Matriculation
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Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination.
Students arriving for a matriculation ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, UK
The University of Oxford has a long tradition of academic dress, which continues to the present day.
Matriculation
…in Latin matricula) of the university, at which point they become members of the university. Oxford requires matriculants to wear academic dress with subfusc during the ceremony. At Cambridge and Durham, policy regarding the wearing of academic dress varies amongst the colleges. Separate matriculation…
An Oxford degree ceremony – the pro-vice-chancellor in MA gown and hood, proctor in official dress and new Doctors of Philosophy in scarlet full dress. Behind them, a bedel, another Doctor and Bachelors of Arts and Medicine.
Encaenia Procession: The chancellor (with trainbearer) immediately followed by the university proctors and others
An undergraduate student at the University of Oxford in subfusc for Matriculation in Michaelmas
MA hoods seen from rear