Art & Design Degree Courses | Falmouth University

Work on live projects, get access to our valuable industry connections and let our famously inspiring location stoke your creativity.

With professional-standard facilities, industry partners from places like the National Gallery and guest speakers like Cornelia Parker, we’re here to give tomorrow’s visual storytellers the insights, skills and confidence to succeed across an exciting range of creative professions.

Our Art & Design courses

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Drawing BA(Hons)

Develop expertise and knowledge of drawing by exploring traditional and contemporary approaches to the discipline. Thinking through drawing, you’ll...

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Illustration BA(Hons)

Become adept at problem solving and creating your visual language on an illustration course renowned for its professional practice and industry...

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Sustainable Product Design BA(Hons)

Immerse yourself in the future of sustainable product design on a course that’s driven by the major challenges facing humankind today. Develop your...

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Textile Design BA(Hons)

On our textile design course, you’ll be part of a vibrant, supportive community of multidisciplinary textile designers and makers. You’ll discover...

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Architecture BA(Hons)

Learn through making on this RIBA and ARB accredited course. Working on live briefs in a studio environment, you’ll hone your skills designing and...

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Architectural Design & Technology BSc(Hons)

Learn to integrate design, construction technology, building engineering and construction management in this multifaceted degree.

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Fine Art BA(Hons)

Fine Art at Falmouth has pioneered a culture of creative thinking and innovation for more than 100 years, challenging students to develop an art...

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Creative Advertising BA(Hons)

Pitching, hustling, scribbling, sea swimming, protesting, researching, dog-walking, writing, experimenting, crafting and – most of all – having a...

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Graphic Design BA(Hons)

With an emphasis on design thinking and crafting big ideas beautifully, this course is your springboard to a career in the creative industries. You’...

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Visual Communication BA(Hons) (Online)

Get ahead in the vibrant, ever-evolving field of visual communications with this exciting online course. Working across moving image, graphic design...

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Interior Design BA(Hons)

Delve into the world of built spaces, interior environments and the people who inhabit them. Through live projects and industry partnerships, you’ll...

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Interior Design BA(Hons) (Online)

Test the bounds of what's possible to achieve in interior spaces and develop the entrepreneurial know-how to become a resilient commercial interior...

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Integrated Foundation Year BA/BSc(Hons)

Explore your creativity and expand your professional skills by entering the creative industries on an Integrated Foundation Year degree. Taught over...

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Falmouth School of Art virtual experience

Take the virtual experience to see how the Falmouth School of Art provides the best environment for you to think, make and experiment alongside your peers, and develop your creative networks.

School of Architecture, Design & Interiors virtual experience

At the School of Architecture, Design & Interiors, we champion collaboration, creativity and sustainability. Find out how studying at Falmouth will give you the tools to create innovative spaces,...

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"Falmouth is an incubator for positive innovation. After graduating, the network of skills from friends and peers of Falmouth is also impressive, with lots of entrepreneurs."

– Max Ashford, Sustainable Product Design BA(Hons) graduate

Extensive art & design facilities

Whether you're studying Sustainable Product Design, Drawing or Architecture you'll have access to a range of inspiring studio spaces and purpose built facilities, including life drawing studios, animation studios, a printmaking studio and wood and metal workshops.

Art & design facilities

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Industry links

We provide opportunities for students to access industry insights and experiences through placements, guest speakers and partnerships with leading organisations – such as our partnership with the Tate St Ives. We also encourage students to enter industry competitions, such as the D&AD New Blood Awards. Read on to discover just how well our students did in this year's competition.

Work on live projects, get access to our valuable industry connections and let our famously inspiring location stoke your creativity.

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Our Art & Design courses

Drawing BA(Hons)

Illustration BA(Hons)

Sustainable Product Design BA(Hons)

Textile Design BA(Hons)

Architecture BA(Hons)

Architectural Design & Technology BSc(Hons)

Fine Art BA(Hons)

Creative Advertising BA(Hons)

Graphic Design BA(Hons)

Visual Communication BA(Hons) (Online)

Interior Design BA(Hons)

Interior Design BA(Hons) (Online)

Integrated Foundation Year BA/BSc(Hons)

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Falmouth School of Art virtual experience

School of Architecture, Design & Interiors virtual experience

School of Communication virtual experience

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"Falmouth is an incubator for positive innovation. After graduating, the network of skills from friends and peers of Falmouth is also impressive, with lots of entrepreneurs."

Extensive art & design facilities

Industry links

Discover what our students do

Student designs future-proofed sustainable sunglasses

Falmouth graduates compete for a share of £27,000 at prestigious Drawing Award

Cowabunga! Illustration graduate scoops collaboration with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Student to exhibit sustainable design in Milan

Illustration student to Lloyds Banking Group Design Lead: Meet Ross Breadmore

Student claims the Architects’ Journal Prize

Forest & Clay: Small business flourishes in the hands of Falmouth graduates

Building a sustainable Fine Art career: in conversation with Ian Monroe

Meet Ai-Da: The world’s first ultra-realistic robot artist visits Cornwall

Graduate returns to Falmouth to embed sustainability into design curriculum

Graduate is creating luxury interiors and connecting people

Architecture MArch students collaborate with Brickfield-BUILD project

Fine Art students win big at the Student Medal Project

Introducing Wunderkammer: A new online illustration magazine

Graduate designing for Sybarite

Lecturer launches new artist book at New York Art Book Fair

Coming soon: The Illustration Forum

Graduate lands Google doodle

Fine Art students launch community project

Graduate designing modular apartments in Sweden

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