Hairdresser
You can look forward to that.
As a hairdresser, you work creatively and professionally at the same time. You use your techniques, your eye for detail and your ability to understand the customer's wishes. You learn to create results that are safe, well-considered and adapted to the individual. It is a profession where you develop through training, professional knowledge and close contact with customers in everyday life.
As a hairdresser, you work creatively and professionally at the same time. You use your techniques, your eye for detail and your ability to understand the customer's wishes. You learn to create results that are safe, well-considered and adapted to the individual. It is a profession where you develop through training, professional knowledge and close contact with customers in everyday life.
How the training takes place
The training starts at Techcollege, where you are introduced to the key techniques within cutting, colouring, styling and working environment. You learn how to plan, carry out and complete a treatment in a professional manner.
You will then be trained in a salon. Here you will become part of the everyday life and be given tasks at a pace that you are ready for. You will follow customer tasks closely, learn to choose the right methods and work with products and processes that require professional attention and precision.
Everyday life in learning
In your apprenticeship, you will meet customers with many different needs and desires. You will work with cuts, color and styling and learn to create an overview in a busy everyday life. At the same time, you will gain experience with service, the working environment and the regular routines that make working in a salon efficient and professional.
As you learn more, you will be given greater responsibility, more customer tasks and more independence in your work.
In your apprenticeship, you will meet customers with many different needs and desires. You will work with cuts, color and styling and learn to create an overview in a busy everyday life. At the same time, you will gain experience with service, the working environment and the regular routines that make working in a salon efficient and professional.
As you learn more, you will be given greater responsibility, more customer tasks and more independence in your work.
Start your education
Ready to get started? Here you will find the upcoming start dates for the program.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Start date - 10.08.2026 / Application deadline 01.06.2026
Start date - 18.01.2027 / Application deadline 16.11.2026
Frequently Asked Questions
Hairdressing training lasts up to 4½ years .
The education consists of a basic course and a main course, where you combine teaching at the school with work in a salon.
Please note that the hairdressing education is a quota education.
As a hairdresser, you work creatively with hair, style and customer service.
You will learn, among other things, how to:
Cutting women's and men's hair
Trim and shave beards
Wash, style and set hair
Color, perm and perform other chemical treatments
Style hair with curling and straightening irons (iron wave)
Apply day and evening makeup
Give scalp massage and eyebrow shaping
You will also learn about:
Chemical working environment
Psychology
Professional English
Danish
Accounting and labor relations
Marketing and design
First aid
An important part of the training is customer contact and advice on hair care, hairstyles and products.
The teaching takes place both in the school's salon and as theoretical instruction.
Once you have completed the education, you can work as a hairdresser .
As a hairdresser, you work with cuts, colors, styling and advice. You help create a good customer experience and keep up with trends and tendencies in fashion and beauty.
To start the main course, you must have an apprenticeship - also called a training agreement.
An apprenticeship means that you are employed as a student in a company and enter into an agreement about your education. This is where you learn the subject in practice and become part of a workplace.
You can apply for an apprenticeship with companies yourself, and the school will guide and support you in the process of applying and contacting companies.
If you do not find an apprenticeship immediately, you have the opportunity to receive school training if the education is offered with school training.
School-based training means that you complete the practical part of the education at school instead of in a company. Here you work with the same professional goals and competencies that you would otherwise learn in an apprenticeship.
This means that you can continue your education even if you do not have an apprenticeship from the start.
A vocational education is divided into two parts: basic course and main course .
The basic course
The basic course is the first part of the education and takes place at school.
If you come directly from 9th or 10th grade, you start with Basic Course 1. Here you spend the first half of the year being introduced to the educational field and learning the basic subjects and working methods.
If you do not come directly from primary school – or if you already have an apprenticeship – you start with Basic Course 2. Here you work purposefully with the education you have chosen and get ready for the internship and main course.
The main course
The main course is the part of the education where you alternate between school and internship in a company.
This means that you both receive instruction at school and learn the subject in practice at a workplace.
To start the main course, you must have an apprenticeship (a training agreement) with a company.
The general admission requirements for vocational education and training apply, which you can read about further down the page.
In addition, there are special conditions in the hairdressing education that you should be aware of:
There is a restriction on admission to Basic Course 2. This means that there is a limited number of places, and we cannot therefore admit all applicants.
There is a quota admission. When you apply, you therefore participate in a selection process, which may consist of an application, an assignment and an interview. The applicants are then assessed and the places are allocated.
General admission requirements for vocational education:
1) You have an apprenticeship
If you have a training agreement with a company, you automatically meet the admission requirements.
2) You meet the grade requirements
You must have:
Passed 9th or 10th grade
At least 02 on average in both Danish and mathematics
Passed the primary school leaving exam
If it has been less than a year since you finished primary school, you must be assessed as ready for education and submit your study choice portfolio.
You must send your diploma with your application.
3) Entrance exam
If you do not meet the requirements, you can take an entrance exam.
If you apply for Basic Course 2, you will need to attend an interview before you can be admitted.
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