Esthetician & Medical Aesthetics School in Tampa.
MedSpa Institute has trained estheticians, nurses, and medical professionals in Florida since 2003. Our Tampa campus in Westchase brings hands-on, clinical training to the Bay Area — from your first facial to advanced injectables education for licensed medical professionals.
Florida-licensed (CIE License #12816 & #12817). Small class sizes, real treatment rooms, and instructors who actually work in aesthetics.
Programs at the Tampa campus
We train three distinct audiences. Pick the path that matches your license.
Become a Florida facial specialist. Board-approved program plus the required 4-hour HIV/AIDS course — no state practical exam required. Learn facials, chemical peels, dermaplaning, microneedling, and the business of building a client book.
For RNs ready to move into aesthetics. Clinical foundations of injectables and energy-based devices. In Florida, RNs may inject only under the direct supervision of a physician (LPNs are not eligible).
Advanced medical-aesthetics training for prescribing and supervising providers — injectables, biostimulators, energy devices, and med-spa clinical protocols.
Estheticians cannot inject. Injectable training is for licensed medical professionals within their Florida scope of practice.
Aesthetic training in Tampa for every stage of your career
MSI's Tampa campus trains career-changers stepping into aesthetics for the first time, licensed estheticians adding advanced modalities, and Florida-licensed medical professionals expanding into injectables and energy-based devices.
Enter aesthetics from scratch through the 220-hour Florida Facial Specialist Program.
Add advanced certifications: microneedling, chemical peels, dermaplaning, Hydrafacial, RF, and more.
Aesthetic injector training under physician direction — neuromodulators, dermal fillers, PRP/PRF.
Advanced medical-aesthetics training for prescribing and supervising providers.
Invitation-only fellowship at 360 Surgery Center, Aventura — directed by Dr. Tali Arviv.
Why train in Tampa
The Tampa Bay med-spa market is growing fast, and licensed professionals are in demand. Our Westchase esthetician school and medical aesthetics classrooms are easy to reach from:
- • Westchase, Town 'n' Country, Citrus Park, Oldsmar, and Carrollwood — minutes away.
- • South Tampa and Brandon via I-275 and the Selmon Expressway.
- • Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and the broader Pinellas / Bay Area via the Veterans Expressway and Courtney Campbell Causeway.
- • Sarasota and points south via I-75 for weekend and evening learners.
Free on-site parking is available at the Countryway Blvd building. Ask admissions if you'd like a specific spot marked ahead of your tour.
The campus is a short drive from the Veterans Expressway, Courtney Campbell Causeway, and I-275. Rideshare drop-off is available at the building entrance.
Career-changers, recent grads, working nurses, and physicians/NPs/PAs all train here. After you graduate, see where the jobs are: read our guide to med spa jobs in Tampa for new graduates.
Campus details
Tampa campus hours
Front-desk hours for tours and admissions, plus the lab and clinic-floor hours when instructors and supervised hands-on training are on site.
Office hours
- Monday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday
- 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday
- Closed
Hands-on hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Thursday
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Friday
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Saturday
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Sunday
- Closed
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Frequently asked questions
Our Tampa campus is at 11351 Countryway Blvd, Tampa, FL 33626, in the Westchase area on the west side of Tampa, convenient to Town 'n' Country, Citrus Park, and the wider Bay Area.
Esthetics (facial specialist), nurse/RN injector training, and advanced medical-aesthetics programs for physicians, NPs, and PAs.
Yes. To perform facials professionally in Florida you need a facial specialist (or full specialist) license, earned through a Board-approved program plus a required 4-hour HIV/AIDS course. Florida does not require a state practical exam for facial specialists.
Injectable training is for licensed medical professionals. In Florida, RNs may inject only under the direct supervision of a physician; estheticians cannot inject and LPNs are not eligible. Our nurse and physician/NP/PA programs cover injectables within scope.
$6,000 all-in — $100 registration, $5,000 tuition, $900 books & kit. In-house financing starts at $1,500 down with 0% interest for the first 12 months and no credit check.
It's hybrid. Didactic hours are online and self-paced; the 71 practical hours happen on the Tampa (Westchase) clinic floor with instructors — 8 weeks standard, up to 10 weeks part-time.
Graduates work at Tampa Bay med spas, dermatology and plastic-surgery practices, hotel and resort spas, and independent chair-rental suites across Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, and Sarasota counties.
Since 2003. We are a Florida-licensed institution (CIE License #12816 & #12817).