Caps and gowns must be worn by all in-person ceremony participants. Please review the university’s Adornment Policy as it relates to regalia (cap and gown) during Commencement.
Bachelors and Masters:
Ship to Vanderbilt Deadline – March 31, 2025
Ship to Home Deadline – April 9, 2025
Doctoral (J.D, M.D, Au.D, D.M.P, D.N.P, Ed.D.) and Vanderbilt Ph.D.:
There are two options available if you would like to receive your Doctoral regalia.
- 1. You can order your rental regalia and have it shipped to Vanderbilt University for on-campus pick-up.
- 2. You can purchase your fine-quality Vanderbilt University regalia to be shipped to your home address.
Rental Ship to Vanderbilt Deadline – March 31, 2025
Ship to Home Fine Quality Deadline – March 11, 2025
Graduates who do not order regalia by the deadlines listed above will incur a late fee.
Vanderbilt Apparel
Degrees Offered and Tassel/Hood Colors
* Degrees are awarded through the Graduate School but are listed under both the Grad School and specific school.
* All Vanderbilt doctors wear tams with gold silk doctoral tassels attached.
Announcements, Class Rings, Diploma Frames & Grad Images
![Commencement Announcement](https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-wpfsx/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2023/01/20031920/VU-Commencement-Announcements.jpeg)
Announcements
Herff-Jones is the provider of Vanderbilt University’s official Commencement announcements. Orders will open in the coming weeks.
![Class Rings](https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-wpfsx/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2024/02/23173638/class-rings.jpg)
Class Rings
The Alumni Association is proud to offer the official Vanderbilt University class ring as a symbol of an indelible, tangible connection to Vanderbilt’s past, present and future. Choose from traditional, modern and designer options. Orders will open in the coming weeks.
Note: Class rings are reserved exclusively for students who have completed at least 60 credit hours and are in good standing with the university and students in the final year of their professional or graduate degrees.
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Diploma Frames
Framing Success & Church Hill Classics offer diploma frames for Vanderbilt University.
Undergraduate and master’s diplomas are 8.5 inches tall and 11 inches wide.
Doctoral and Ph.D. diplomas are 14 inches tall and 17 inches wide.
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Grad Images
Grad Images can provide images of individual students from the Commencement ceremony.
![Grad Images](https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-wpfsx/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2024/04/05152402/RedRose-Commencement-Order.jpeg)
Graduate Gifts
Gift orders for graduates are now open. All online orders will be available for pickup on site the day of Commencement. Orders will open in the coming weeks.
Adornment Policy
The Provost Office, in conjunction with Communications and Marketing, representatives from all 10 schools and colleges, and various campus departments, developed the following adornment policy for Vanderbilt’s annual Commencement ceremonies.
- Adornments may be worn but are limited to cords from organizations officially recognized by Vanderbilt. Read the Student Affairs student organization guidelines.
- In keeping with the solemnity of the ceremonies, special regalia is worn to symbolize reaching a significant milestone in one’s educational journey – earning your degree, and as such adornments to regalia must be associated with officially recognized merit or honor societies or identity groups. Any adornment that is not in the form of an already authorized cord or stole, must be approved by the Office of the Provost, Student Affairs and any relevant schools, colleges or other organizations. Requests can be submitted using the Adornment Exception Request form.
- Personal decorations, whether to the cap or gown, are not allowed as they may detract from the spirit and dignity of the occasion or alter or obscure recognition of the degree that the designated regalia represents.
This policy was put into effect in November 2016.
Questions? Contact Us.