Mersin University Catalog

JEWELRY TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN SCHOOL
and Design Department School; published in the Official Gazette on
inistry of National Education dated 07/31/2002 and numbered 19920,
30 of the Law No. 2809 dated 03/28/1983, established by the Council
academic year of 2002-2003, it started education in Department of
by taking 60 vertical transfer students. At the meeting of the Higher
08, 3 departments were combined and it was decided to continue to
elry Technology and Design since in the academic year of 2008-2009.
answer within an academic sense is “how a jewelry piece becomes an art object
jeweler’s workbench to an art studio”. The school’s perennial aim is to develop
lers will be able to grow their artistic capabilities together with the traditional
hnology and Design School has a structure and a program that compounds the
ghest jewelry techonolgy. The aim of the school is to train the futur jewelry artists
e of the jewelry tradition, to help them improve their artistic tendencies, intuition
ch as “artistic jewelry” and/or “design jewelry”. In addition to emphasizing the
ewelry field, our school offers a program that concentrates on art.
ers. Students completing further academic studies in their field or related disciplines
emic environment as teachers, instructors, professors. Graduates can take optimal
elry Industry. Graduates have the opportunity to build a contemporary small-scale
n such facilities as designer, goldsmith, mould-maker, pattern-maker, etc.
ities
Academic Year, the Department of Gemology was opened with eight
ur students can do their master’s education in the Fine Arts Institute
elds of interest.
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