In the front of the "calotte" are stripes representing the Belgian flag (black, yellow and red) and stripes representing the colors of the city or the university where the "calotte" has been received. At the back of the "calotte", the faculty of the student is represented by a color and a symbol, with if needed an additional symbol to determine the speciality. Golden stars around the "calotte" represent the number of years that the student has studied successfully (if a year has to be retaken, a silver star will represent it). In addition to that, a number of official and personal pins will be added to the "calotte", all representing something about its owner examples include: