Diploma - Hairstyling
- 2 years
- Duration
- 20,170 CAD/year
- Price
- Jan 2026
- Start
- Oct 2025
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Kingston / Canada
- Location
- St. Lawrence College, Canada
- School
Program description
The Hairstyling diploma program provides students with practical, theoretical, and experiential learning opportunities that will prepare them for a rewarding career in the Hairstyling business. Our students learn and practice all aspects of hairstyling, including haircutting, styling, chemical services, and hair extensions, as well as career preparation and business operations.
Our teachers and staff are a collection of highly trained, skilled professionals with years of expertise in both the hairstyling and educational industries, and many of our professors are program graduates. Our faculty team is constantly updating their abilities in order to provide our students with the most up-to-date hairstyling techniques and trends in order to prepare them for this ever-changing market.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Entrepreneurial Skills 1: Communication and Ethics
- Haircutting 1: Fundamentals
- Salon Safety Standards
- Hairstyling 1: Preparatory Procedures
- Math for Hairstylists
- General Education Course
Semester 2
- Entrepreneurial Skills 2: Career Planning and Marketing
- Applied Salon Services 1
- Chemical Services 1: Introduction to Haircolouring Techniques
- Haircutting 2: Barbering Fundamentals
- Applied Salon Services 2
- Applied Learning Experience 1
- General Education Course
Semester 3
- Hairstyling 3: Trends and Customization
- Applied Salon Services 3
- Advanced Hair Design
- ntrepreneurial Skills 3: Business Operations
- Applied Learning Experiences 2
- Hairstyling 2: Formal Styling
- Chemical Services 3: Advanced Haircolouring
- General Education Course
Semester 4
- Chemical Services 2: Intermediate Haircolouring and Chemical Techniques
- Applied Learning Experiences 3
- Licensing Exam Preparation
- Hair Additions
- Haircutting 3: Advanced Haircutting Techniques
Price
- Tuition 16,430 CAD
- Program Fees 1,440 CAD
- Ancillary Fees 2,300 CAD
Total tuition per 2 semester (one year) 20,170 CAD
Fees are estimates only
Requirements for applicants
Admission requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or equivalent
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level
- Grade 11 Math
English Proficiency requirements are:
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS)-Academic - Overall 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 (SDS requires an overall 6.0, with no band less than 6.0)
- TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) or Home Edition - 78
- TOEFL Computer-based Test - 213
- Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL. In-person or Online)* - overall 60
- EIKEN (Test in Practical English Proficiency)* - pre 1
- The Michigan English Test* - Overall 58 with no individual score below 56, ECCE/ECPE 650 or higher
- Cambridge English Proficiency* - 173
- Duolingo (Temporarily accepted)* - 105
- Pearson Test of English -Academic (Online & In-person) - 55
*Note: Students from India are not eligible to submit the results of this test as proof of English proficiency.
About the university
St. Lawrence College has campuses in Kingston, Brockville, and Cornwall, Ontario. Our secure neighborhoods combine small-town atmosphere with big-city attractions, like shopping, eating, and nightlife.
The institution has 6,700 full-time and 20,000 part-time students in 89 academic programs and 829 full- and part-time employees, including 414 professors.
With modern, expansive facilities in three vibrant eastern Ontario cities and a solid track record of excellence, St. Lawrence College still combines all the benefits of a world-class education with the advantages of small-town living and personal attention to detail.
