Eligibility
People who are eligible to receive the beautician’s license- A person who falls under any of the following qualifications is eligible to obtain a beautician’s license (Article 6(1) of the Public Health Control Act).
· A person who has graduated from the department of beauty arts of a school recognized by the Minister of Education as equivalent to or higher than a junior college in the academic level
· A person who has obtained an academic degree in beauty arts as he/she has been recognized as a person with attainments equal to or higher than the college or junior college graduate pursuant to Article 8 of the Act on Recognition of Credits, Etc.
· A person who has completed the prescribed course of beauty arts of a school recognized by the Minister of Education as equivalent to or higher than a high school in the academic level
· A person who has completed the prescribed course of beauty arts for at least one year at a technical high school recognized by the Minister of Education
· A person who has obtained qualifications as a beautician under the National Technical Qualifications Act
※ Acquisition of a beautician’s license
▪ The subjects of the qualification examination for beauticians are as follows (attached Table 8 of the Enforcement Rule of the National Technical Qualifications Act).
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Written test |
Hairstyling and Managing Scalp and Hair |
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Aptitude test |
Beauty arts practice |
▪ A person who wishes to obtain qualifications required to be a beautician shall score 60 out of 100 marks in both written and aptitude tests (Article 20(1) and (3) of the Enforcement Decree of the National Technical Qualifications Act).
Persons not eligible to acquire the beautician’s license- However, any of the following persons shall not be granted the beautician’s license (Article 6(2) of the Public Health Control Act, Article 6 of the Enforcement Decree of the Public Health Control Act, Article 9(3) the Enforcement Decree of the Public Health Control Act).
· An incompetent person under adult guardianship
· A mental patient under the Mental Health Act (provided that this shall not apply to a person recognized as suitable to be a beautician by a specialized medical doctor)
· A communicable disease patient with tuberculosis (excluding those with non-communicable disease) capable of harming public health as prescribed under the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act
· An addict of narcotics, hemp or other psychotropic drugs
· A person for whom 1 year has not yet elapsed after his/her license was revoked on the grounds referred to in Subparagraphs 2, 4, 6 or 7 of Article 7(1) of the Public Health Control Act
※ Further details on the qualification examination for beauticians are available on Q-NET (http://www.q-net.or.kr/qnet/html/eng_qnet/main.html) of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea via .