DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Italian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 11,600 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Please contact us for specific information on fees (EU, Non-EU), scholarships and payment plans
Key Summary
Introduction
The three-year course of study in Jewelry Design is the only one of its kind in Italy. The course combines the typical experience of the artisan workshop, where student acquire the manual dexterity of master goldsmiths, with an in depth investigation of the theoretical and cultural elements.
After the first period of studies, concentrated on the theorical and artistic subjects that furnish the determining foundations for the preparation of a designer, from the second semester onwards the student is ever more in contact with the materials, the techniques and the technologies typical to the disciplines linked to jewelry design and goldsmithing. For this reason great importance is given to practical exercises (construction, micro-modelling in wax, embossing and engraving, setting, micro-press fusion and casting).
Thanks to this program students are able to create and realize jewels born from an advanced research of styles supported by the analysis of the international market, the study of materials and the study of new trends. Each student is followed at every step by professional instructors of vast experience that accompain them in the creative process and design choices.
The students thus are able to undertake an ancient crqaft with a contemporary vision, uniting the use of traditional technoques with the instruments or ouf times, such as computer design, with an eye toward marketing strategies and the evolution of the market.
Student services
Accademia Italiana offers a range of student services:
Orientation
Accademia Italiana’s Information & Admission Office provides students with the information necessary to choose and apply to the most appropriate course of study. Accademia Italiana’s Information & Admission Office provides students with the information necessary to choose and apply to the most appropriate course of study.
Housing
Accademia Italiana offers a free housing assistance service to help students away from home find suitable accommodation.
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Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Every year Accademia Italiana promotes excellence and access to its programs education through the award of study scholarships to partially cover the tuition fees.
The scholarship award is given on a merit-based evaluation that can include school grades, curricular and extracurricular activities, etc.
The scholarship announcements are published annually on the Accademia Italiana website, providing information on the application procedure and process.
Curriculum
A profession between art, design and craftsmanship
The profession of the jewelry designer is closely linked to the artistic sensibility of our time and lies on the borderlines between art, design and handicraft.
To be able to design fascinating jewels one needs first of all to undersand the dreams of our times.
The jewelry designer translates these dreams into his works.
For this reason, it is really important that a school, in addition to transferring the secrets of the trade, also brings out the talent of each student and helps to develop a personal working method.
Our study program is conceived precisely to develop the individual sensitivity of students and moves towards a concrete realm.
1st year
- History of Contemporary Art 1
- Project Design Methodology
- Applied Arts and Materials Technology
- Computer Graphics
- History of Applied Arts: History of Jewelry
- Jewelry Design 1
- Basic Design
- Introduction to Jewelry Design
- Design Techniques and Technology
- Iconography and Anatomical Drawing
- History of Costume
- Law, Legislation and Economy of Show Business
- Elements of Information Technology
2nd year
- History of Contemporary Art 2
- Techniques of Digital Modeling– Computer 3D
- Graphic Design
- Jewelry Design 2
- Metal Arts and Casting
- Combined Media
- Materials and Properties
- Latest Trends in the Visual Arts
- Photography
- Aesthetics
- Elements of Cultural Marketing
- Foreign Language
- Perception Theory and Psychology of Forms
3rd year
- Theory and Methods of Mass Media
- Jewelry Design 3
- Jewelry Design– Studio
- Jewelry Production Processes
- Accessories Design
- Techniques of Digital Modeling– Rendering 3D
- Fashion Trends
- Project Design Methodology 2
- Fashion Publishing
- Workshops, participation in academic events
- Final project (thesis)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
To encourage the professional development of the graduates, Accademia Italiana offers a free Job Placement Office. Besides establishing contacts with companies in the field, the Job Placement Office organizes internships and helps students and ex-students find employment.
English Language Requirements
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