploma frames, please email the Bookstore directly at [email protected].

Faculty & Staff

All Columbia University faculty and officers of administration are invited to march in the academic procession at the University Commencement ceremony.

Faculty and staff participating in the academic procession should coordinate regalia orders with their school or department. The last day to place orders, including honor cords and aiguillettes, is March 4. The last day to request delivery in wardrobe boxes is March 29.

If you are a Columbia degree holder, you will receive a Columbia blue gown, hood and blue mortarboard (bachelor's/master's) or black velvet tam (doctoral). Those that hold degrees from other institutions may wear their own regalia or will receive black caps and gowns with a hood that includes colors of that institution.

Guidelines for Commencement Stoles

Any school, program, department, recognized student group or school-authorized cohort that plans to create commencement stoles should follow the below guidelines.

• The left side should identify the School in one consistent manner across all groups, per the guidelines and examples below.
• The right side is where individual groups can feature their own designs, which should include the name of the group or cohort, and may include a secondary “tag line” and/or any graphic that represents the group.
• The text on either side of a stole should have clear space around it, to separate it from any patterns or designs, without overlap.

For additional resources and a list of approved vendors, read the Guidelines for Use of Columbia Marks. For questions, email [email protected].

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