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Deluxe Doctoral Academic Hood - Customize Your Own
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List price
$59.95
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$39.95
Complete your doctoral regalia with the Deluxe Doctoral Academic Hood, a premium graduation hood designed to meet the highest standards of academic tradition and professional presentation. Reserved for doctoral-level graduates and faculty, this hood represents scholarly achievement, discipline, and institutional identity.
Doctoral academic hoods are a defining element of advanced-degree regalia. The Deluxe Doctoral Hood is crafted to deliver superior drape, durability, and elegance—making it ideal for commencement ceremonies, academic processions, and long-term faculty use.
Doctoral-Level Design & Traditional Proportions
This deluxe hood is constructed to proper doctoral length and shape, ensuring it rests correctly across the shoulders and flows down the back in accordance with academic dress standards. The extended length and structured form distinguish doctoral hoods from bachelor’s and master’s hoods, reinforcing the prestige of the degree.
Premium Materials & Professional Craftsmanship
The hood features a high-quality matte-finish shell, accented with rich velvet trim to signify the academic discipline. The interior is finished with a smooth satin lining and chevron, traditionally used to represent institutional colors. Reinforced stitching and careful construction ensure the hood maintains its shape and appearance throughout long ceremonies.
Essential Finishing Piece for Doctoral Regalia
The Deluxe Doctoral Academic Hood pairs seamlessly with deluxe or classic doctoral gowns and tams. Whether worn by a graduating PhD candidate or a faculty member participating in academic ceremonies, this hood completes the formal doctoral ensemble and communicates scholarly authority.
Choose Your Colors
The velvet trim shows your field of study, and the satin lining and chevron show your school’s colors. You choose all three when you order, so your hood is correct for your degree and your school.
Ordering
Each hood is custom made and takes 2–3 weeks. Quick processing and expedited shipping are available. Pair it with a deluxe or classic doctoral gown and a doctoral tam from our other listings.
Buying for faculty? See the Deluxe Doctorate Hood for faculty.
Order Processing Timeframe
All orders for “In-Stock Products” will ship out within 1-4 Business Days. We offer Quick Processing (options which expedite your order handling and overall delivery time), however you must submit your request on our contact us page. Additional fees may apply.
If your Order contains a “Custom Product”, the entirety of your order processing time will be approximately 2 – 3 weeks. Expedited processing options are not available for “Custom Products”. Prior to checking out, please review your order and be aware that by placing this order you understand and accept the extended 2 – 3 weeks processing time.
Order Processing Options
- IN-STOCK – Ships within 1 - 4 Business Days (No Additional Charge)
- CUSTOM – Ships within 2 - 3 Weeks (No Additional Charge)
Shipping time (which is not the same as the processing time)
It takes about a week for standard shipping (5-8 business days). You can reduce this time by paying for faster shipping such as 3-4 business days.
Just remember the shipping time is in addition to the processing time. You need to add together both the production time and the shipping time to get a time estimate for your order.
The shipping time and processing time are estimated and Gradshop does not guarantee the delivery by a specific date or time.
Out of Stock
If any item(s) become out of stock after an order is placed, one of our customer service representatives will contact you via telephone or email and inform you of available options in an effort to remedy any issues. We will ask whether you would like to proceed with your order or make changes to your order. Product substitutions are available upon request. Out of stock items will typically be placed on Back Order and extended processing times may apply.
Delivery times may vary
The Estimated Delivery Date provided at checkout is an estimate only and does not guarantee delivery by a specific date or time. As this is an estimate only Gradshop cannot refund shipping charges for shipments arriving past the estimated delivery date. We will do our best to make sure you receive your order on time. We advise you to give us a call at 1-855-719-4723 if you need your order before a specific date and we will try to meet the date.
International Shipping
We will ship to some foreign locations. Such locations generally include Canada, Europe, South America, Japan and a few other locations. You can check if your country is available by simulating placing an order on our website. We can also place the order over the phone if you do not find your country. However because such shipments often involve the peculiarities of the various tariffs, trade and import/export laws around the globe we may not be able to ship some orders overseas due to the cost of researching the laws for that location. Also if possible it is always easier for us to ship to a US-based shipping address and you will always save on shipping costs if you can arrange for a US-based address to receive the shipment. At this time due to advice from our bank concerning trends in fraud we reserve all rights to deny or proceed with orders shipping internationally.
* Gradshop IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DUTY, VAT, TAX OR ANY OTHER FEES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPORTING OUR PRODUCTS. We cannot look up the final cost to you as your home country may (and often does) charge a fee at the destination. We also cannot accept a rejection of that fee after the shipment leaves our factory and we cannot offer a return for a refund. Your home country will demand that Gradshop pay the fee before receiving the returned item and Gradshop cannot pay that fee. If you order from overseas you must either pay any import fees and duties your home country charges or else abandon the item or receive no refund.
Shipping Rates
To obtain shipping rates, please add your products to checkout to see shipping rates to your destination.
Track your order
Once your order has shipped, you will receive an email with the tracking number. Please allow us 1-2 days to update the tracking number.
RETURN AND EXCHANGE POLICY
CUSTOM STOLES, CUSTOM HOODS AND CUSTOM GOWNS ARE NON REFUNDABLE
- All returns must be authorized by email hello@gradshop.net.
- A RETURN/EXCHANGE FORM WILL BE PROVIDED BY EMAIL, PLEASE FILL IT OUT AND INCLUDE IN YOUR SHIPMENT.
- NO REFUNDS WILL BE PROCESSED WITHOUT A RETURN/EXCHANGE FORM
- All products and packaging must be in new condition and may not be returned used, worn or altered in any way.
- All shipping, handling and processing charges for your original order are non-refundable.
- It is the responsibility of the customer to pay any return/exchange shipping. Once we receive your exchange, we will give you a call to process the payment of the exchange shipping cost.
- On all returned merchandise a 13% restocking fee will be applied.
- All returned product(s) must be returned/ received within 7 business days of return approval date.
- Requests for returns must be made within 14 days from the date of receipt of your order.
- Registered return shipping of products which are returned is the responsibility of the customer.
- Your return will be processed within 7-10 days.
- All custom items/apparel cannot be returned and are non-refundable, this is because these items are made from custom fabrics or have custom printing with your personal information, therefore cancellations are not accepted after your order has been submitted.
- Requests to return/exchange products due to quality issue (received wrong item, color, size and other company error...), please send any evidence to hello@gradshop.net, we will resolve the problem as soon as possible.
- Many items are “On Sale.” Products that are not eligible for returns are clearly marked as “On Sale” on the Product page for that Product. All products on sale are non-refundable, however can be exchanged for the same credit amount.
CANCELLATION POLICY
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You can cancel any in-stock product orders if it has not been shipped/left our facility.
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Custom orders can only be cancelled the next business day you have placed your order.
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If you would like to cancel an order already shipped out, please email your request to hello@gradshop.net (no custom orders accepted). You can send the order back after you received it.
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Please check our return policy for all details. Original shipping and processing fees are non-refundable.
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If your order has not been returned, we won't be able to process your refund.