Hooligans Barber School, Constanța

A location correction first, because it matters if you were planning to travel: Hooligans Barber School is in Constanța on the Black Sea coast, not Bucharest as older directory data recorded. It operates as a combined barbershop, cosmetics salon and school on Bulevardul Tomis with a team of eight.

The beginner qualification course runs eight weeks and covers fundamental concepts, skin fade, taper technique, top-section work with scissor and graduation technique, medium to large beard shaping, and a final practical aptitude test, delivered as theory, demonstration and hands-on practice. The trainer is described as an authorised trainer and skin fade specialist, and the school has had local press coverage. Two gaps to note honestly: no course price and no intake dates are published anywhere, so both need establishing by phone. And while the school refers to a qualification diploma, it names no authorising body and gives no authorisation number, so on the available evidence this is the school’s own document rather than an ANC-authorised certificate.

On Romanian credentials: the mark that matters is ANC authorisation, a course authorised under Government Ordinance 129/2000 yields a certificat de calificare recognised nationally and across the EU. Several Romanian academies advertise a ministry-certified or internationally recognised diploma without naming an authorising body or publishing an authorisation number. That is not proof of a fake, but it is not proof of ANC authorisation either, so ask for the number in writing before you pay.