Aspiring gem and jewelry professionals in Shenzhen, China will now have direct access to GIA (Gemological Institute of America) education programs through Peking University Resource College. Starting in 2020, the college will offer GIA’s Jewelry Design, Graduate Diamonds and Blended Graduate Diamonds courses, and lab classes for Diamond Grading, Colored Stone Grading, Gem Identification, and Pearl Grading, as well as access to GIA student workrooms.
“As part of our mission to ensure the public trust in gems and jewelry, we are working to make GIA education more accessible to prospective students,” said Duncan Pay, GIA vice president, and chief academic officer. “This cooperative program with Peking University Resource College provides students with hands-on experience in one of China’s largest gem and jewelry centers.”
“GIA is a world-renowned institute of gemology and jewelry. We are very pleased to cooperate with GIA to make contributions to the further integration of China’s jewelry education with the world,” said Liu Xiong, Dean of Peking University Resource College Cultural Relic School.
For more information, contact GIA: telephone +886 2 2771 9391 or email giataiwan@gia.edu.
About Peking University Resource College
Established in 1992, Peking University Resource College is a full-time, higher education school approved by Peking University and the Beijing Municipal Education Commission. After more than two decades of development, it has become an application-oriented school with high social credibility, rich experience, distinctive educational features, and with a specialty structure closely connected to the market. The school strives to reform higher education by exploring market demand and combining it with the education of renowned schools, research resources and corporate capital to cultivate practical talents by international standards.
About GIA
An independent nonprofit organization, GIA (Gemological Institute of America), established in 1931, is recognized as the world’s foremost authority in gemology. GIA invented the famous 4Cs of Color, Clarity, Cut and Carat Weight and, in 1953, created the International Diamond Grading System™ which is recognized around the world as the standard for diamond quality.
Through research, education, gemological laboratory services, and instrument development, the Institute is dedicated to ensuring the public trust in gems and jewelry by upholding the highest standards of integrity, academics, science and professionalism.
