University of Johannesburg Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture
University of Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacture

Johannesburg, South Africa

Diploma

3 years

English

Full time

ZAR 50,840 / per year **

On-Campus

* by noon

** fees for the complete programme amount to between R50840,00 and R62468,00. Fees may vary depending on the composition of a particular qualification

Key Summary

About: The Diploma in Jewelry Design and Manufacture at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) is based in Johannesburg and uses state-of-the-art facilities and experienced staff to teach jewelry design, manufacture and entrepreneurship. The department cultivates broad-based skills and creative competencies; students get orientation via a First Year Experience and workplace preparation through a Senior Student Experience. UJ has raised over R300 million for the Missing Middle Campaign and provides on-campus health and protection services.

Career Outcomes: Graduates work as contemporary jewelry designers/makers, commercial manufacturers, retail/wholesale buyers, gemmologists, workshop managers, CAD designers, educators and in related roles across design and production.

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is situated in the metropolis of Johannesburg and is one of the dynamic Jewellery hubs of South Africa. The state-of-the-art facilities combined with the expertise of the lecturing staff make the UJ Department of Jewellery Design a premier setting to study towards a career in the Jewellery industry. The department's aim is to cultivate broad-based skills associated with jewelry entrepreneurship. Students are encouraged to develop a range of competencies that enables them to achieve their full creative potential.

Reasons for studying at UJ

  • UJ offers not only a special program called the First Year Experience to help orientate students throughout the first year but we also offer a Senior Student Experience that gears students toward the workplace!
  • Grab the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports and train alongside Olympians and Paralympians on state-of-the-art pitches, tracks, and fields, or just keep fit by joining one of the gyms on each of our 4 campuses.
  • Be part of a young, vibrant, and agile university that reflects and adapts easily to our country’s aspirations, while maintaining global relevance through numerous international partnerships.
  • 178 Internationally respected and accepted qualifications.
  • Join a university that cares enough to have raised over R300 million since the start of 2016 in order to support the Missing Middle Campaign. UJ also ensures that more than 6 000 needy students have two healthy meals per day.
  • Study in the vibrant City of Gold – the economic hub of South Africa. Join a vibrant, cosmopolitan, progressive group of students and academics on their way to re-imagining the future!
  • UJ offers an amazing on-campus experience whether you live in one of UJ’s residences, belong to a day house, or whether you just want to socialize at the Student Centres on all campuses. 
  • We ensure the health, safety, and security of all our students through our own on-campus health services and UJ Protection Services.
  • Did you know that during the first five years of UJ’s existence it doubled its targeted research output and to this day, continues to break records!