The popular GIA Graduate Jeweler program blends a foundational technical education with the practical skills needed in the modern jewelry industry while encouraging students to express their individual creativity. Students will learn their craft in a professional studio classroom using proven, safe techniques that meet or exceed industry standards.
In addition to long-established program objectives, the revised program will introduce fresh, new projects that meet the needs of an evolving jewelry industry. The projects will provide a deeper emphasis on:
- Hand fabrication
- Design and individual creativity
- Metal casting, including wax carving
- Setting a greater variety of gemstone shapes
- Setting natural, semi-precious gems and laboratory-grown diamonds
- Common repairs, refurbishments, and adjustments encountered by professional bench jewelers
The six-month Graduate Jeweler program is offered at the GIA campus in Carlsbad, CA.
New program start dates will be announced in 2023.
Latest Updates
- GIA is collaborating with master goldsmith and award-winning jewelry designer Alan Revere to incorporate many successful aspects of his well-known Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts to GIA’s Graduate Jeweler program.
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