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FdA Salon Management at Teesside University

Teesside University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

A foundation degree, delivered with Hartlepool College of Further Education, teaching the skills to set up and manage a salon business. Students choose a hairdressing or a beauty therapy and aesthetics pathway.

Duration: 2 years full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers Managing and Developing People, Sales and Marketing, Starting a Business and The Work Environment and Self-Analysis, plus pathway modules such as Advanced Colour for the Hair Practitioner or Sustainable Beauty and Aesthetics. Year 2 covers Cultural Awareness in Industry, Wellbeing, an Industry-related Project and pathway modules such as Advanced and Creative Styling or Aesthetic Principles and Practice.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared to become salon owners, entrepreneurs, hairdressers, beauty therapists, aesthetic therapists, instructors or assessors.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer is 36 tariff points from at least two A levels, T level or equivalent. Applications cannot be accepted from international students requiring a student visa.

Domestic applicants: GBP 6,500 a year (2026/27) Source

Intake: September

Duration: 2 years full-time

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