Regalia (cap and gown) is required to participate in the CLAS Recognition Ceremonies. Please direct all questions about caps, gowns, and tassels to the UF Bookstore at (352) 392-0194 or cap-gown@ufl.edu.
Ordering your Cap & Gown
Herff Jones is the official location to order your cap & gown for UF’s commencement ceremonies. Order deadline is March 22nd.
Late orders are available to order March 25th-March 29th with rush shipping only.
The site will close on March 30th for all graduation ceremonies May 1st -May 6th.
Once the site closes, all regalia requests will be paid and picked up from the UF Bookstore beginning April 22nd-May 6th.
Please make sure to pick the correct tassel for your degree. Liberal Arts = Bachelor of Arts and Liberal Sciences = Bachelor of Science. If you are a double/triple major, you will receive ONE tassel for whichever degree ceremony you will walk in. If you are receiving both a B.A. and a B.S. and would like to have both tassels, you must order a second one from the UF Bookstore for an additional fee.
Click here to order your regalia from Herff Jones.
Please note, the commencement office cannot assist with regalia orders, these must be managed through Regalia Services. Contact cap-gown@ufl.edu.
Tassels and Caps
Candidates for degrees at the University of Florida wear the black mortarboard with a tassel whose color is distinctive of the degree being received. For undergraduate students, the tassel should hang on the right side and moved to the left side after the receipt of the degree. Graduate students should place the tassel on the left side.
For the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, candidates in the Arts will receive a white tassel and candidates in the Sciences will receive a golden yellow tassel.
The Gown
Bachelor
The bachelor gown is black, full cut with long pointed sleeves.
Master
The master gown is black with a closed sleeve and a slit near the upper part of the arm.
Doctoral
The doctoral gown may be blue or black with an open sleeve and velvet running down the front panels and cross bars on the sleeve. The trimming may be black or it may match the color of the velvet hood edging.
The Hood
Students receiving master’s degrees will receive their hoods when they pick up their regalia and should wear their hoods to the ceremony.
Doctoral degree candidates will not receive their hoods with their regalia. These hoods are delivered by the bookstore to the commencement location so that these candidates can be hooded during the ceremony.
The velvet color on an academic hood represents the degree earned. The lining of hoods worn by graduates of the University of Florida will be in the school colors of blue and orange. The lining of the hoods are folded outward.