GIA Programs

Welcome to the world of gemstones and jewelry.

A comprehensive GIA education is regarded as the pinnacle of training and professional development in gems and jewelry.

Whether your goal is to be a buyer, a bench jeweler, a sales professional, a jewelry business executive, a store owner, or define your own career, GIA has a diploma program that will help you achieve your goals.

Enroll in any (or all) of GIA’s internationally respected diploma programs, courses, or classes – and prepare to take your place among the industry’s most qualified and successful leaders.

Gems
  • GEMOLOGY
  • JEWELRY ARTS
Classes, courses, and programs focusing on diamonds, colored stones, and pearls.
Graduate Gemologist
Learn the technical knowledge and sales skills you need to deal in the entire spectrum of diamonds and colored stones, and earn the industry’s most coveted professional credential.
Graduate Diamonds
Acquire the expertise you need to grade, buy, and sell diamonds with the insight of a seasoned professional.
Graduate Colored Stones
Learn how to identify and evaluate hundreds of common and unusual colored gemstones found in today’s marketplace.
Accredited Jewelry Professional
Gain the critical product knowledge and proven sales techniques you need to hit the sales floor running.
Graduate Pearls
Learn how to evaluate, buy, and sell pearls with confidence.
Programs and classes to take you from an inspired idea to a beautifully crafted masterpiece.
Graduate Jeweler
Understand metal working, fabrication, jewelry repair, and stone setting as you acquire the fundamental skills of a professional bench jeweler
Applied Jewelry Arts
Learn the pre-production fundamentals of design, wax carving, casting, mold-making and CAD/CAM.
Jewelry Design Course
Learn to design custom jewelry while creating your own portfolio of designs.

Student Services


Carlsbad
800-421-7250 ext. 4001
New York
800-366-8519
Outside North America
Call 760-603-4001

Student Resources

Lab Classes