Externally awarded vocational qualification · Initial career training
VTCT Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy Studies
Dundee and Angus College · Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Award
- VTCT Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy Studies
- Audience & level
- Ages 16+
- Format
- In person32 Weeks
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Full-time 32-week Level 2 beauty therapy diploma at SCQF level 5 covering a range of salon treatments, with practical assessment on paying clients in college salons.
- Offering
- Vocational career program
- Fields
- Beauty therapy, Esthetician, Nail technician, Makeup Artistry, Eyebrow technician
- Advertised approaches
- Facial skin care, waxing, gel polish, lash and brow tinting, lash lifting, tanning, make-up, manicure, pedicureAs advertised by the provider; this does not imply affiliation with any practitioner’s organisation.
- Purpose
- Initial career training
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Externally awarded vocational qualification
- Exact award
- VTCT Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy Studies
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationAwarded by a national or external awarding body, named on the listing. It is not by itself a licence to practise.
- Awarding body
- VTCT
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 32 Weeks
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- Kingsway CampusOld Glamis Road, Dundee, DD3 8LE
Who it is for and entry requirements
Prior qualification required
- Existing licence or registration
- Not required (as published)
- Minimum age
- All applicants must be 16 years of age or older before the start of the course.
- Prior education
- Two National 5 qualifications or a Level 1 Beauty course
- Language requirements
- For applicants whose first language is not English, SCQF Level 5 is required
- Intakes
- 2026-08-31
- Official enrollment
- Enrollment instructions
Current enrollment availability is not confirmed here; check dates and places with the provider.
Practice, assessment and kit
As published by the provider. Mannequins, simulation, live models and workplace experience are different things and are named separately.
- Practice arrangements
- Live-model practice
- Assessment
- Practical assessment, Written assessmentAssignments and exams throughout the course; skills assessed by direct observation, with all practical assessments carried out on paying clients within the college beauty salons.
- Kit
- Kit inclusion not published
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, registration, kit, consumables, uniform and assessment charges are listed separately. Each price keeps its basis and is never converted, and an instalment is never the total.
The provider does not publish a price for this offering on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and any deposit or refund terms.
Funding
Tuition fee payment for Scottish full-time students Public funding
Basis not stated
Subject to meeting residency requirements; apply to the appropriate funding body
Career support
As described by the provider. It is not a guarantee of work, income or placement.
Further study on Level 3 Beauty or Complementary Therapy courses or employment in the beauty therapy industry.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, kit inclusion, experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)