Academic Dress Rental Service
Graduates must wear an academic dress to participate in the ceremony. Those who fail to comply with this requirement will NOT be presented on stage. Please approach Tick Your Gown Limited, an approved service supplier for the academic dress rental service.
Tick Your Gown Limited has 4 outlets. Graduates who would like to rent academic dresses from the supplier should make an online registration at its website in advance and collect their academic dress from the designated outlet on the specified date.
Registration for Rental Service
Please visit www.tyg.hk/cityu2025 for online academic dress rental registration.
Online Registration Period
28 April to 13 July 2025
Academic Dress Collection Period
1 May to 13 July 2025
Feedback on Rental Services
The University values your comments on the academic dress rental services provided by the Supplier for further improvement. Graduates will be invited by email to take part in a survey in August 2025.
Academic Dress Design
Taught Master's Degree/ Juris Doctor
Black gown, a black mortarboard cap with a black button and tassel.
Black hood trimmed with a wide dark blue silk band and edged with the distinctive colour of the respective discipline (see specifications above).
The hood is to be worn on top of the gown and over the shoulders, with the coloured lining slightly turned out and draped at the back.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) / Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) / Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL)
Black gown, a black mortarboard cap with a black button and tassel.
The gown has a large slit in each sleeve. When wearing the gown, the arm should go straight through the sleeve and not through the slit in the sleeve.
Silk stole of different colours to distinguish types of award (see sample above).
The width of the stole is 8 cm. It is to be worn on top of the gown, with the middle section across the back of the neck and the two ends draping in the front.
Bachelor
Black gown, a black mortarboard cap with a black button and tassel.
The gown has a large slit in each sleeve. When wearing the gown, the arm should go straight through the sleeve and not through the slit in the sleeve.
Black hood which is silk edged with different colour of the hood edging and lining distinguishing the discipline. (see sample above).
The hood is to be worn on top of the gown and over the shoulders, with the coloured lining slightly turned out and draped at the back.
Associate

Black gown, a black mortarboard cap with a black button and tassel.
The gown has a large slit in each sleeve. When wearing the gown, the arm should go straight through the sleeve and not through the slit in the sleeve.
Silk stole of Union Jack Red colour (see sample above).
The width of the stole is 8 cm. It is to be worn on top of the gown, with the middle section across the back of the neck and the two ends draping in the front.
Graduation Tassel


A long, preassembled tassel is attached to each graduation cap/bonnet. The position of graduation tassel is different for awarded graduates and potential graduates. Graduates should make sure the tassel appears on a correct position when they wear a graduation cap/bonnet.
For awarded graduates, the proper position of the tassel is on the left side of the cap/bonnet. On the other hand, potential graduates who have not yet received their awards, typically wear the tassel on the right side of the cap/bonnet.