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BA (Hons) Make-up, Hair and Prosthetics

  • Duration: 3 or 4 years full-time
  • Placement year: Optional 1 year
  • Course code: W45G (UCAS)
  • Institution code: A66 (UCAS)
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Overview

BA (Hons) Make-up, Hair and Prosthetics equips you with the creative, technical, and professional skills required to work as a make-up artist across a range of creative industries. From the outset, you’ll build strong foundations in make-up, hair, prosthetics, wigs, and postiche, while developing analytical, research, and communication skills essential for professional practice.

In your final year, you’ll define and develop your individual specialisms through independent projects, research, and professional collaborations. You’ll be encouraged to take creative risks, demonstrate intellectual and artistic integrity, and build a distinctive portfolio that reflects your ambitions.

Seize the opportunity to study at a place where creativity, collaboration, and innovation come together.

Headshot of a model with Star Trek-inspired make-up and prosthetics on their face, neck and hands.

Refine your technical abilities and explore make-up within industry-focused environments.

Live projects in film, performance, photography, and events will enhance your employability, while digital technologies and contextual studies support your ability to develop character transformation through creative design and application.

Final checks on set with Elliot Cox

Join the UK's largest film school outside London.

The make-up artist is an important member of any production team. You’ll work with your peers studying acting, film production, and costume to create ‘live’ collaborative projects within Bournemouth Film School.

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Discover what it's like to study BA (Hons) Make-up, Hair and Prosthetics at AUB from students Harmony Evans and Lydia Harris.

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Student gallery

Ready to be inspired? Browse our gallery of student work to see some of the projects that our current students have been working on.

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Model with their eyes closed with an Egyptian-style necklace and gold-coloured make-up.
A make-up artist wearing a face mask applies a false moustache to an actor.
Two people in elaborate facial make-up, tattoos and headdress look over their shoulders towards the camera.
A person made up and dressed to look like a stone statue with a toga and high wig.
A make-up artist wearing a face mask applies make-up to an actor's face. The actor has their eyes closed.

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Headshot for a model dressed like an alien creature with seven eyes and two antennae.
A model with alien prosthetics and hair resembling bat ears makes claws to the camera.
A make-up artist wearing a face mask applies make-up to an actor's face.
Close-up headshot of a model in Viking-style hair and make-up.

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Make-up artist applies make-up to an actor dressed up to be Vincent Van Gogh.
Man wearing orange make-up with blue hair
Person wearing make-up and prosthetics sits and holds a painting. The person has been designed to match the figure in the painting.
A person sits in a make-up studio while a make-up artist works on their face.
A make-up artist works on a model's lips.
Bust with a facial prosthesis on it, designed to look like an orc.
Facial hair prosthetics – a pair of eyebrows, a long plaited moustache and a long plaited beard – on a plain background.
Bust of a prosthetic for a monster's face.
Model of a fantasy creature's head and shoulders.
Two people work on the hair of a model who is seated.
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