Jewelry is the art of processing precious materials and making jewelry, a kind of arts and crafts. Each epoch created jewelry in its own way, which was reflected in the choice of material, methods of its processing, technique and language of artistic forms. The date was not chosen by chance: it is in January that jewelers register their stamps.


Today the Institute of Applied Art of St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design trains future technologists and jewelers, the very concept of training is recognized by the Guild of Experts in the field of professional education: the profile "Technology of Processing of Precious Stones and Metals" three years in a row became the best educational program of Innovative Russia and is included in the First League of the Subject National Rating. This area of personnel training at the St. Petersburg university has received a new round of development thanks to its entry into the system of the All-Russian Championship Movement "Professionals" in the competence "diamond cutting".


Students study gemology (the science of the chemical composition of precious stones), process stones and metals, and learn to assess the origin and value of materials. At the Department of Technology of artistic processing of materials and jewelry SPbGUPTD students learn modern technologies for design and production, providing the production of design products, materials and technological processes, equipment in the context of the functional purpose and artistic features of the product, trends in the development of technological processes, ways of implementation of artistic methods and techniques of fine and decorative-applied art, varieties and features of art materials in the process of artistic and decorative-applied art.


The field includes the design and production of jewelry made of precious metals and stones: gold, silver, diamonds, emeralds and others. With the help of cutting, grinding, engraving and casting, specialists create unique and beautiful products that can be used as jewelry and status items.

Today, the Institute of Applied Art of Ƶ welcomes foreign students who, adopting the traditions of the domestic jewelry school, have the opportunity to intertwine the cultural heritage of different countries, while using Russian patterns and ornaments. Thus, Atefeh Sadat, a student from Iran, combines two cultures, Russian and Iranian, and a careful attitude to nature in her graduation collection. She uses the ancient Persian technique of wood inlay, called khatam, and Russian Khokhloma painting. She chooses six eggs from the Fabergé Museum as her inspiration.

"I really believe that jewelry art doesn't need a language," Atefe says.
