The Hair Care and Beauty Services Program, launched within Üsküdar Üniversitesi Health Services Vocational School (SHMYO) in the 2024-2025 academic year, attracted significant interest in its inaugural year. The program's quotas were swiftly filled based on the results of the Higher Education Institutions Examination (YKS), and it also drew considerable attention with numerous lateral transfer requests from other universities.
The Hair Care and Beauty Services Program, launched within Üsküdar Üniversitesi Health Services Vocational School in the 2024-2025 academic year, was met with intense interest in its very first year.
Instructor Birgül Erbaş: “The intense interest we saw in our first year made us very happy”
Instructor Birgül Erbaş, Head of the Üsküdar Üniversitesi SHMYO Hair Care and Beauty Services Program, who made significant contributions to the establishment of the program's infrastructure, expressed her feelings about its success as follows:
“Our biggest goal when establishing this program was to provide our students not only with vocational skills but also with confidence and vision. The intense interest we witnessed in our first year and the filling of our quotas made us extremely happy. We have become a strong family with our students, and we will achieve greater successes together on this journey.”
“Not only aesthetic, but also an area intertwined with psychology and health”
Erbaş, referring to the opportunities offered by the program, said: “It is a great pride for us to accompany our students on their journey to success through the practical training and strong industry collaborations we provide. Hair Care and Beauty Services is not only an aesthetic field but also one intertwined with psychology, sociology, and health. Our program aims to bring these disciplines together to give students a different perspective.”
Qualified professionals of the sector are trained in Üsküdar
Üsküdar Üniversitesi demonstrated that the program made a difference in its very first year with the laboratory practices, industry-backed seminars, and innovative education model it offers to its students.
As a reflection of Üsküdar Üniversitesi’s educational approach that combines scientific methods with sector needs, the Hair Care and Beauty Services Program will continue to bring qualified and visionary professionals to the beauty and care industry in the coming years.