Hairdresser
You can look forward to that.
As a hairdresser and barber, 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 and barber, 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 central techniques within the two specialties, such as cutting, chemical treatment, styling and working environment. You learn how to plan, perform 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
During your apprenticeship, you will meet customers with many different needs and desires. You will work with dress code, haircuts, customer treatments targeted to the specialty, styling of the individual hairstyle and creating an overview in a busy everyday life at the salon. At the same time, you will gain experience with customer 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.
During your apprenticeship, you will meet customers with many different needs and desires. You will work with dress code, haircuts, customer treatments targeted to the specialty, styling of the individual hairstyle and creating an overview in a busy everyday life at the salon. At the same time, you will gain experience with customer 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.
January 2027
Start-up 18.01.2027
Application deadline 16.11.2026
(See below for details on quota application)
Some vocational education programs have access restrictions for Basic Course 2 (GF2). This means that the program is designed to meet specific requirements.
If you do not have a training agreement with a company, you can apply for a quota place on some dimensioned training courses. There is a limited number of quota places on each training course.
What is a quota place?
A quota place is a place in GF2 on a degree program with restricted access.
If there are more qualified applicants than quota places, the places will be offered to the best qualified. How you are assessed depends on the programme and may be, for example, through an interview or test.
You can see the specific requirements, deadlines and how quota admission is carried out on the individual education page.
Do you have a training agreement?
If you have a signed training agreement with a company, you have access to start at GF2 and do not have to apply for a quota place.
In some dimensioned education programs, an education agreement is a requirement to start GF2.
How do you apply for a quota place?
If you do not have an education agreement, you generally apply for admission to GF2 via Optagelse.dk .
Application deadlines and the process for quota admission may vary from program to program. Therefore, always check the current information on the program page.
If you are applying for GF2 without an education agreement, you must participate in an admission interview as part of the admission process.
(If you are already a GF1 student at Techcollege, you must apply via the school's system, you will receive a link in e-Boks)
November 16, 2026
Registration deadline at optagelse.dk – attach diplomas including the primary school leaving certificate.
Once we have received your registration, you will be sent an application form and an assignment via e-Boks.
30 November 2026 – all day
Information meeting and interviews (already set the date, attendance is mandatory if you want to continue in the process)
December 4, 2026
You will be notified if you have been accepted into a quota place.
December 7, 2026
You must notify us whether you wish to make use of your quota space. If we do not receive your acceptance in time, you will forfeit your quota space.
January 13, 2027 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
"Other paths to your dream education" - Information meeting about applying for an internship for students who have not been accepted into a quota place.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hairdressing training lasts up to 4½ years .
Barber training lasts up to 3 years.
If you are 25 years or older and have industry experience, you can have your relevant industry experience credited and shorten your education period. The experience you have with you is decisive for the length of the shortening.
The education consists of a basic course or new master's apprenticeship course and then 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.
Hairdresser
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.
Barber
As a barber, you work with men's hair, beard trimming, shaving and customer service.
In the basic course or in a new master's apprenticeship, you will learn, among other things:
Cut light haircuts
Grow nose, ears and eyebrows
Washing hair
Serving customers and answering the phone
Sell products and order goods
Chemical working environment
First aid
Danish, marketing and design
In the main course you will learn, among other things:
Advanced haircuts for all hair lengths
Advanced beard trims and shaves
Skincare
Color and texture treatments
Customer service in the salon
Customer psychology
Entrepreneurship and accounting
The teaching takes place both in the school's salon and as theoretical instruction.
Hairdresser
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.
Barber
Once you have completed the training, you can work as a barber.
As a barber, you work with men's hair; haircuts, beard trimming, shaving and customer service. You help create a good customer experience and keep up with trends and tendencies within the barbering profession.
There is subsequently the opportunity to further your education and take a 4-year hairdressing course, where you will gain additional skills in women's work.
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 .
This can be replaced by a New Master Apprenticeship, where you are instead at a company.
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.
New mastery
New apprenticeship is a practice-oriented way of taking a vocational education, where you replace the first year of basic training with work and training in a company.
How it works
Start at the workplace: You start directly in a company instead of sitting in a classroom.
Salary from day one: You receive student or apprentice salary while you are at the workplace.
Smaller school: The first year takes place primarily in training in the company, although with supplementary school education or shorter stays at the school along the way.
Same skills: You will obtain exactly the same professional skills and the same final journeyman's certificate as in a regular vocational training program.
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
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.
Yes. If you live more than three blocks away from the school by public transport, you may have the opportunity to live in our student residence during your education.
At the school dormitory, you live close to the school and become part of a community with other students.
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