KevinJoe Academy, Bangkok

KevinJoe is a Bangkok hairdressing academy in Bangkapi that bills itself as the first English-speaking hairdressing academy in Thailand, and that is its main draw: short courses taught in English with private classes and flexible scheduling, which is rare in this market and useful if you are training while travelling.

Set expectations correctly, though. This is a general hairdressing academy rather than a barbering specialist. Its course list runs to cut and colour, hair styling, hair colour, haircut, women’s cutting, blow-dry, and perm and rebonding, with men’s hair cutting as one item among them. If you want a dedicated barbering programme covering shaving and beard work, this is not that.

Two gaps to note honestly: no course durations and no fees are published anywhere on the site, and no certification or licensing detail is stated at all. Everything practical needs establishing by enquiry.