GIA India Presence and Course Delivery
From its base in Mumbai, GIA India has been spreading its influence to other cities
across India, taking its world-renowned professional credentials to empower employees,
enhance skills and offer students exciting career options. Whether it is an Accredited
Jewelry Professional course, a Diamond Grading lab class or a customised corporate
programme, the knowledge shared is identical to what On Campus students get.
GIA India programmes are already in Jaipur, Bangalore, Cochin, Mysore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Surat, Chennai, Dubai...and are moving rapidly to other cities.
GIA’s Internationally Acclaimed Curriculum and Instruction delivered via
Personal instruction is a key benefit of GIA’s full time programmes. The instructors impart the institute’s 70+ years of gemmological expertise and groundbreaking discoveries, while bringing a priceless ‘real world’ industry perspective to the classroom. With the benefit of limited class size and personalised instruction, it takes only months for you to develop highly valued technical skills in diamond grading, gem identification and jewellery design.
Apart from classroom instructions GIA India offers you the opportunity to learn in the convenience of your home or office through Distance Education and Hybrid programmes. You can earn professional credibility and confidence without disrupting you life or work schedule, and that too, at your own pace.
ON CAMPUS AT GIA INDIA
Held in the highest esteem all over the world, GIA India’s On Campus programs attract
students from every corner of India. From the moment you set foot on a GIA campus,
you are immersed in a cultural environment that directly mirrors the nature of the
jewellery industry. You and your classmates will be united by a common bond of GIA
prestige and credibility that will serve you for many decades to come. 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
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.
Save Time
When you study at GIA India, it can take as little as 6 months to acquire the skills and recognition of a fully qualified professional. And with programmes beginning almost every month of the year, you can start learning almost immediately.
On Campus, you’ll find
Classrooms specifically designed for learning gemmology and jewellery – equipped with the latest professional instruments, tools, and equipment. Small class size and personalised attention from your instructors. An extraordinary face-to-face network of top industry professionals as well as future industry leaders – your peers
Choose the course that is right for you.
LAB CLASSES
GIA provides the perfect mix of lectures and hands-on training. You’ll learn from
an expert instructor, at your own workstation and acquire the grading and identification
techniques used by the Institute’s renowned experts. Lab classes keep you sharp,
up to date and competitive.
SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
Custom seminars brought directly to you by GIA instructors and subject specialists
on the most relevant and current topics in gems and jewellery today.
Advanced training in the detection of the latest treatments, synthetics and gem material ensure that you up to date with industry developments.
DISTANCE EDUCATION
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Convenience
Through GIA Distance Education you’re given the same important information that’s
taught at the Robert Mouawad Campus in Carlsbad, California, as also in the On Campus
courses in GIA India. But by having the institute’s acclaimed course material delivered
right to your door, you learn without ever having to take a day off work, or interrupting
your schedule. Ultimately, you earn industry-wide recognition as a trained gem and
jewellery professional in the convenience of your home or office.
Choice
With Distance Education, you’re in total control of when, where and how you learn. Read your course lessons anywhere you choose – on a couch, on a beach, on your lunch break. Then, simply complete the course questionnaires, mail them to GIA and your lessons will be processed in within 3 business days and 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, but 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 that people automatically recognise and respect. You gain confidence and professional credibility that inspires trust among customers and employers alike.
Student Support
Your instructor is just a phone call away! GIA’s Distance Education instructors are available to give you quick and convenient help with your assignments over the telephone or via e-mail. Their enthusiasm and genuine love of gemology and the jewellery industry is contagious. By offering positive and constructive feedback, Distance Education instructors see you through every step of your studies
Practice with Actual Gems
In order to help you complete the practical, hands-on requirements of your courses, GIA India has set up an On Campus Student Lab for their Gem Identification distance education course students. You acquire identification skills by working with actual gemstones. Practice and perfect your skills in the fully equipped lab supervised by a trained instructor and not with a customer’s stone, where mistakes can be costly.