Course Overview

You develop your need diverse skill set to work as a hair and make-up artist in fast-moving sectors such as media, broadcast, film, theatre and fashion. This course gives you the creative breadth and depth to work across a wide range of industries or specialize in a particular area. Your creativity, skills and techniques in areas such as fashion, prosthetics, medical simulation, character design, and period hair and make-up. The course covers make-up and hair for all ethnicities as well as the latest techniques for film and TV including 4K films. You learn with an industry-experienced team who teach at the leading edge of current product and technique developments.

Work experience and realistic tasks are part of the course so you gain the necessary skills to work on set, on location or in the studio. In addition, you collaborate with students from other courses – such as acting, photography, and film and TV production - to produce cross-course events; contribute to films, stage and photography projects; and support each other in portfolio creation and development.

General Eligibility

We will consider you as an individual and take into account all elements of your application, not just your qualifications. We are looking for breadth and depth in your current studies and enthusiasm for the subject you wish to study.

UCAS Tariff Points

• At least 80 points with 64 points from 2 A-level passes at C or above

• At least 80 points with 64 from Merit Merit in two BTEC Subsidiary Diplomas or one BTEC Diploma

• At least 80 points with Merit Merit Pass in the BTEC Extended Diploma

• A completed Access to Higher Education Diploma Equivalent qualifications such as Irish Leaving Certificate, OCR Nationals, International Baccalaureate and CACHE Level 3 awards.

You can work out how many UCAS points your qualifications are worth with the UCAS tariff calculator

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Part Time Work Details

The 20 hours is total hours. It is not per job. If you hold multiple part-time jobs then the total hours of all the work you are doing added together.

Language Requirement

• English language requirements

  The University accepts the following qualification as satisfying the English Language requirements for entry to a Bachelor or Master's degree.

  UKVI Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each element

  Please note: some courses may require higher levels of English – the exact criteria will be specified in the course descriptions