Alberto Dugarte Academia de Barbería

Alberto Dugarte’s academy sits in central Madrid just below Plaza de España, with sixteen barbering stations, and runs an 80-hour intensive course over one month with an optional 40 additional hours of practice. Classes run either mornings from 11:00 to 14:00 or afternoons from 17:00 to 20:00, and teaching is on real clients rather than mannequins.

The course is built from five modules: Base Teórica, El Fade perfecto, Barba y Bigote, Texturas, and Colorimetría. Enrolment is 500 euros with the full course advertised from 1,444 euros, with a discount for paying in one instalment, financing available over up to 24 months, and scholarships offered. Cohorts are numbered and run continuously through the year. The academy is admirably direct about what it awards, stating plainly on its own site that this is enseñanza no reglada, sin carácter oficial, a professional diploma issued by the academy, not a certificado de profesionalidad or an FP título. That honesty is worth more than the vaguer “titulación oficial” language used elsewhere in this market.