About the college
London Piercing College trains body piercers in a working studio in Stratford, East London.
Most people who want to pierce have nowhere structured to learn. Apprenticeships are hard to find, and online courses can't watch your hands. We built London Piercing College to fix that.
Our courses start with hygiene, sterilisation and the law, then move to demonstrations, practice on moulds and supervised piercings on live models. You leave with safe habits, a certificate, and a clear idea of what your council needs from you.
London Piercing College is part of Piercing College, which runs piercing colleges in six UK cities.
Our approach
A real college, not a crash course
Plenty of people try to learn piercing from videos and a starter kit. We built the opposite: a structured course that takes you from hygiene and the law to piercing a live model, in small groups, under piercers who do this for a living. Every stage is taught, watched and corrected, so you build proper habits from the start instead of unlearning bad ones later.
What you leave with
More than a certificate
- CPD accredited
- All supplies included
- A printed certificate to take home, plus a digital certificate
- Piercing Safe registration included
- Lifetime support after the course
- Level 2 Infection Prevention and Control, on the 4-day course
- Supervised piercings on live models, not just moulds
- The hygiene habits and technique to keep practising safely
- A clear picture of what your council asks for before you pierce the public
Who trains here
Complete beginners welcome
You don't need any piercing experience to start. Our students include career changers, people already working in studios and salons, and people who have wanted to pierce for years. You must be over 18. We handle the rest, one small group at a time.