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Hair Styling / Hairdressing Schools and Courses

Hair styling, called hairdressing in the UK, Ireland and Australia, covers cutting, colouring, styling and finishing. Qualifications range from short technique courses to multi-year apprenticeships and diplomas. 255 verified listings from 166 providers below.

255 programs & classes

Results are listed alphabetically. There is no price ranking: prices in different currencies and bases (per day, per course, per year, per instalment) are not comparable. Courses for teens and children appear only when you choose a youth audience. Online programs are never counted as physically located in a state or city. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change recognition status, verification or order.

What hair styling training covers

  • Cutting and finishing
  • Colour theory and application
  • Styling, blow-drying and updos
  • Consultation and salon practice
  • Health and safety

Typical routes

Routes include full-time college courses, private academies, brand academies and apprenticeships. In several countries the training is an externally awarded vocational qualification; in others a school certificate plus a licence is the norm.

Also searched as: hairdressing, hair stylist, hairstyling, hair dresser, hairdresser, hair academy. Variants are folded into this page rather than split into near-duplicates.

Before you choose a course

  • Which authority, if any, approves the school or the course for the place where you want to work
  • Contact hours and practical hours, shown separately from elapsed time
  • Whether the certificate is an attendance record, an assessed provider award or an external qualification
  • What the price includes: kit, consumables, uniform, registration and assessment fees
  • Whether the course is taught on mannequins, live models or in a working salon

What this is not

Barbering is listed separately. Specialties such as hair colouring, hair cutting, hair extensions and textured hair have their own pages when there is enough verified content.

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