Jewellery Manufacturing and Design Schools

Below is the list of schools in the European Union, many belonging to the European Parliament of Art Schools for Jewellery and Crafts.

Belgium-IATA

Created in Namur, Belgium, in 1941, IATA (Institut d’Enseignement des Arts, Techniques, Sciences et Artisanats) offers a broad palette of art and design courses, including jewellery.

France- Chambre Syndicale Nationale BJO (CSNBJO)

Chambre Syndicale Nationale de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie, Orfèvrerie et des activités qui s’y rattachent (National Professional Association of Jewellery, Silversmiths and related activities), founded in 1864, currently administers the precious metals sector in France.

Through its involvement with numerous international organizations and the European Commission, and its promotion of exports, the Association contributes to the growing presence and influence of the jewellery and silverware industry on an international scale.

Germany- Fachhochschule für Gestaltung

Pforzheim School of Design, part of the Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, offers a range of degree programs in Fashion Design, Jewellery Design, Visual Communication, Industrial Design and Transportation Design and a postgraduate program in Transportation Design.

Greece-

Galileo V.T.S.

GALILEO VTS was founded in 1954 in Athens as a school of technical trades, making it the oldest school of its kind in Greece that is still in operation. Jewellery was added in 1993.

14ème Ecole Technique d’Athènes Bijouterie – Orfèvrerie – Horlogerie

• 14ème Ecole Technique d’Athènes
• Bijouterie – Orfèvrerie – Horlogerie
• 7 Rue Kolokyuthous
• Athènes 10436
• Greece

MOKUME-School of Jewellery

Founded in Thessalonica in 1987 and in Athens in 1992, the school’s courses in Silversmithing and Jewellery Design are two or three-year full time programs in handmade jewellery and casting.

Stemnitsa Ecole Technique d’Orfèvrerie

• Stemnitsa Ecole Technique d’Orfèvrerie
• 11 Rue Stathopoulou
• Megalopolis 22200
• Greece

Italy-

Accademia delle Arti Orafe

Academy of Jewellery Art. The objective of the Academy is the prevalence of goldsmith and jewellery art. It provides a preparation for those who wish to become professional in goldsmith work and jewellery art.

Le Arti Orafe

Devised and founded in 1985 by Giò Carbone, Le Arti Orafe is the most important Italian private school for goldsmithery, offering courses of various lengths in subjects related to jewellery and goldsmithery with a particular emphasis on professional training and artistic research.

Scuola d’Arte e Mestieri di Vicenza

Vicenza School of Art and Trades has close ties with the jewellery sector as a whole, and course content is managed by a committee of experts in the field. The school’s partners include the Industrial Association of Vicenza and the Vicenza Fair.

Istituto Europeo di Design

With schools in Rome, Milan, Cagliari, Turin and Madrid, the Istituto Europeo di Design offers three-year courses for school- or university-leavers entering the design profession, and specialist courses for Continuing and Advanced Study Programs.

Istituto Statale d’Arte «Benvenuto Cellini

The State Institute of Art Benvenuto Cellini in Valenza offers a wide range of courses in goldsmithery, engraving and mounting, soldering and enameling, chiseling and embossing, glyptic, analysis of gems, hard precious stone and gem manufacturing.

Metallo Nobile School for Jewelry Crafts & Design

Italian school for jewelry crafts and design for the creative production of jewels and precious objects.

Portugal-

Escola de Artes António Arroio

The António Arroio School of Art offers a range of goldsmith and jewellery courses.

Escola Secundária Soares dos Reis

The school offers courses in gold and silversmithing and jewellery, encouraging an artistic approach combined with solid technical skills in the transformation of precious metals. Students are trained with a view to continuing their studies or to begin work upon completion of the course.

South Africa-

Technikons

Three Year Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture offered at all the following technikons.

• Cape Technikon
• School of Design
• PO Box 652
• Cape Town 8000
• Tel. +27 21 460 3877
• Fax +27 21 460 3704
• e-mail hagenm@norton.ctech.ac.za

• Technikon Natal
• Faculty of Art & Design
• PO Box 953
• Durban 4000
• Tel. +27 31 204 2022
• Fax +27 31 204 2859

• Technikon Pretoria
• Arts Faculty
• Private Bag X680
• Pretoria 0001
• Tel. +27 12 318 6151
• Fax +27 12 318 6178
• e-mail valerie@techpta.ac.za

• Witwatersrand Technikon
• Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture
• PO Box 17011
• Doornland 2028
• Tel. +27 11 406 2380/1
• Fax +27 11 406 2407
• e-mail fineart@icon.co.za

University of Stellenbosch

Fine Arts degree up to masters and doctorate level. The Department offers both residential and distance education.

Montebello Design Centre

• Montebello Design Centre
• 31 Newlands Ave
• Newlands 7700
• Tel. +27 21 685 6445
• Fax +27 21 685 6445

Ruth Prowse College of Art & Design

• Ruth Prowse College of Art & Design
• PO Box 89
• Woodstock 7915
• Tel. +27 21 47 4183/47 2492
• Fax +27 21 448 4393

Atteridgeville Goldsmith, Art & Design Training Project

Established by Vukani-Ubuntu Community Development Projects in January 1999, and mainly sponsored by AngloGold, this is South Africa’s first jewellery training and manufacturing project in a black township. The two year jewellery course is a fast track method of training disadvantaged, inexperienced people to produce jewellery in a short time.

Virginia Jewellery School

The Virginia Jewellery School, a second community development project, sponsored by the Italian government and Harmony Gold Mining Co., was launched in September 2000 and currently trains 20 underprivileged learners

Spain-

Escuela Internacional de Joyería Gemología y Tasaciones

A private, international school in Madrid, dedicated to educating and training in the fields of gemology and jewellery arts.

Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artisticos

• Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artisticos
• Escuela n°3 Calle Estudios n°1
• Madrid 28 012
• Spain
• Tel. +34 913 65 4834
• Fax +34 913 64 1050

United Kingdom-

School of Jewellery of the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design

The school in Birmingham, England offers a program of short courses dealing with particular areas of the craft, including technology, design and commerce. Some courses are intended for people who already have some skills and knowledge in the general area of study but who wish to extend or update those abilities. Courses are also available for beginners.

Central St. Martins College of Art & Design

Central St. Martins College of Art & Design in London offers a unique three year course on a fulltime basis, focusing entirely on jewellery design and creating jewellery of unrivalled quality in concept and realization. It sets out to challenge the student to develop ideas of variety, freshness and beauty through the imaginative use of traditional and new skills and techniques.

North Glasgow College

Offers a two year diploma in jewellery production, design and business management.