Academic Gown
Booking and Collection of Academic Gown:
  • Graduates attending the Graduation Ceremony are required to wear the academic gowns specific to the particular award. Information about the types of gown are provided below:
    Award Gown Colour Hood Colour Cap
    HKCC - Associate Degree and Higher Diploma Black with golden stole \ \
    SPEED - Bachelor of Arts Black Blue Mortarboard
    SPEED - Bachelor of Business Administration Black Purple Mortarboard
    SPEED - Bachelor of Science Black Gold Mortarboard
    SPEED - Bachelor of Social Sciences Black Green Mortarboard
    SPEED - Associate of Arts/Science, PCE Diploma and PCE Certificate Black with mauve stole \ \
  • To ensure that graduates use the correct set of gowns, academic gowns are available for hiring from the official gown hiring company i.e. Victoria Uniform.
  • Graduates without academic gown or the academic gown does not meet the specifications to a particular award will not be allowed to go on stage at the Graduation Ceremony.
  • Online booking for academic gown will start on 10 September 2018.
  • To book your academic gown, please visit the website of Victoria Uniform. You may refer to the below booking instructions for different awards.

  • Graduates of
    HKCC - Associate Degree or Higher Diploma
    SPEED - Associate of Arts/Science, PCE Diploma or PCE Certificate
    SPEED - Bachelor of Arts
    SPEED - Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Social Sciences

 


  • Upon completion of the online order form, print two copies of the Gown Deposit Form.
  • Collect the academic gown at outlets of Victoria Uniform from 10 September to 21 October 2018.
  • Graduates MUST present two copies of the Gown Deposit Form, together with the hiring fee and deposit in cash at the time of collecting the academic gown from the selected outlet of Victoria Uniform.
  • For graduates of Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Social Sciences, academic gowns will only be available for collection and returning at the Sheung Wan and Choi Hung outlets of Victoria Uniform.
  • Victoria Uniform will return one copy of the Gown Deposit Form upon receipt of the deposit from graduates. Graduates should keep the copy of deposit form for their own record.
  • Check carefully to ensure that all the collected items are in good condition as you will be required to return them in the same condition in order to claim the deposit back.
  • The first hiring must be on a six-week basis, which will be counted from the date of gown collection.
  • There shall be no change for size and style for all hired items.

Hiring Fee and Deposit

Level of Award Hiring Fee
(Non-refundable)
Deposit Total Fee
Sub-degree $110 $500 (gown $300 + stole $200) $610
Bachelor's degree $130 $700 (gown $300 + hood $200 + mortarboard $200) $830

  • The hiring fee and deposit must be paid by cash.
  • Deposit is refundable from Victoria Uniform when the hired items are returned in good conditions. PolyU/CPCE/HKCC/SPEED will not be responsible for the refund.
  • All hiring items should be returned in good conditions. Graduates should not apply tiepins or adhesive paper, or iron directly on the hired items. Damages, such as burning mark, running yarn and found pinholes, should be avoided.
  • Deposits will be forfeited by Victoria Uniform if any of the returned items is dirty or damaged. The penalty charges are $300 for gown, $200 for stole/hood and $200 for mortarboard.

Extended Hiring

  • The first hiring must be on a six-week basis. The extension fee of rental is $110 per week for sub-degree graduates, and $130 per week for Bachelor's degree graduates. The extension period of rental is counted on weekly basis. If it is less than seven days, it will be counted as a week.

Authorising a Representative for Hiring

  • In the event that a graduate is not available to hire and collect the academic gown in person, he/ she can authorise a representative to hire and collect the academic gown. The authorised representative has to present the ORIGINAL copy of the graduate's Gown Hiring Form together with the deposit in cash (including the non-refundable hiring fee) at the time of hiring academic gown.

For any queries about the hiring procedures of academic dress, please call Victoria Uniform's hotline at 3118 4396.