page_title: Academic dress of King's College London
section_title: Graduating with an Associateship of King's College (AKC)
hierarchical_section_title: Academic dress of King's College London / Graduating with an Associateship of King's College (AKC)
caption_attribution_description: English: KCL academic dress with AKC award epitoge pinned on shoulder
context_page_description: Academic dress of King's College London describes the robes, gowns, and hoods worn by undergraduates, graduates and associates of King's College London. After being vested the power to award its own degrees from the University of London in 2006, graduates began wearing King's College London academic dress in 2008.
context_section_description: Students graduating who have also completed the tradition of Associateship of King's College (AKC), will wear as part of their academic gown a black epitoge with a golden embroidery of the university's lion 'Reggie', buttoned to the left shoulder.
  The epitoge is a short streamer of black fabric that matches the fabric of King's gowns.
caption: Academic dress with the AKC epitoge buttoned to the shoulder, depicting Reggie the Lion
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