Editing Graduation (section)

==History==
Ceremonies for graduating students date from the first universities in Europe in the twelfth century. At that time, Latin was the language of scholars. A ''[[Medieval university|universitas]]'' was a guild of masters (such as MAs) with license to teach. The etymology of "degree" and "graduate" originates from {{Lang|la|gradus}}, meaning "step". The first step was admission to a bachelor's degree. The second step was the masters step, giving the graduate admission to the {{Lang|la|universitas}} and license to teach. Typical dress for graduation is a [[Academic dress|gown and hood]], or hats adapted from the daily dress of university staff in the [[Middle Ages]], which was in turn based on the attire worn by medieval [[clergy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Graduation through the ages|url=http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/graduation/grad-history.shtml|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025211350/http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/graduation/grad-history.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The tradition of wearing graduation hats in Sweden has been in place since the mid-eighteenth century. The cap is typically a white sailor hat with a black or dark blue band around it, a crown motif, and a black peak at the front. The graduation hat tradition was initially adopted by students at [[Uppsala University]]. The headgear then became popular across several other European nations as well.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/8202511|title=Swedish high school graduation day|author=Elin Olsson|journal=Academia.edu}}</ref>