Hair and Make-Up Business Management

Hair and make-up business management is a degree that combines the creative and technical skills of hair and make-up artistry with the business and management knowledge needed to build a successful career in the beauty and creative industries. The beauty sector is large, growing, and competitive, encompassing salons, film and television production, theatre, fashion, advertising, and a rapidly expanding world of online content creation, and those who combine technical artistry with entrepreneurial acumen are particularly well placed to build sustainable and rewarding careers within it.

At University College Birmingham, this three-year full-time programme gives you diverse, technical, and transferable skills while developing your understanding of essential business and management principles. You will master the art of hair and make-up across a range of contexts and client types, developing your technique in colour, cutting, styling, and make-up artistry alongside professional skills in client consultation, health and safety, and product knowledge. Alongside the creative and technical content, you will gain the entrepreneurial acumen needed to be competitive within the creative industries, studying business planning, marketing, brand management, financial management, and the organisation of a professional beauty business.

With a typical entry tariff of 88 UCAS points, this programme is accessible to students with creative ability and commercial ambition. Graduates pursue careers as hair and make-up artists in film, television, theatre, fashion, advertising, and events, as well as in salon management, beauty business ownership, brand representation, product development, and education. Some graduates establish their own businesses, while others develop careers within the media and entertainment industries or in the growing digital beauty content space.

Many also move into teaching and training roles within vocational education.