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Specialist Make-up Design Top-up

Course details
  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
  • 1 Years
  • Full-Time
  • September 2027
  • Undergraduate
Course location
University Centre WISE (UCWISE)
Awarded by:
University of Gloucestershire

Course summary

BA (Hons) Specialist Make-up Design (Level 6) is a one-year programme providing a route to an honours degree for students that have completed a Foundation Degree, or equivalent Level 5 qualification, in Specialist Make-up Design or a closely related subject.

The course will encourage the development of advanced level professional skills and will prepare you for working within the creative industries, as Specialist Make-up & Hair Artists and Designers.  The term Specialist Make-up encompasses those elements of the industry using media make-up and hairstyling techniques, along with specialist make-up effects such as prosthetics.

The course aims to encourage and enable you to identify and realise your own creative potential within self-identified personal, social, community and commercial contexts. Skills developed will be critical reflection and evaluation, effective communication skills within make-up design contexts, and those skills supporting theory and practice across a range of two and three-dimensional media, materials, processes and technologies.

You will develop a critically aware and reflective attitude to your professional, studio and research practices in Specialist Make-up, participating in relevant theoretical and practice-led discourses through seminars and writing a dissertation or research project. Critical discussion will develop the implications of new and emerging technologies on roles within the many industry contexts and you will explore their place in relation to the wider creative industries.

You will demonstrate your personal and professional skills, including creative, intellectual and practical transferable skills, and your knowledge and experience of industry practice, through your professional-standard portfolio. You will be able to develop an individual creative identity with the potential for a sustainable personal and professional practice in a professional environment (through employment or freelance) or by progression to further study elsewhere.

Additional costs/fee information
Students may have previously purchased kits through recent Foundation Degree course study, it is expected they will use your kit and purchase/provide additional specific products and materials appropriate to your individual design needs, academic work, and for final exhibition display. You may be required to top up your existing kit.

There will be an allocated visit as part of your study funded via your paid course fees– the course tutor will advise you of this trip and dates. Additional trips and visits to enrich your course will be at additional cost (not included in any college fees).

Part time routes are available. For more information, please email HEadmissions@sgscol.ac.uk

Open Days
Why not visit our one of Campuses at an Open Day. You will have the opportunity to meet tutors and Student Ambassadors. To register interest please go to our website: https://uni.sgscol.ac.uk/open-events

Part time routes are available. For more information, please email HEadmissions@sgscol.ac.uk

If you are interested in playing for one of our academies, please contact HEAdmissions@sgscol.ac.uk and we will put you in contact with the relevant coach

GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES:
• Media Make-up Artist
• Make-up Designer
• Prosthetics Make-up Artist
• Wigmaker
• Freelance Artist or a career within the ever-expanding creative industry sector

Modules

Course Modules

  • Level 6

  • Specialist Make-up and Hair Design

  • Contemporary Professional Practice

  • Dissertation/Major Research Project

  • Conceptual Make-up Design

For more modular information visit: BA (Hons) Specialist Make-up Design - (Level 6 | Top-up) | University Centre SGS

https://uni.sgscol.ac.uk/course/ba-hons-specialist-make-up-design

Assessment method

Coursework, Creative Portfolios, Practical work outcomes, individual presentations, and written assignments/critical reviews and dissertation.

How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W455
Institution code:
S55
Campus name:
University Centre WISE (UCWISE)

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

You will need to have achieved either a HND, Diploma in Higher Education or Foundation Degree in a course related subject and provide proof of achievement.

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio
The portfolio is requested on application and should be send within two weeks of instruction. Offers are usually made from portfolio.

English language requirements

We welcome applications from international and EU students, and accept a range of international qualifications. You will need to take the following English qualification as part of the Visa process: IELTS (Academic) - Overall score of 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in each component. If you are travelling from and English speaking country this may not be required.

International entry requirements

International Applicants from a non English speaking will need to undertake an IELTS for UKVI Purposes to apply for a visa. You will need to achieve an overall score of 6.0 with a minimum score of 5.5 in each skill.
You will have to pay 50% of the fee before a Confirmation of Study (CAS) is issued and if you are applying from a country that is not on the UK Government Exempt countries https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/money will have to provide bank statements showing that you have held at least £10, 539 (£1,171 per month for up to 9 months) for 28 consecutive days before we can issue the CAS and The end date of the 28-day period must be within 31 days of the date you apply for your visa. For support with your application please contact HEAdmissions@sgscol.ac.uk https://www.gov.uk/student-visa

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£9500*
EU & International£13750*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.

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