Held in the highest esteem all over the world, GIA's On Campus programmes attract students from every corner of India. Today, GIA graduates fill key positions at Tiffany & Co., Ben Bridge Jeweler, Zale Corporation, GIA Gem Laboratory, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, Rosy Blue, Dimexon-EuroStar, Titan, Blue Star – just to name a few. There's no place better than GIA for making contacts with future jewellery industry leaders.

Get Hands-on Experience

A place for learning, discover and knowledge expansion. A place for you. GIA’s intensive class curriculum is designed for rapid skill development. Each programme lets you practice and perfect your skills under the watchful eye of a trained professional. You’ll test and identify hundreds of stones, including unusual and challenging ones.

On Campus, you’ll find

• Specifically designed classroom for ease of learning
• Latest professional instruments, tools and equipment
• Limited seats per batch to ensure personalised attention
• An extraordinary network of top industry professionals as well as future industry leaders
• Diamond factory visit for Graduate Diamonds students
• Industry visit for Graduate Colored Stones students to get exposed to coloured stones market
• Regular guest lecture on relevant topics to understand various aspects of Gem & Jewellery industry

Participate. Practice. Perform. GIA provides the perfect mix of theory and hands-on training. You’ll learn from an expert instructor and acquire the grading and identification techniques used by the institute’s renowned experts. Lab classes classes will help you sharpen your skills and stay, up to date in this competitive market.

GIA conducts customised seminars and workshops on the most relevant and current topics in gems and jewellery today.

Learn. Leap. Lead.

Advanced training in the detection of the latest treatments, synthetics and gem material ensure that you are informed about the industry developments. Other seminar topics include New Cut Grade, Colour & Clarity, gemstones etc.

• Duration: Half day to 5 Days
• Tuition
• What you earn: Letter of Completion
• For Details

Convenience

e-Learning - Experience gemmology like it's never been taught before. Through GIA Distance Education GIA's acclaimed course material is delivered right to your door, where you learn without interrupting your schedule in the convenience of your home or office. After completion, you will earn industry-wide recognition as a trained gem and jewellery professional.

Choice

With Distance Education, you’re in total control of when, where and how you learn. Read your course lessons anywhere you choose. Then you simply need to complete the course questionnaires, mail them to GIA and your lessons will be processed within 3 business days and you can receive your results instantly.

Time

Complete courses as quickly as you like – almost all Distance Education courses are self-paced. All courses and programmes have generous completion time limits, you can set your own schedule within those limits.

Prestige

Through GIA – the world’s foremost authority in gemology™ – you acquire a level of knowledge confidence and professional credibility that inspires trust among customers and employers alike.

Student Support

GIA’s Distance Education instructors are available to give you convenient help with your assignments over the telephone or via e-mail. By offering positive and constructive feedback, the instructors see you through every step of your course.

Practice with Actual Gems

In order to help you complete the practical, hands-on requirements of your courses, you can practice at the fully eduipped on campus student lab supervised by a trained instructor to help you learn the technicalities of grading different gemstones.