Falmouth scores high marks in world’s largest survey of international students

Arriving as an international student at Falmouth 

This year, Falmouth scored well above the global and UK average for international students arriving at university.  

The ISB shows that 98.1% of all respondents agreed that the University provides accurate, clear and informative pre-arrival information, while an above-average number of international students said they enjoyed their first night on campus. 

Every year we aim to make arriving at Falmouth University as easy and seamless as possible for travelling international students and one thing we consistently offer is an airport collection service (booking for 2026 is now open).  

During Welcome Week, we also host all kinds of events where international students can get involved with campus life and meet other like-minded students.  

Falmouth also scored 98% satisfaction in the Academic Registration category, and 96.2% for Meeting the Academic Team.  

The university also achieved a 93.8% approval rate in the Introduction to Clubs and Societies category.  

The Students’ Union is very much at the heart of student life at Falmouth, supporting international students with country, language, religious and secular societies that all students are welcome to attend. These can be found on the Falmouth & Exeter Students’ Union website. 

Studying at Falmouth 

When it comes to studying, Falmouth scored above the global average in 15 out of 25 categories, including eight out of 12 categories in teaching.  

The university scored 95.2% for the expertise of its lecturers - one of the highest scores in the survey - while Falmouth’s international students gave it a rating of 94.5% for communication with tutors.  

We appreciate communication is a very important aspect of the international student experience of studying in a different country, and our academic teams do everything they can to make seminars, workshops, feedback sessions and 1-to-1s as engaging and clear as possible.  

Falmouth also scored highly for its assessment methods, language support, intercultural engagement, studying with local students, library facilities, learning spaces and technology and virtual learning environment.  

Living in Falmouth and study support 

In terms of student life, international students gave high ratings to Falmouth’s on-campus culture, with insights suggesting making friends both from the UK and other countries around the world was easy and enjoyable.  

Campus safety and security, life outside of campus and our eco-friendly attitude also received a positive response.  

There was also positive feedback from international students on the support available from Falmouth's on-campus ResLife team, who endeavour to provide advice to students, access to wellbeing services and host community-style events to bring people together.

*All statistics used in this article are based on the views of 152 survey participants at Falmouth University. The percentage reflects the number of students who answered with 'satisfied' or 'very satisfied' to the specific question in the survey. For further information about this survey, please visit https://etioglobal.org/performance-benchmarking/international-student-barometer 

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