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Beauty & Hairdressing

Enter the rewarding world of hairdressing and beauty with UCOL and gain experience working with real clients in our campus salons.

The New Zealand hair and beauty industry is estimated to record strong revenue growth in the coming years as we are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. This would create huge demand for skilled hairdressers and beauty therapists.

UCOL’s beauty courses, nail tech courses and hairdressing courses are carefully developed to cover all the major aspects of the beauty and hair business, including science and nutrition, skincare and beauty therapy, trends and styles, equipment and products, and customer relations. These courses, combined with the training in our in-house hair and beauty salons working with real clients, will develop your skills and make you industry-ready.

Check out our beauty and hair programmes below and talk to our wonderful staff and lecturers.

  • A photograph of UCOL beauty students performing services on clients in the salon
    Beauty
    A photograph of UCOL beauty students performing services on clients in the salon
    Beauty
    • Diplomas
    • Certificates
      • New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy
        Level 4
        Duration: 1 year full-time (40 weeks)
        Part-time option available.
        (See Course Hours & Duration for details)
        Start:  Feb 2023
        Location: UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Horowhenu in Levin
         
      • New Zealand Certificate in Nail Technology
        Level 4
        Duration: 1 year full-time (40 weeks)
        Part-time option available.
        (See Course Hours & Duration for details)
        Start:  Feb 2023
        Location: UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North
         
    • In School (programmes for current secondary school students)
      • Academy 2 Day New Zealand Certificate in Makeup and Skin Care (Introduction)
        Level 3
        Duration: 2 days per week for 9 months
        Start:  Feb 2023
        Location: UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL  | Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
         
      • STAR Beauty
        Level 2
        Duration: One day per week over five weeks.
        Start:  Aug & Oct 2023
        Location: UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
         
  • study Hairdressing at UCOL
    Hairdressing
    study Hairdressing at UCOL
    Hairdressing
    • Certificates
    • In School (programmes for current secondary school students)
      • Academy 2 Day New Zealand Certificate in Salon Skills (Introductory) (Level 2)
        Level 2
        Duration: 2 days per week for 9 months
        Start:  Feb 2023
        Location: UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
         
      • Academy Barbering
        Level 2
        Duration: 1 day per week

        Manawatu - Tuesdays or Thursdays
        Whanganui - Tuesdays
        Masterton - Mondays
        Start:  Feb 2023
        Location: UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
         
      • Academy Hair, Beauty & Retail
        Level 2
        Duration: 1 day per week
        Start:  Feb 2023
        Location: UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Horowhenua in Levin
         
      • STAR Hairdressing
        Level 2
        Duration: One day per week over five weeks.
        Start:  Aug & Oct 2023
        Location: UCOL | Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL | Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
         
  • A photograph of UCOL hairdressing student Mandy Bertram.

    Mandy Bertram

    Hairdressing Student

    “I’ve always been interested in arts and creativity, and hairdressing allows me to be creative."

    Meet Mandy
  • A photograph of Tayla Peters

    Tayla Peters Fear

    Beauty Graduate

    Tayla Peters Fear has, in part, her sister to thank for her new career in Beauty Therapy.

    Meet Tayla
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