Falmouth University

About Falmouth University

Falmouth University (Cornish: Pennskol Aberfala) is a multi-arts university based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded in 1902, it had previously been the Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth College of Art and Design and then Falmouth College of Arts until it received taught degree-awarding powers (and the right to use the title "University College") in March 2005. In April 2008, University College Falmouth merged with Dartington College of Arts, adding a range of Performance courses to its portfolio.On 27 November 2012, a communication was released to the staff and students and local press that 'University College Falmouth is to be granted full university status in a move that will further its ambition to become one of the top five arts universities in the world.'On 9 December 2012, the University College was officially granted full university status by the Privy Council. Falmouth University was judged by The Sunday Times to be the UK’s top arts university in 2015 and 2016.

The university is located in Penryn and Falmouth. Penryn Campus, near the town of Penryn, is the larger of its two campuses, which it operated until 2016 in partnership with the University of Exeter, under the Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative. It is not known why Falmouth University is no longer part of Combined Universities in Cornwall. Falmouth Campus is in Falmouth town centre and provides a historic contrast to the modernity of Penryn.

Falmouth University is a specialist creative multi-arts institution for rethinking convention and outthinking challenges. At a time when conventional thinking doesn't work any more, it's a potent formula.

For our students

At the heart of creativity in the UK and the world, Falmouth University has a very special atmosphere that propagates originality and stimulates challenging creativity. With us you'll advance the boundaries of your craftsmanship and creative expression. You'll explore the convergence between technology and the arts. You'll develop your own creative identity and increase the value of it. You'll constantly push the limits of just how good you can be. But you'll never be on your own. It may not always be comfortable, but it will be courageous, diverse, exciting, experimental, progressive, relevant and transforming.

And beyond

Today, there has never been a greater need for creativity. With it, goals can be met and surpassed, opportunities created and lives, as well as commerce enriched. At Falmouth University, our research and innovation shapes our teaching and the world we live in. Our national and international partnerships provide opportunity for business and students alike. Through our students we nurture and release creative capital. It benefits them as well as the world.

For more than 100 years Falmouth University has been challenging creativity. Through it, we are redefining creative education and making a vital contribution to the resurgence of the local and global economies.

• Falmouth Business School

  At the Falmouth Business School we challenge the traditional model that separates education from real business. Here students don’t just learn about contemporary business theory, they apply it immediately to their own companies.

  We launched in 2015 with a strategy to focus on high-impact courses that prioritise learning by doing, thinking creatively and being market led. It is a formula that builds upon Falmouth’s 110+ year legacy of creative entrepreneurship, applying our expertise to new ventures and those that lead them.

  Organisations right across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors require commercially minded individuals with the potential to think differently - ‘intrapreneurs’ who can help differentiate them from the competition or respond to growing financial, environmental and social challenges. We aim to answer this need through our graduates.

• School of Writing & Journalism

  The School of Writing & Journalism is at the forefront of its field, delivering innovative courses in English, journalism, and creative writing. Situated among inspiring facilities, you can expect passionate teaching from scholars, practitioner-academics and visiting professionals, helping ensure that you develop the skills and attitudes required in the contemporary workplace.

  The School has strong industry contacts with professional writers who matter. We are delighted that gifted novelist, Emily Barr, is this year's Writer in Residence, following in the footsteps of award-winning and bestselling novelist, Matt Haig in 2015 and internationally renowned writer of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver, in 2014. Simon Armitage CBE is our visiting professor and throughout the academic year we welcome writers such as the fiction and performance writer Deborah Levy. These professional partners enable you to pitch your work against the highest creative standards whilst also helping to shape your professional direction.

• Institute of Photography

  The Institute of Photography at Falmouth has a longstanding, international reputation. It is a place where top-flight photographers, industry, renowned artists, researchers and students come together to create, challenge and interpret the world of the image in some of Europe's finest facilities. Here you will have the opportunity to pursue your photographic interests across a wide range of genres, from fine art and documentary to sports and editorial, commercial to underwater and many more.

  You'll be supported by an excellent staff of practitioner-academics, all active in their respective fields, alongside a first-class technical team. They draw on the entirety of their experience, knowledge and contacts to support you as emerging professionals. This means that you'll be working with some of the best photographers, press agencies, media companies, galleries and photographic organisations in the UK and beyond.

• Academy of Music and Theatre Arts

  Established in 2010, following a merger with the internationally renowned Dartington College of Arts, The Academy of Music and Theatre Arts is dedicated to education, research and public programming across four related fields of practice: theatre, music, dance and cultural management and production.

  The Academy infuses both national and international connections throughout our degrees, delivering courses with the intensity of the conservatoire, the reflexive intelligence of the liberal arts university and the adventurous spirit of the art school. You'll discover professionally active staff, many being award-winning and internationally celebrated for their contributions.

  We're not just an academic environment in the traditional sense, the Academy is also a professional venue running a year-round public programme. Recent seasons have seen sell-out shows from leading companies such as Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Forced Entertainment and Kneehigh, and concerts from groups and ensembles including The Wiyos, Electric Soft Parade and the Michael Janisch Quartet. Combined with frequent talks and workshops from visiting artists and scholars, you'll experience the benefits of being part of a dynamic, professional producing community from the day you arrive.

  The Academy is characterised by a set of core intellectual, creative and socio-economic commitments. These approaches are central to the way we think about education and the making of new work. Our graduate destinations bear testament to this way of learning and teaching.

• Games Academy

  Games are transforming the way we experience stories, and are driving the development of new technologies that make those experiences more responsive, immersive and engaging.

  The Games Academy at Falmouth was founded to help you become a part of this exciting journey into the future of digital games. Digital game development is a complex and competitive arena in which a range of diverse skills and experience are demanded. Within our studio-based environment, we actively ensure that you develop the skills and experience you need to succeed by involving you in the development of games and computing for games.

• School of Film & Television

  The School of Film & Television at Falmouth is one of the very best in the UK. Our students' work is award winning, we enjoy some of the highest student satisfaction levels of any film school (95% in 2014) and we have incredible graduate employability in our sector.

  We were one of the first national centres of excellence to be accredited by Creative Skillset. This kite mark of quality is endorsed by industry professionals, and is only awarded to the best courses in the UK where the curriculum connects creative thinking with the latest technology and strong links with the film and television industries.

  The School combines the disciplines of film, television, animation and visual effects in a powerful, complementary mix of creativity, scholarship and entrepreneurship. You'll learn by doing, and be continually challenged through theoretical study and critical analysis to ensure that you are thinking, writing and making in an original, relevant and contemporary way. The School of Film & Television is about new ways of telling stories and engaging audiences.

• Fashion & Textiles Institute

  The Fashion & Textiles Institute is an energetic, industrious, studio-based environment. The sectors we focus on are global in nature and famously competitive. So we put all of our efforts into preparing you to succeed - by helping you to shape your professional identity and design aesthetic, by involving you in live, industry-sponsored projects, and by facilitating international internships and study visits.

  Our staff are totally committed to helping you find and strengthen your creative voice, your signature style and to establish your professional direction. Their expertise spans Armani, Alexander McQueen, ELLE, Ralph Lauren, Harper's Bazaar, Vivienne Westwood and Macy's, while others have run their own labels, studios and design agencies. The team includes internationally active scholars and dedicated, student-centred technical specialists who help develop your in-studio skills.

  It's an environment that promotes individuality in design and aesthetic, and leads to some extraordinary graduate destinations. You'll find our alumni across the globe, working at companies including Belstaff, Jonathan Saunders, Vivienne Westwood, Jigsaw, Burberry, Areen Design, Cath Kidston, Seasalt, Joules, Aston Martin, Liberty, Sweaty Betty, Musto and Adidas as well as running their own start-ups and freelance careers.

• School of Communication Design

  If you ask the top creative directors, designers or art directors what the most important quality they are looking for in a graduate is, they will tell you it's the ability to think creatively. It's all about the 'big idea' behind the work, the challenging of convention and the creative risk. It is this that drives us and creates the central platform for the School - it is our shared currency.

  Our focus on creative problem solving is the number one reason why our courses have such an impressive reputation within the creative industry. Graduates from the School can be found working in many of the world's leading advertising agencies and design consultancies, including BBH, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy, JWT, Pentagram, The Chase, Lewis Moberly, Imagination and Turner Duckworth. We're also a font of talent for news agencies and technology specialists. From the Guardian to the BBC and Google to Apple, Falmouth graduates enjoy a significant presence in contemporary communication design.

• Falmouth School of Art

  Visual arts have been practised and taught at Falmouth for over a century, and we have an established reputation for creative excellence, which we are always seeking to improve. Cornwall has long attracted creative practitioners, such as the St Ives artists who relocated here in the mid-20th century to produce internationally acclaimed work. They lived locally but operated globally, which is how we encourage our students to work today.

  Building on this prestigious legacy in a contemporary context, The Falmouth School of Art is committed to studio culture, which encourages both the discipline and supportive peer networks that help sustain successful careers in today's highly competitive creative industries. Primarily located at the Falmouth Campus in a subtropical garden, our studios and workshop facilities provide an exceptional environment for thinking and making, fostering experimentation, innovation and critical dialogue.

• School of Architecture, Design & Interiors

  The School of Architecture, Design & Interiors explores design, sustainable issues, materials and manufacturing processes. Here, creative practice and research deliver informed and innovative solutions to challenging real world design problems.

  Our courses are meticulously aligned to the needs of industry, while our studio-based community generates creative thinkers. It's an environment which encourages experimentation across disciplines and provides world-class facilities in which to do so.

  The School benefits from a global network of scholars, practitioners and visiting industry leaders. Through collaborative design briefs you'll work in real contexts with industry professionals creating sustainable spaces, places or products that explore issues of energy, health and wellbeing, work and living.

History of Falmouth University

Falmouth University was founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, in response to the diminution of scientific activities in Cornwall that was brought about by the decline of the Cornish mining industry.

Falmouth School of Art

In 1902, Falmouth School of Art was a wholly private venture and offered classes such as Freehand Drawing, Model Drawing, Painting from Still Life, Drawing from the Antique, Drawing in Light & Shade, and Memory Drawing of Plant Form. Students were charged between four and ten shillings per session for the privilege, and were offered the opportunity to enter for Board of Education exams.

In 1938, the Local Education Authority (LEA) took over the administration of the institution.

In the 1940s, courses became the responsibility of the Head of Truro School of Art, Stanley Wright was appointed Principal, the School was recognized by the Ministry of Education and began to plan ambitious expansion. At this time there were six full-time members of teaching staff responsible for 21 full-time students, 55 part-time day students and 104 part-time evening students. Students were offered the option of studying either "Art" or "Craft". Art, by definition, covered fine Art, drawing and painting, museum study, and modelling and casting in clay. "Craft" included Leather, Weaving, Bookbinding, Block Printing andWood Inlay.

In the 1950s, the College relocated from Arwenack Avenue to Kerris Vean in Woodlane (built in 1875),Jack Bridger Chalker was appointed Principal and courses for the Ministry of Education’s Intermediate and National Diploma in Design Examinations were offered for the first time. Studios for sculpture and printed textiles were constructed in the grounds. The School now occupied a unique site in the former Fox-Rosehill sub-tropical gardens (which rivalled many others of great renown, such as Glendurgan and Trebah), Michael Finn was appointed Principal, the School began a commercial design course for vocational students as well as a junior design course for school children, and the National Advisory Council for Art Education (NACAE) was established.

In the 1960s, the NACAE published its first report, Peter Lanyon and Terry Frost were appointed as visiting lecturers, a further storey was added to the textiles and sculpture workshops for use as a printmaking studio, and alterations to Kerris Vean presented opportunities for the study of photography. The question for Falmouth at this time was whether an art school with only 120 students, situated in a remote and economically disadvantaged part of the country, could compete for recognition with much larger institutions, against a national backdrop of changing approaches to art education. The LEA and leading artists such as Dame Barbara Hepworth, Bryan Wynter and Patrick Heronwere both generous with, and energetic in, their support of the School.

The next dilemma for the School was whether it should seek the NACAE’s authorization to offer the new Diploma in Art & Design (equivalent to a degree), and at that point, it decided to focus on full-time Intermediate and National Diploma students, and relinquish both its commercial design course and some part-time classes. With the purchase of Woodlane’s Rosehill House (built by Robert Were Fox in 1820) in the offing, it had seemed certain that the School would successfully achieve the recognition that it so earnestly sought, but having underestimated the NACAE’s basic requirements for general accommodation, studio space and staffing, and having failed to convince the Council that such a small institution could survive, it was with regret that the School received the news that the NACAE had refused its application. Undaunted, the search for additional land commenced.

Encouragement came to try again from Dame Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Leach, Patrick Heron and Bryan Wynter in 1964. In 1965, the momentous day arrived when the NACAE overturned its earlier verdict, following a reassessment of the School by the Chairman and Vice Chancellor of the NACAE, and the Principal of the Royal College of Art(RCA). The School was now recognized as a centre for the Diploma in Art & Design, with Painting as a main course. Recognition for sculpture was to follow shortly. There were now 40 full-time students at the School, with a remit to expand to at least 100 students, but such expansion could only come about with a major building programme and the purchase of yet more land.

In the mid-1960s, additional studios and technical workshops were added to the School’s estate, and the LEA acquired Rosehill House on its behalf. Of great architectural merit, this building became the centre for Complementary Studies with History of Art, and the Library. Additional land was then purchased at the southernmost boundary of the Woodlane site to enable the enlargement of the painting studios and to provide a cinema, canteen, common room and games room.

At this time, the School offered a pre-diploma (the precursor of our modern-day Foundation programme), a Diploma in Art & Design (DipAD) which superseded the National Design Diploma (NDD), and entrance examinations for postgraduate art and design institutions such as the RCA and the Slade. Design became an important aspect of the School’s curricula, with Patrick Heron teaching two-dimensional design, and Dame Barbara Hepworth and Bernard Leach teaching three-dimensional design. Photography appeared in the College’s academic portfolio for the first time in 1963. The number of teaching staff at the School had risen from six in the 1940s to 25 in the 1960s.

In the 1970s, the School acquired an hotel opposite the Woodlane site and converted it into an hostel for 21 students, John Barnicoat was appointed Principal, and the School was recognized by the Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) as a centre for a three-year programme of study leading to the award of a BA(Hons) degree in Fine Art. In 1976, Tom Cross was appointed Principal and the School continued to develop its resources by improving its sculpture studios and creating a new studio for ceramic sculpture. A purpose-built facility for photography and film was added, the library was enlarged, and the acquisition of a further student hostel in Woodlane, at Lamorva House, enabled the School to offer accommodation to 57 students. In addition, the original Arwenack Art School was handed back to the School to serve its introductory Foundation course as a centre for three-dimensional studies.

In the 1980s, BA(Hons) Fine Art was the principal academic course. A two-year BTEC General Art & Design course was added to the School’s portfolio and additional facilities for printmaking, photography, textiles and fashion were then created in buildings adjacent to the School in Woodlane. At this point, the School had a population of approximately 200 students on both HE and FE courses.

Reorganisation of art education in Cornwall

By 1984, the School was under threat of closure from the National Advisory Board (NAB) on the grounds that its Fine Art degree course "was academically and geographically isolated". The National Advisory Body (NAB) was set up to 'rationalise' fine art provision in Britain in line with prime minister Margaret Thatcher's belief that art education should return to its 19th-century role of providing designers for industry.

The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the School's Board of Governors, the acting Principal, Ian Carrick, the acting deputy for the Principal, Charles Hancock and Patrick Heron, quickly implemented the School’s only available strategy for survival and galvanized the support of local MPs, renowned artists, former students and friends of the School. The response received was overwhelming and an extraordinary number of individuals wrote to the NAB in support of the School from both within the County and outside it.

Research conducted by NAB itself found that graduates from Fine Art courses headed the league tables for gaining employment in arts related fields after finishing their degrees.[citation needed] The NAB subsequently withdrew its threat of closure and agreed that it would turn its attention to reviewing Cornwall's art and design provision in its entirety instead.

Historically there had been no overall LEA policy for art and design education in Cornwall beyond an accepted notion that Fine Art should be taught at Falmouth School of Art and "applied" Art at Cornwall College, and it had been observed on several occasions that this anomaly presented the greatest impediment to the development of a real centre of excellence for art and design education in Cornwall.

As a result, a joint working party involving senior specialist staff from both institutions was formed by the LEA to consider the future development of art and design in the County.

In 1978, Cornwall College, a predominantly FE orientated institution, had formed a Faculty of Art & Design. It offered full-time, three- and four-year vocational courses in Graphic Design, Technical Illustration, Display & Exhibition Design, and Ceramics to 150 students, leading to the award of South West Region Diplomas in Design and Licentiateship to theChartered Society of Designers. In the early 1980s, these courses were converted to BTEC National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) courses. A one-year Foundation Design course was also in operation and in 1982, the CNAA validated the Faculty’s Postgraduate Diploma in Radio Journalism.

By 1986, the student population of this Faculty had risen to around 500 Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs). The Faculty had significantly outgrown its resources at Cornwall College's main campus and there were no residential facilities for the increasing number of students that it recruited nationally.

In 1987, it was agreed by Cornwall County Council, and endorsed by the Secretary of State for Education, that Falmouth School of Art and Cornwall College's Faculty of Art & Design would merge to become Falmouth School of Art & Design. This new institution would be located at the Woodlane Campus in Falmouth.

The portfolio of courses to be offered by the new institution to the combined population of 636 full-time students included: BA(Hons) Fine Art, BA(Hons) Scientific & Technical Graphics, PgDip Radio Journalism, BTEC ND and HND Graphic Design, BTEC ND and HND Technical Illustration, BTEC HND Ceramics, BTEC ND Design, BTEC ND General Art & Design and a Foundation course.

In the same year, the first phase of new building work to provide accommodation for BA(Hons) Scientific & Technical Graphics commenced at Woodlane, the newly formed Board of Governors for Falmouth School of Art & Design appointed Professor Alan Livingston as Principal, and a structure comprising eight Study Areas led by Principal Lecturers was agreed.

As a result of the Education Reform Act 1988, the School became an independent Higher Education Corporation in April 1989.

Falmouth College of Arts

The 1990s witnessed the rapid development of the College's academic portfolio. Falmouth School of Art & Design became Falmouth College of Arts to signify its recognition of media as an arts subject. From 1992 the College's awards were accredited by the University of Plymouth. By 1996 the student population included 906 full-time and 60 part-time undergraduates, 38 full-time and 68 part-time postgraduates, and 290 FE students.

In 1998–99, the College was the only HE institution in the UK to be awarded 24 out of 24 for its teaching of art and design at undergraduate and postgraduate level by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). The College also acquired its second campus at Tremough, an 18th-century, grade II listed country house and 70-acre (280,000 m2) estate in the nearby town of Penryn.

University College Falmouth

As of the 1 March 2005, Falmouth College of Arts became University College Falmouth, the only independent Higher Education institution based in Cornwall able to offer degrees in its own name. The University College's new Design Centre opened at Penryn Campus in the Autumn of 2003 as part of a £50 million development of the Campus under theCombined Universities in Cornwall initiative, including social facilities, additional teaching accommodation and a Learning Resource Centre.

Under the auspices of the CUC, the University of Exeter's operations in Cornwall transferred to Penryn in 2004, as this campus has been designated the "Hub" of the CUC (with Cornwall's FE Colleges forming the "Rim").

University College Falmouth incorporating Dartington College of Arts

In April 2008, Falmouth merged with Dartington College of Arts, adding a range of Performance courses to its portfolio. In October 2010, the University College opened its new Performance Centre, which combines teaching facilities with spaces for public performances.

Falmouth currently offers a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design. Undergraduate Courses at Falmouth include: BA(Hons) Advertising, Fine Art, Illustration, Marine & Natural History Photography, Photography, Press & Editorial Photography, Fashion Photography, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Performance Sportswear Design, Textile Design, Sustainable Product Design, Digital Animation, Drawing, Digital Media, English, Creative Writing, English with Creative Writing, English with Media Studies, Film, Journalism, Dance, Music, Creative Music Technology, Popular Music, Theatre and Music Theatre.

Postgraduate Courses include: Business Administration, Creative Advertising, Creative Education, Film and Television, Illustration: Authorial Practice and Professional Writing.

Open Education: Falmouth launched the specialist Art, Design, Media & Performance open education repository, openSpace, in April 2010. Funded by a £20,000 grant from the Higher Education Academy, and project managed by JISC, the pilot project released 40 M-level credits from the MA Professional Writing course. The units, made available to the public through a Creative Commons licence, are free to use, access and study. A full Screenwriting Unit is freely available to study online. Other units include introductory units to: Novel Writing, Fiction Writing, Non-Fiction Writing, Writing for Children, Business Writing and Feature Writing.

Falmouth has recently adopted the slogan 'Creative Minds, Inspiring Futures'.

Falmouth University

In November 2012, David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, recognised University College Falmouth’s status as a full university following a rigorous appraisal process, and on 9 December 2012 the establishment was granted full university status.

In 2015, the university attracted more than €2.4 million in investment which helped launch a new Games Academy under the leadership of Professor Tanya Krzywinska and the Meta-Makers Research Institute under the leadership of Professor Simon Colton. These new centers of learning propose to enhance the growing digital economy in Cornwall, with an emphasis on delivering courses that marry creativity with technology such as BA Games Development, MA Creative App Development, and BSc Computing for Games.

Accreditation

Institutional Accreditation or Recognition - Privy Council

Student Life @Falmouth University

The environment in and around Falmouth University couldn't be better. The campuses have a very special atmosphere. The Falmouth campus meanders through a valley garden and provides the perfect venue for thinking, making, and doing. The Penryn Campus houses a fusion of arts and sciences in its state-of-the-art facilities. Student life beyond is every bit as inspiring.

FXU Students' Union clubs and societies provide a vibrant and eclectic social life. However, you won't just be part of the University community but the local community too.

Beyond the University, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Discovery Quay and the marina provide an insight into the geography and history of the town. The cultural legacy of Falmouth itself is legendary. The cafes, bars and micro-breweries are the best in the county. You'll find the quirky, alternative and stimulating. Above all, the town provides a nightlife, day-life and work, rest and play that are second to none.

It doesn't stop there. The great outdoors, the Cornish coast and a landscape that has energised creative people for centuries are all right on your doorstep.

But don't just take our word for it. In surveys Falmouth University ranks highly for student experience, not just within the UK but also across the world.

Services of Falmouth University

At Falmouth University we are here to support you through your studies in every way we can. Services are available on both campuses. They are confidential and student-centred. Even if we can't help we'll know someone who can.

Student Services provide free, confidential help and advice with any problem, large or small. Services include The Compass, Accessibility and Dyslexia Skills, Living Support, access to Health Services, Wellbeing (Mental Health and Counselling), Multifaith Chaplaincy, and Day Nursery provision.

We also provide students with the opportunity to see a GP at the Penryn Campus during term time and appointments for GP clinics must be made directly through Penryn Surgery.

Library & Academic Skills

Academic Liaison Librarians provide specialist subject-related information support for each course and offer training and one-to-one guidance on research to all students. For more information, visit the libraries page

ASK offers one-to-one and group sessions to help students with their academic work, which includes academic writing, balancing your workload and study skills such as note-making, referencing, organisation and presentation techniques. For more information, visit the ASK page

English Language Courses - If English is not your first language, you can join a variety of classes to run alongside your assignments, including subject-specific academic English, presentations and pronunciation, English for CVs and applications, and social English. For more information, visit the English Language Classes page

FXU (Students' Union) Advice Service provides free, confidential and impartial information, advice and support to all students during term-time. The Advice Service covers the entire spectrum of welfare queries, including student funding, benefits, tax credits, financial problems, housing, consumer advice, employment, childcare, institutional/academic-related issues, and any other problems you may have.

Why choose Falmouth University?

Falmouth University is renowned worldwide for art, design, media, performance and writing. Built on over 100 years of experience, our commitment to international students is well established and as a result, our student community is rich and diverse.

Small enough to be welcoming, yet laterally focused enough to encourage creative enterprise, our international graduates leave able to compete at a global level.

Our students are also actively encouraged to enrich themselves overseas, through numerous exchange programmes and partnerships with international universities. They also benefit from self-initiated study trips and work placements.

We provide everything you need to prepare for, acclimatise and embrace your time with us. We'll help you with the application process. We'll help you obtain a student visa, secure accommodation and manage tuition fees. We'll meet you at Heathrow Airport, give you a week's orientation and a series of introductory sessions to life and study at Falmouth, as well as the UK. We also offer an English language course, and evening classes on writing and working culture in the UK. And, if that's not enough, we'll help you through one-to-one meetings with your tutor. Whatever it takes, we'll always be there for you.

Attracting the best international students from around the world is a key element of our internationalisation strategy and Falmouth offers a range of scholarships to students classified as 'overseas' for tuition fee purposes.

Select your home country on the interactive map to find out more information about entry and language requirements, available sources of funding and our international representatives.