Hair and Beauty AT HULL COLLEGE
Ready to turn your passion for style, creativity, and people into a career? From hairdressing and barbering to nails and beauty therapy, our courses give you the skills, confidence, and experience to shine in one of the UK’s most exciting and ever-growing industries.
What is Hair and Beauty?
Hair and Beauty is all about creativity, confidence, and making people feel their best. It’s also a thriving sector, with more than 53,000 businesses operating across the UK – including over 4,000 right here in Yorkshire and the Humber. That means plenty of opportunities for talented, skilled professionals.
At Hull College, you’ll learn the latest skills in cutting, colouring, styling, beauty therapy, nail enhancements, and barbering from industry-experienced tutors. Training in our professional salons at Queen’s Gardens, you’ll gain hands-on experience working with real clients while developing the customer service skills employers value.
With opportunities to take part in competitions, industry placements, and guest demonstrations, our courses prepare you for an exciting career in a fast-paced, thriving industry. Whether you dream of working in a top salon, freelancing, or even running your own business – your journey starts here.
Our Hair and Beauty Courses
Explore our full range of courses in hairdressing, barbering, beauty therapy, and nails to find the right path for you.
Build advanced clinical, scientific, and professional skills for a career in cosmetic aesthetics, gaining real client experience, ethical practice, and progression opportunities within clinics, medi-spas, management, or further degree-level study.
Take your barbering skills to the next level as you refine advanced cutting, shaving and creative styling techniques, helping you develop the confidence, professionalism and expertise needed to progress into…
This advanced vocational programme builds on the foundational skills you developed at Level 2, preparing you for professional work in salons, spas, clinics, or self-employment. You’ll develop both practical expertise…
This course is designed to develop your technical expertise, creative flair, and professional standards needed for senior stylist roles in salons, freelance work, or further specialist training. Building on your…
Join the Journey
At Hull College we’re on a journey. One that will see us bring world class education and skills to Hull and East Yorkshire. We can’t wait for you to join us.
Studying Beauty Therapy and Advanced Nail Enhancements at Hull College was such a great experience. I loved the hands-on nature of the courses, which really helped me to build up my skills and feel ready to work in the industry. One of the best parts was getting to work with real clients in the college’s training salon, Salon QG. It gave me the chance to build confidence, develop my customer service skills, and understand what it’s really like to work in a professional salon.
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