OldBoy Barbershop Academy

OldBoy Barbershop Academy runs barbering courses at the chain’s Ozerki branch in St Petersburg, on Prospekt Toreza with the entrance from Severny Prospekt. OldBoy is a large franchise chain and runs courses at individual branches, so this is a location-specific offering rather than a central academy; a parallel course runs at the chain’s Pushkinskaya branch.

Three programmes are offered: a beginner course taking students to working barber, an upgrading course covering fade technique and beard styling, and a corporate course covering sales technique and add-on services. The beginner course runs roughly a month, but the school is explicit that it does not impose rigid time limits, since students progress at different rates, a sensible approach, though it makes cost planning harder. A free introductory session is offered so you can meet the instructors before committing. Employment assistance within the chain and a flexible timetable are offered. Neither prices nor intake dates are published; enrolment is by enquiry. A certificate is issued by the OldBoy network after an examination.

One point applies to every Russian provider in this directory. The meaningful distinction here is whether a school holds an obrazovatelnaya litsenziya, an education licence. A licensed school can issue a state-recognised udostoverenie o povyshenii kvalifikatsii or a diplom o professionalnoy perepodgotovke, while an unlicensed one can only issue its own certificate. Not one of the schools listed here publishes a licence number. Where you see the words “diplom” or “international certificate” used in their marketing, treat them as in-house documents, because that is what they are.