Acaemic dress or academical dress (also known in the United States as academic regalia and sometimes as academicals) is traditional clothing worn specifically in academic settings - primarily tertiary but also, to a lesser extent, secondary education. Contemporarily, it is more commonly seen only at graduation ceremonies, but formerly academic dress was, and to a lesser degree in many ancient universities still is, worn on a daily basis. Today the ensemble generally consists of a gown (also known as a "robe") with a separate hood, and usually a cap (generally either a mortarboard, a tam, or a bonnet). Academic dress is also worn by members of certain learned societies and institutions as official dress.