Study Make-up & Hair Design (with Professional Practice Year) - BA (Hons) at University for the Creative Arts in the UK, School of Fashion and Textiles

Make-up & Hair Design (with Professional Practice Year) - BA (Hons)

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What will I learn?

BA (Hons) Make-up & Hair Design with Professional Practice Year is a four-year degree programme, in year three you undertake a placement within the creative industries to further develop your skills and CV.Become a visual artist who thinks, concepts, and creates for print, screen, and show.There’s so much more to make-up and hair than the transformation. The best artists understand how identity, culture, and storytelling influence style, trends, and outcomes. On this course, you’ll learn it all – honing technical precision, finding your signature style, and developing the kind of conceptual thinking that will set you and your work apart.These are skills that come through extensive studio time, where every single session of this course is taught. Masterclasses, seminars, workshops, briefings – they all happen where you create your work, so you can always link theory and practice. Master the art and the application in fully-equipped beauty studios that reflect real industry environments.Fashion editorial, film, TV, theatre, beauty brands, private clients – you'll develop skills across all of them. You'll learn how designing for print differs from screen, how your artistry adapts to each context, and how to build a creative career with the range to take you anywhere.

Which department am I in?

School of Fashion and Textiles

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
£18,000.00 (US$ 23,246) per year
This is a fixed fee

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

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Epsom

Ashley Road,

Epsom,

Surrey,

KT18 5BE, Southern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
£18,000.00 (US$ 23,246) per year
Annual Fee - 17500. If you opt to study the Professional Practice Year you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee of 3390 International students. Replacement Certificate - 40

This is a fixed fee

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

Start date

September 2026

Venue

UCA Epsom

Ashley Road,

Epsom,

Surrey,

KT18 5BE, Southern England, United Kingdom

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

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UCA believes creativity is at the heart of industry, and this ethos is at the centre of all its curricula, resulting in highly employable graduates.

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