Today, higher education is changing, and at the same time it is increasing in popularity. And in higher education, most of the new subjects and the option that are available are based on study online courses. These online courses mainly highlight the influence of the modern and fast-growing world on university life, but there are certain traditions that still remain. For example, wearing a cap and gown on the graduation day is still standard for all graduates, no matter they have studied from home or completed a BA in Pet Name Studies. Do you know why we wear the cap and gown?

The tradition of wearing these the cap and gown was influenced in Britain and the United States by the dress of Oxford and Cambridge students, and the robes worn by clerics beforehand. The colour of undergraduate's robes would reflect their rank, in the same way the gown's yoke identify the subject area of study of the particular student today. Noblemen would wear gowns with gold lace and button decorations, while lower ranking students, including commoners would wear far more simple robes. Today, the sleeves of the gown may vary from bell-shaped sleeves for BA students to  closed sleeves for MA students.

Through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, though the hood began to be seen less in ordinary dress, but it appeared into the conservative wear of universities and other institutions. It had gone through a modification, being oversized for a period, and then being given the additional liripipe which might well have been used to strap under the chin to keep the headpiece secure. Today, the colour and design of hood may vary from institution to institution and achievement to achievement.

Cap is the most intriguing element of graduation-wear. The design of the cap is influenced by square biretta worn by the clergy in medieval times. Over the times, the church kept the biretta without the square, but the square style survived in the universities and institutions. Today, the cap varies from a simple black cap with black tassels for undergraduates and sometimes gold tassels (or other colours) for university officials.