Course Overview

The course develops diverse skills in the world of make-up and hair to produce flexible, creative make-up artists able to work in a variety of areas of the industry, from special effects to fashion and from live events to film, TV and stage productions.

This course prepares you for a career as a make-up artist in television, film, theatre, prosthetics, advertising and fashion, with a special focus on creating convincing and realistic special effects. It gives you the techniques, craft skills and specialist knowledge employers are looking for.

You learn to research and realise characters through hair and wig setting; postiche; costume; prop design; prosthetics; and designing effects make-up.

You benefit from working within our high-spec media facilities alongside student actors, producers, scriptwriters and presenters as well as collaborating with local theatres, TV productions and performances at the University’s professional theatre

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.

A Foundation Degree will be of particular interest if you have completed a Modern Apprenticeship, vocational A levels, BTEC National or equivalent.

Foundation Degrees are also particularly suitable if you want to qualify while working.

As a guideline, a typical offer would require you to obtain a UCAS tariff score of between 32-48 points, based on your level 3 studies.

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

Check Your Country page to confirm that your local qualifications are suitable or contact your International Admissions Team

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