Bachelor Jewellery, Technology and Business

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This programme no longer admits new full degree students. The last intake was August 2020. Description Would you like to work with jewellery design right from idea to sold product? The focus of the 3½-year programme is jewellery, technology and business and you will obtain a cross-disciplinary understanding of how to create jewellery using modern technology. We generally focus on how jewellery is conceptualised, produced, marketed and sold nationally and internationally. The programme puts particular emphasis on preparing you to start your own company within the jewellery industry – also in an international perspective. You will be working with jewellery design, product development, business, aesthetics, materials, concepts, trends, cultural understanding, innovation, marketing, and value and supply chains. In short, you will gain knowledge about the entire process from idea to sold jewellery product. Starting from the value and supply chain, you will learn how to analyse the financial market sustainability of the jewellery concepts and to optimise production and logistics processes.You will learn to plan, manage and carry out complex processes resulting in innovative and creative possible solutions to challenges within jewellery production. We pay particular attention to functionality, Emotional Design, sustainability and choice of material in relation to the form and aesthetics of jewellery. On the programme, we also focus strongly on Wearable Technology, makers Movement and The Quantified Self in relation to the technological jewellery industry of the future. You will learn to work with e.g. 3D print, prototypes and production regarding both unique jewellery specimens and mass production.The programme is only offered once every other year in English. The international programme is offered in 2022 and 2024. Career Opportunities As a Bachelor in Jewellery, Technology and Business, you will be able to work on many different assignments within production, design and sale of jewellery. You can both design your own jewellery or develop concepts for other people’s jewellery. You can work with sale and marketing or assist in the technological part of the production. You may also work as a consultant or an advisor. The programme puts a special emphasis on enabling you to start your own business within the industry – also in an international perspective. As a Bachelor in Jewellery, Technology and Business, you must be ready to adapt since fashion changes every season. Old materials replace the new ones while, at the same time, retro waves sweep over the market. Typical jobs for a Bachelor in Jewellery, Technology and Business are: Jewellery designer Trend spotter Concept developer Buyer Sourcer Sales and marketing employee PR coordinator Consultant/advisor Entrepreneur Admission A Danish upper secondary education or equivalent, or a vocational education is required. A recognised English test must be submitted together with the application. Read more about our language requirements. The programme also has a mandatory admission test. Read more about it here. You have to apply online on www.optagelse.dk . Tuition Non-EU/EEA/CH citizens must pay a tuition fee of € 5,500 per semester

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