Mode of Study

Full-time

Start Date

25th Aug 2025, 2 years

Location

City Campus

Applications from International Students Welcome

Overview

Our Make-up Artistry TV, Film and Theatre HND provides you with the underpinning knowledge and skills required to work as a make-up artist within the TV, film and theatre industries. You'll learn a range of media make-up and hairstyling techniques necessary to create theatrical, character and special effects looks which will enable you to seek employment as a freelance make-up artist, an assistant to a more senior colleague or work as a member of a make-up design team.

You'll be involved in creating images and characters through the medium of make-up, hairstyles and prosthetics.

As a makeup artist you'll gain the skills required to interpret make-up requirements and produce both a creative and technically accurate visual representation. This may involve very basic make-up for a TV presenter through to more complex period make-up or special effects.

Entry requirements

Minimum entry requirements

• Two Highers at Grade C or above including Art; OR
• National Qualification at SCQF level 6 Make-Up Artistry; OR
• SCQF level 6 or SVQ level 3 Ladies Hairdressing; OR
• NCGA level 6 in Beauty Care; OR
• Other equivalent qualifications or experience.

Additional selection requirements

• You'll be invited for a group and/or individual interview where you can find out more about the course and tell us why you're interested in this subject area.
• There will also be a basic practical skills test and you'll be given the opportunity to show the team some examples of your work.

ESOL entry requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English should have minimum SQA ESOL National 5 or equivalent for NC/NQ courses and ESOL Higher or equivalent for HNC/D courses.

What you study

You'll study the following core units:-

• Make-up Artistry: Essential Make-up Skills.
• Make-up Artistry: Hairstyling and Skills.
• Make-up Artistry: 20th Century Make-up and Hairstyles.
• Make-up Artistry: Specialised Make-Up Effects for TV and Film.
• Make-up Artistry: Ageing Skills.
• Make-up Artistry: Production Study.
• Make-up Artistry: Graded Unit 2.

Additional units will be included to make up the full group award to gain your qualification at HND Level.

After the course

Careers

You may consider career prospects in theatre, film, freelance make-up artist, working on make-up counters, fashion and editorial for photographers.

Continuing Study

This is the highest qualification held in the area of make-up artistry. You could progress onto degree level in England. You may also consider a career in teaching in Further Education and TQFE via Stirling or Dundee University.

Teaching

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