Ecole Beauty Academy – Barbershop Master, Minsk

The Minsk campus of the Ecole beauty academy network teaches from Zhukovskogo Street and runs a Barbershop Master programme within a much larger hairdressing catalogue. The barbering course is a short module here rather than the school’s focus, the main programmes run from 130 to 492 academic hours in general hairdressing, colour and styling.

The barbering programme is listed at 116 academic hours in one place and 88 hours across 22 lessons in another; the page is internally inconsistent on duration, so confirm which applies. The price is 1,380 roubles under a discount from a 2,300 list, with instalments from 80 roubles a month over eighteen months. Training is advertised as 90 per cent practical on live models. An electronic personal certificate is issued on completion; a full diploma is awarded only for the comprehensive programmes after all lessons, model work and a final project.

One claim needs flagging. The page states that the school holds a state education licence from the ministry of education, but publishes no licence number, and the wording appears carried over from the network’s Russian parent site. The domain itself is a St Petersburg one. Treat the licence as unverified and ask for the number if it matters to you.