Short courses
Unlock your potential with Falmouth University's short courses, backed by 120 years of creative excellence.
Whether you want to upskill, advance your career, or simply explore a passion, our short courses offer something for everyone. Delivered online or on campus, you’ll find programs in everything from the arts to digital skills to business innovation.
Gain new skills, grow professionally, or learn just for fun—Falmouth’s expert-led short courses will help you thrive.
Join us and take the next step in your journey!
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Art & Design Short Courses
Explore a diverse range of art and design short courses, tailored to foster creativity and inn...
Bespoke Training Packages
Our bespoke training packages are designed to support and empower organisations in developing and up...
Business, Marketing & Advertising Short Courses
Discover our variety of business, marketing, and advertising short courses, developed by experienced...
Digital Skills Short Courses
Learn everything from Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Premiere Pro to HTML coding, Micros...
Fashion & Textiles Short Courses
Discover our fashion and textiles short courses, covering a range of subjects and based in our...
Film & Television Short Courses
Explore our film and television short courses, covering the technical and conceptual aspects of film...
Games Short Courses
At Falmouth, we offer a range of opportunities to study at our Games Academy and use our industry-st...
Green & Sustainability Short Courses
Explore Falmouth University's green & sustainability short courses and join the movement for a m...
Health & Wellbeing Short Courses
Discover Falmouth University's health & wellbeing short courses. With over 120 years at th...
Music Short Courses
Discover Falmouth University's music short courses. Immerse yourself in our vibrant and ...
Photography Short Courses
Study one of our Photography short courses at Falmouth and garner specialist support from our ...
Short Courses for 14-17 Year Olds
Creative, inclusive and fun short courses for teenagers aged 14 – 17. Based on our Universit...
English, Writing and Journalism Short Courses
Explore a range of online or on campus English, Writing and Journalism Short Courses, ta...
Upcoming short courses
Tue 14 Jul 2026
14th July | 09.00-16.00 | Price: £125
Go Further with Photoshop - July 2026
Online
Our Go Further with Photoshop one day course is perfect for anyone who wants to expand their skills ...
Wed 15 Jul 2026
1-day course | £150
Children's Book Design in InDesign July 2026
In-person
Join this one-day course for aspiring book illustrators or authors and learn to lay out your book pr...
Wed 15 Jul 2026
15th July | 09.00 - 16.00 | Price: £125
Propel Your Photoshop Skills - July 2026
Online
Our Photoshop – propel your skills to the next level course is perfect for anyone who wants to exp...
Mon 20 Jul 2026
20th - 23rd July | 09:00 - 16:00 | Price £495
InDesign ACP - July 2026
Online
This Adobe InDesign course is for designers, or people transitioning into a design job who need to u...
Mon 20 Jul 2026
20th July | 09.00-16.00 | £125
Get Started with Adobe InDesign - July 2026
Online
If you’re new to Adobe Indesign, our Get Started short course is a great first step into the world...
Mon 20 Jul 2026
20th - 24th Jul 2026 | £650
Choir in a Week July 2026
In-person
Choir leaders Pip Wright (Kana Kernow) and Jane Harris (Songways) lead this week of unaccompanied ha...
Tue 21 Jul 2026
21st July | 09.00-16.00 | Price: £125
Go Further with InDesign - July 2026
Online
Explore the topics of styling text and managing colour as well as going further with graphics and im...
Wed 22 Jul 2026
22nd July | 09.00-16.00 | Price: £125
Propel Your InDesign Skills - July 2026
Online
After attending the Propel Your InDesign Skills short course, participants will have mastered more a...
Mon 27 Jul 2026
Bookings closed
Introduction to Game Development - 27 July 2026
In-person
Get hands-on with game development on this two-day course designed for technical and creative 14–1...
Mon 27 Jul 2026
27th July | 09:00 - 16:00 | £125
Get Started with Premiere Pro - July 2026
Online
Learn the basics of video editing
Mon 27 Jul 2026
27th - 30th July | 09.00 – 16:00 | Price: £495
Premiere Pro ACP - July 2026
Online
This Adobe Premiere Pro course is a great way for anyone to master digital video editing. Designed f...
Mon 27 Jul 2026
3 days 27th - 29th July | £450
Large Scale Screenprint 2026
In-person
Join us for this screenprint course suitable for both beginners and advanced development practitione...
Mon 27 Jul 2026
5-day course 27th - 31st July | £650
Build a Robot: Introduction to Robotics 2026
In-person
This is a 5-day intensive course with our Robotics team at the Games Academy where you’ll create y...
Tue 28 Jul 2026
28th July | 09.00 - 16.00 | Price £125
Go Further with Premiere Pro - July 2026
Online
Building on your existing knowledge to create professional-quality videos, taking your editing skill...
Wed 29 Jul 2026
1-day course | £150
Introduction to Digital Painting July 2026
In-person
Digital Painting 1-day course July 2026
Wed 29 Jul 2026
Bookings closed
Script to Screen - 29 July 2026
In-person
Get behind the camera for this hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of filmmaking, includi...
Wed 29 Jul 2026
29th July | 09.00-16.00 | Price £125
Propel Your Premiere Pro Skills - July 2026
Online
This course targets users who are familiar with Premiere Pro basics and wish to enhance their skills...
Thu 30 Jul 2026
2-day course 30 - 31 July | £250
Mokulito with monotype 2026
In-person
Explore the possibilities of Mokulito and monotype printing in this two-day course in our wonderful ...
Fri 31 Jul 2026
Bookings closed
Theatre Arts Taster - 31 July 2026
In-person
Step into the spotlight for this hands-on performance course, where we'll help you de...
Fri 07 Aug 2026
1-day course | £200
Studio Photography Fundamentals Summer 2026
In-person
Summer 2026 cohort of studio photography fundamentals introductory short course
Mon 10 Aug 2026
3-day course 10 - 12 August | £450
Figure Sculpture Summer 2026
In-person
Create a full reclining figure sculpture in clay from a life model on this 3 day course. It's suitab...
Mon 10 Aug 2026
3 day course 10 - 12 Aug | £375
Colour Intaglio summer 2026
In-person
Come and immerse yourself in the creative practice of colour intaglio in our professional-standard p...
Wed 12 Aug 2026
3-day course 12th - 14th August | £450
Fluid Forms Drawing the Clothed Figure August 2026
In-person
August 2026 bookings for this creative 3-day figure drawing short course.
Thu 13 Aug 2026
2 day course 13 - 14 Aug | £250
Photopolymer Printmaking August 2026
In-person
Learn to use photosensitive polymer for printmaking on this 2 day specialist course suitable for all...
Tue 18 Aug 2026
2 day course 18-19 Aug | £250
Weave a wall hanging August 2026
In-person
August dates - Weave your own custom-designed wall hanging on a table loom in our professional weave...
Tue 18 Aug 2026
4-days 18th - 21st August | £550
Portrait oil painting from life August 2026
In-person
This 4-day course will develop your skills in, and approaches to, portrait painting using oils. It's...
Wed 26 Aug 2026
3 days 26 - 28 Aug | £395
Still life in oils August 2026
In-person
Immerse yourself in this 3 day course learning to paint a still life in oils, using traditional tech...
Tue 01 Sep 2026
4-day course 1 - 4 Sept | £595
Figure Painting in oil from life Autumn 2026
In-person
Working with a life model each day, create a full-length figure painting in oils on this 4-day cours...
Mon 07 Sep 2026
5-day course 7th - 11th September | £425
Alternative Photography workshop series September 2026
In-person
September 2026 Alternative Photography short course bookings
Mon 21 Sep 2026
11 weeks online | £650
Writing Comedy Genres - September 2026
Online
Online Comedy Genres Course Autumn 2026
Falmouth short course student becomes Adobe Champion for UK and Ireland
Hallie Mitchell, a student who chose to study Falmouth’s Photoshop ACP short course on top of her degree, has beaten 10,000 other students to become the UK and Ireland’s Adobe Champion 2025.
Update: Hallie has now been awarded an incredible second place in the World Adobe Championships!
Read the full story
Opportunities for young people
National Saturday Clubs
Falmouth University’s National Saturday Clubs give 13-16 year olds from across Cornwall the opportunity to study subjects that they love for free at their local university. Clubs run every Saturday 10:30-12:30 during term time and are completely free to attend.
Dance classes
The AMATA Arts Centre runs a programme of dance classes, intensive programmes and activities for children and young people throughout the year.
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