Academic Attire

NYU-Poly is pleased to announce a change in attire from previous years: Graduates will wear purple robes for commencement exercises in 2012. Students last year asked for the change, and after a survey was conducted that indicated majority supported, NYU-Poly decided to honor the request.

Graduates participating in either the NYU-Poly or NYU commencement exercises must wear the robes, which you can request here and which will be yours to keep. Please select “Polytechnic Institute of NYU” in the drop-down menu on that page.

Orders not placed before or by April 2 will incur additional fees.

*PLEASE NOTE* We will distribute tickets and attire on Tuesday, May 1, on the Brooklyn campus in Regna Lounge from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. You are required to RSVP and order attire prior to pick up. If you cannot pick up your tickets and attire in person, you may designate a substitute. See this form for more information.

To ensure all graduates are treated fairly, each will receive a maximum of two guests tickets per commencement ceremony (NYU-Poly and / or NYU), depending on the RSVP. We regret that there are no exceptions.

Did you know...

That the color band at the outer edges of the academic hoods worn at commencement indicate the graduate's discipline? Traditionally, yellow marks science, orange stands for engineering, and white for arts and letters.
That the president of NYU-Poly, who bestows the degrees, always wears the headgear of his alma mater? President Jerry Hultin was commissioned as a naval officer by Ohio State University in 1964 and received a law degree from Yale University in 1972.
That graduates elected to the national engineering society Tau Beta Pi wear white stoles that bear the organization's symbol?