Accreditation and Licensing

GIA is a nonprofit, private, postsecondary educational institution incorporated for the purpose of promoting education and research in gemology, jewelry manufacturing arts and related subjects.

The Graduate Gemologist® program offered through GIA Hong Kong is registered with the Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB) under Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance (Cap. 493).

Lab classes and self-paced, correspondence offered through the Hong Kong campus are accredited by Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC). GIA's Applied Jewelry Professional™ professional development program and the Essentials courses are avocational in nature and do not fall under the approval of the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC).

Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB)
15/F, Wu Chung House
213 Queen's Road East
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
+852 2891 0088
https://edb.gov.hk
edbinfo@edb.gov.hk
 

1101 17th Street NW, Ste. 808
Washington, DC 20036 USA
+1 202 234 5100
deac.org