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.

Beauty

Beauty
Diplomas
Level 5
Duration: 1 year full-time (40 weeks)
Start:
Feb 2024
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
Certificates
Level 4
Duration: 1 year full-time (40 weeks)
Part-time option available.
(See Course Hours & Duration for details)
Start:
Feb 2024
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton, UCOL Te Pūkenga Horowhenu in Levin
Level 3
Duration: 17 weeks, full-time
Start:
July 2023
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
Level 4
Duration: 1 year full-time (40 weeks)
Part-time option available.
(See Course Hours & Duration for details)
Start:
Feb 2024
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North
In School (programmes for current secondary school students)
Level 3
Duration:
Start:
Feb 2024
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
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

Hairdressing

Hairdressing
Certificates
Level 3
Duration: 1 year full-time (38 weeks)
Start:
2024 dates TBC
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
In School (programmes for current secondary school students)
Level 2
Duration: 2 days per week for 9 months
Start:
Feb 2024
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
Level 2
Duration:
Start:
Feb 2024
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton
Level 2
Duration: 1 day per week
Start:
Feb 2024
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton, UCOL Te Pūkenga Horowhenua in Levin
Level 2
Duration: One day per week over five weeks.
Start:
Oct 2023
Location: UCOL Te Pūkenga Manawatū in Palmerston North, UCOL Te Pūkenga Whanganui, UCOL Te Pūkenga Wairarapa in Masterton