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Materials Award

UK and EU undergraduate students who started their studies at Falmouth, prior to academic year 2020/21, will be considered each year for a Materials Award. Those who are assessed by Student Finance as having a household income of under £25,000 will automatically qualify, there is no application process.

The award amount depends upon your year of entry and course of study. Please see the table below for further details.

In the academic year 2020/21, Materials Awards will be paid to students on 25 January 2021.

  • 2018 & 2019 entrants
  • 2017 entrants
2018 & 2019 entrants
Course BandingAward Amount
Band 1: Animation (all), Architecture, Creative Advertising, Drawing,
Fashion Design, Fashion Marketing, Fashion Photography, Fine Art, Game Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Marine & Natural History, Photography, Press & Editorial Photography, Sportswear Design, Sustainable Product Design, Textile Design
£200pa
Band 2: Acting, Music Theatre and Entertainment Management, all Journalism courses, Popular Music, Music, Creative Music Technology, all Business courses, Creative Events Management, Television, Film, Theatre & Performance, Dance & Choreography, Game Development, all English courses, Creative Writing, Computing for Games £100pa
2017 entrants
Course BandingAward Amount
Band 1: BA(Hons) Architecture, BA(Hons) Fine Art, BA(Hons) Graphic Design, BA(Hons) Marine & Natural History Photography, BA(Hons) Photography, BA(Hons) Press & Editorial Photography, BA(Hons) Illustration£400pa
Band 2: BA(Hons)Fashion Design, BA(Hons) Fashion Photography, BA(Hons) Performance Sportswear Design, BA(Hons) Sustainable Product Design, BA(Hons) Textile Design£300pa
Band 3: BA(Hons)Acting, BSc(Hons) Computing for Games, BA(Hons) Creative Music Technology, BA(Hons) Animation & Visual Effects, BA(Hons)Drawing, BA(Hons) Fashion Marketing, BA(Hons) Film, BA(Hons) Interior Design, BA(Hons) Music, BA(Hons) Popular Music, BA(Hons) Television£200pa
Band 4: BA(Hons)Creative Advertising, BA(Hons) Business Entrepreneurship, BA(Hons) Creative Events Management, BA(Hons) Creative Writing, BA(Hons) Dance & Choreography, BA(Hons) Digital Games, all English courses, BA(Hons) Journalism, BA(Hons) Journalism & Creative Writing, BA(Hons) Journalism & Communications, BA(Hons) Music Theatre & Entertainment Management, BA(Hons) Sports Journalism£150pa

Further information and advice

For any funding related queries, contact our Student Funding team:

E: studentfunding@falmouth.ac.uk

T: 01326 255310

Current students can access the Student Funding appointments system to book a Microsoft Teams or on-campus appointment.

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