Celebrating 120 Years
A montage of images from throughout Falmouth University's 120 year history. All images have a blue overlay and the Falmouth University 120 logo.
In 1902 Falmouth School of Art opened as an evolution of The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, which aimed to 'promote the useful and fine arts, to encourage industry and to elicit the ingenuity of a community distinguished for its mechanical skill.’
The School started as we mean to go on - harnessing creativity to forge the future of industry. To celebrate this anniversary, we delved into the archives and quizzed our community to unearth the stories that have shaped us.
Our timeline: The moments that made us
Journey through our timeline to discover the moments that made us; from the inception of Falmouth School of Art in 1902 and the installation of our Chancellor Dawn French in 2015, to welcoming our new Vice-Chancellor Professor Emma Hunt in 2022 (and the triumphs and challenges faced along the way).
The evolution of our prospectus
Explore how our prospectus front page has developed from the mid 1900s to the present day, and hear from the people that help bring them to life.
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Stories from our community
In 2022, we quizzed former and current students, staff and friends of the University about their experience at Falmouth and what it meant to them. Read about the careers launched and connections made, below.
Looking ahead: Friends of Falmouth cast their minds forward
What will Falmouth look like in the future? We asked friends of the University, Emma Rice, Rob Da Bank, Philip Marden and Sir Tim Smit KBE, ...
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Lifelong connections made at Falmouth
15 December 2022
Hear from former students who’ve formed lifelong connections with friends they met at Falmouth.
In conversation with Professor Alan Livingston CBE (Part 1)
16 December 2022
Our Vice Chancellor talks to the former University College Falmouth principal about the challenges a...
Meet the creative team now based in the original Falmouth School of Art building
15 December 2022
We visit Kingdom & Sparrow, the creative team now based in the building where it all began.
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Falmouth’s Film lecturers feature at Cornwall’s first Folk Horror Film Festival
19 October 2026
Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab is partnering with The Lost Gardens of Heligan to bring to life ...
Games Programming graduates sign BELTFED publishing deal
16 October 2026
Troy Atkinson and his younger brother Toby, both graduates of BA(Hons) Game Development: Programmin...
Film & TV student on BAFTA scholarship and living with bipolar
16 October 2026
Film & Television master’s student Chloe Lamb has been awarded a BAFTA scholarship, but she did no...
Why Ad Creatives Need to Learn to Play
16 October 2026
This article was written by Joel Ferguson, Course Leader for BA(Hons) Creative Advertising. Read Jo...
Creatives on Creatives: Denzil Forrester MBE and Duncan Cameron
16 October 2026
Creatives on Creatives is a new video series from Falmouth University where we meet the people takin...
Meet the Film alumnus producing a Cornish-language short film
13 October 2026
Since graduating from his BA(Hons) Film course, Andrew Nile has gone on to study a master’s in MSc...
From Foundation Year to Fashion Designer
12 October 2026
In our latest episode of Made in Falmouth, we meet Fashion Design graduate Ella Griffee in her Falmo...
Creative Advertising student sees her healthy eating campaign displayed at local academy
09 October 2026
Earlier this year, students on Falmouth University’s communication courses got the chance to work ...
Film graduate shortlisted at Young Arrows for shoestring skate campaign
09 October 2026
During his final year at Falmouth, BA(Hons) Film graduate Connor Pearson started making spec commerc...
Online Creative Writing lecturer wins Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
30 September 2026
Earlier this year, Falmouth’s award-winning BA(Hons) Creative Writing (Online) lecturer, science j...
