Courses

There are very few specialist jewellery and silversmithing courses in the UK, here we have compiled a list of educational institutions offering higer level courses and also courses with jewellery, silversmithing or metalwork offered as part of the course...

West Dean

Graduate Diploma Conservation Studies - 1 academic year, full-time

The Graduate Diploma (Level 6) is the start of your transition into Conservation Studies. The Graduate Diploma provides the theoretical and practical knowledge and experience necessary to start your career as a conservator and to begin to develop an area of specialisation. The programme is designed to be accessible from both the humanities and science study backgrounds.

MA Conservation Studies - 1 calendar year, full-time

The MA Conservation Studies equips you with the high level specialist skills sought by the conservation sector. For students of English, History, Archaeology and varied Humanities disciplines Conservation offers an exciting career. The course focuses on research through practice.

BA (Hons) Craft Practices - 1 academic year, full-time

The BA (Hons) Craft Practices course (specialising in Clocks, Furniture, Metals, Musical Instruments and Books and Bindings) is a one-year programme designed to provide a route into professional practice in your chosen field or for progression onto postgraduate study. The programme is intensely practical, with most assignments designed to enable you to create work which enhances your craft skills alongside the development of your own personal interests and voice.

Foundation Degree Arts – Metalwork - 2 academic years, full-time

The Foundation Degree (FdA) Metalwork at West Dean is a technical and design skills-building programme, which will introduce you to the creation of the widest range of hand-crafted and small scale batch produced metal artefacts; from silversmithing to blacksmithing, from jewellery to bronze-casting, from bike frames to light fittings and from door handles to padlocks.

MFA Craft Practices - 2 academic years, full-time

The Master of Fine Art (MFA) Craft Practices at West Dean College is a two-year full-time masters course designed to support you to further advance your practical, theoretical and professional skills, through an emphasis on specialist studio practice. You are likely to already have a well-developed craft practice but want to spend a further period of time specialising and refining your core concerns and creative ambitions.

Useful Links

West Dean website

Conservation of Metalwork Degrees and Diplomas

Metalworking and Silversmithing Short Courses

Jewellery and Enamelling Short Courses

West Dean College
West Dean
Nr Chichester
West Sussex
PO18 0QZ
​www.westdean.ac.uk

Birmingham City University, School of Jewellery

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Short Courses are also available- see website for more details.

Carmarthen School of Art - Coleg Sir Gâr

Undergraduate:

Glasgow School of Art

Undergraduate:

Short Courses also available - see website for more details.

Hereford College of Arts

Undergraduate:

Vocational course:

  • Top - Up Jewellery Design – BA (Hons) For students who have completed a HND or Foundation Course
    www.hca.ac.uk

Kensington and Chelsea College

Undergraduate:

Short courses available - see website for details.

Middlesex University

Undergraduate:

  • Jewellery and Accessories - BA (Hons)

Postgraduate:

National College of Art and Design

Undergraduate:

Postgraduate:

Plymouth College of Art

Undergraduate:

Short Courses are also available - see website for details. 

Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, Gray’s School of Art

Undergraduate:

  • Three Dimensional Design (Ceramics, Glass and Jewellery) - BA (Hons)
    www.rgu.ac.uk

Sheffield Hallam University

Undergraduate:

  • Jewellery and Metalwork – BA (Hons)

         www.shu.ac.uk

(There is also a 6-8-year course available on Jewellery and Metalwork)

Postgraduate:

Staffordshire University

Undergraduate

  • 3D Design: Contemporary Jewellery and Fashion Accessories - BA (Hons)
    www.staffs.ac.uk

The Manchester College

Undergraduate:

A short course is also available - see website for details.

Truro and Penwith College

Undergraduate:

Part time courses are also available - see website for more details. 

University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins

Undergraduate:

Postgraduate:

Foundation:

  • 3D Design Portfolio - The 3D Design Portfolio course includes the areas of product design, ceramics and jewellery.
    www.arts.ac.uk

Short Courses are also available - see website for more details. 

University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion

Undergraduate:

University of the Creative Arts - UCA Farnham

Undergraduate:

  • Glass, Ceramics, Jewellery, Metalwork – BA (Hons)
    www.uca.ac.uk

Postgraduate:

University of the Creative Arts - UCA Rochester

Undergraduate:

Postgraduate:

University of Dundee

Undergraduate

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art

Undergraduate:

Postgraduate:

University of Hertfordshire

Undergraduate

  • Contemporary Design Crafts (Jewellery) with optional Sandwich Placement / Study Abroad – BA (Hons)
    www.herts.ac.uk

Short course in Jewellery is also available- see website for more details.

West Dean College

Courses:

Graduate Diploma Conservation Studies - 1 academic year, full-time

The Graduate Diploma (Level 6) is the start of your transition into Conservation Studies. The Graduate Diploma provides the theoretical and practical knowledge and experience necessary to start your career as a conservator and to begin to develop an area of specialisation. The programme is designed to be accessible from both the humanities and science study backgrounds.

MA Conservation Studies - 1 calendar year, full-time

The MA Conservation Studies equips you with the high level specialist skills sought by the conservation sector. For students of English, History, Archaeology and varied Humanities disciplines Conservation offers an exciting career. The course focuses on research through practice.

BA (Hons) Craft Practices - 1 academic year, full-time

The BA (Hons) Craft Practices course (specialising in Clocks, Furniture, Metals, Musical Instruments and Books and Bindings) is a one-year programme designed to provide a route into professional practice in your chosen field or for progression onto postgraduate study. The programme is intensely practical, with most assignments designed to enable you to create work which enhances your craft skills alongside the development of your own personal interests and voice.

Foundation Degree Arts – Metalwork - 2 academic years, full-time

The Foundation Degree (FdA) Metalwork at West Dean is a technical and design skills-building programme, which will introduce you to the creation of the widest range of hand-crafted and small scale batch produced metal artefacts; from silversmithing to blacksmithing, from jewellery to bronze-casting, from bike frames to light fittings and from door handles to padlocks.

MFA Craft Practices - 2 academic years, full-time

The Master of Fine Art (MFA) Craft Practices at West Dean College is a two-year full-time masters course designed to support you to further advance your practical, theoretical and professional skills, through an emphasis on specialist studio practice. You are likely to already have a well-developed craft practice but want to spend a further period of time specialising and refining your core concerns and creative ambitions.

Useful Links

West Dean website

Conservation of Metalwork Degrees and Diplomas

Metalworking and Silversmithing Short Courses

Jewellery and Enamelling Short Courses

 

If you would like to see your course listed here, please email us. 

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