Higher diploma in Visual Arts and Design for Artistic Jewellery

Students learn how to work as an artisan or mass production jeweller and are encouraged to develop their own style through the visual creativity of jewellery-making. Skills are enhanced by making artisan pieces, researching new materials and technologies, whilst also drawing on the traditional and classic techniques of the trade. Students learn to create their own career path so they can work in the professional field of artistic and/or traditional jewellery design.

 

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Title
Higher Diploma in Visual Arts and Design for Artistic Jewellery.

Category
Artistic jewellery.

Level
Advanced Vocational Training in Visual Arts and Design.

Duration
1,875 hours. Two years plus a final project (modules taught in the school: 1,770 hours. Vocational training phase in the form of on-the-job training in companies, studios or workshops, 25 hours. Final project, 80 hours).

Access to higher university courses
Direct access to university courses pursuant to attachment 3 of Decree 113/2001 of 2 May for holders of the higher diploma in visual arts and design shall be provided in accordance with the selection procedures for acceptance into university for students who meet the legal requirements needed to obtain a university place.

Schedules 2023–24