Diploma of Screen and Media (Specialist Make-up Services): Fees & Entry Requirements at Melbourne Polytechnic, Australia

Diploma of Screen and Media (Specialist Make-up Services)

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What will I learn?

Melbourne Polytechnic’s Diploma of Screen and Media CUA51020 (Specialist Make-up Services) gets you ready to join the screen and media industry as a make-up professional. This practical and hands-on course will teach you about the transformative powers of prosthetics, specialist make-up effects and wigs. Working closely with other screen or stage creatives, you’ll have real-world opportunities and hands-on experience working on film sets, in TV studios and in the theatre. With local content growing across our streaming services and the need for production personnel in all areas, the demand for Australian trained professionals is at a premium, making this a great time to learn new skills in make-up.This Diploma of Screen and Media CUA51020 (Specialist Make-up Services) will teach you how to design, interpret technical briefs, apply and remove make-up and wigs for a range of different genres within the Industry. You will be taught by specialist teachers with close links to the screen make-up opera and theatre, special effects industry, bridal and event makeup. Melbourne Polytechnic’s facilities will allow you to experience industry practices, with access to purpose-built classrooms with individual student workstations and our dedicated prosthetics lab and the David Williamson theatre on campus.Working together with other students, you will create detailed special effects as seen on film, television and the stage. You will also collaborate with outside student groups that are producing theatre, film, and television productions-valuable opportunities created for you by educators. Melbourne Polytechnic’s industry partnerships will provide you with real-world opportunities to network with future employers.

Which department am I in?

Creative Arts and Performing Arts

CRICOS

111347E

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
A$24,640.00 (13,70,031) per year
Type of Accommodation - Sharing rented premises (with 2 others) (In the city) – Weekly Rent - $230 - $300 - Estimated total annual living cost (rent and other living expenses e.g. food, transport, utility bills) - $26,000 - $36,500

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

February 2027

Venue

Prahran Campus

144 High Street,

Prahran,

Victoria,

3181, Melbourne, Australia

Entry requirements

For international students

Academic: Australian Year 12 equivalency

Other: An interview is required before an offer can be processed.

To assess applicants meet Entry Requirements - It is required that candidates undergo an interview before offer of a place can be made and submit:

  • Resume or CV of work and study experience.
  • A Written Statement with the reasons for wanting to undertake course.
  • Photograph of themselves – head and shoulders only.
  • A Folio of photographs, or drawings, or examples of application of make-up on themselves or others, design ideas and images of hair and make-up styling that inspire.

Those skills and knowledge may have been acquired through personal or work experience, or through formal study at secondary or tertiary level.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Melbourne Polytechnic

Melbourne Polytechnic is a contemporary provider of high quality education with strong industry and community links.

  • Personalised pathways to higher education
  • Among the best training facilities in Australia
  • Real-work environments simulated in classrooms
  • Flexible study options and excellent support services
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