Art & Design Courses

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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 - 2023

Drawing BA(Hons)

Become a rigorous and innovative critical thinker and practitioner. Build your skills, expertise and...

Drawing BA(Hons)
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Illustration student work

Illustration BA(Hons)

Become adept at problem solving and creating your visual language on this Illustration degree, renow...

Illustration BA(Hons)
Sustainable Product Design 2024
Sustainable Product Design 2024

Sustainable Product Design BA(Hons)

Become a conscientious and innovative product designer with the professional practice skills to make...

Sustainable Product Design BA(Hons)
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Textile Design 2024

Textile Design BA(Hons)

On our textile design degree, you’ll be part of a vibrant, supportive community of multidisciplina...

Textile Design BA(Hons)
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Illustration Online - 2023

Illustration BA(Hons) (Online)

Gain the professional practice and entrepreneurial skills needed to turn your talent into a successf...

Illustration BA(Hons) (Online)
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Fine Art - 2023

Fine Art BA(Hons)

This highly-respected course aims to support the development of your practice as it evolves over the...

Fine Art BA(Hons)
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Creative Advertising - 2023

Creative Advertising BA(Hons)

Pitching, hustling, scribbling, protesting, researching, writing, experimenting, crafting and – mo...

Creative Advertising BA(Hons)
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Graphic Design student work leaflets

Graphic Design BA(Hons)

With an emphasis on design thinking and crafting big ideas beautifully, this Graphic Design degree i...

Graphic Design BA(Hons)
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BA(Hons) Visual Communication (Online)

Visual Communication BA(Hons) (Online)

Get ahead in the vibrant, ever-evolving field of visual communications with this exciting online cou...

Visual Communication BA(Hons) (Online)
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Game Art 2024

Game Art BA(Hons)

Work in multi-skilled collaborative teams and graduate as a confident, industry-ready game artist. ...

Game Art BA(Hons)
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Illustration students working in a classroom
Illustration students

Integrated Foundation Year BA/BSc(Hons)

Explore your creativity and expand your professional skills by entering the creative industries on a...

Integrated Foundation Year BA/BSc(Hons)

What can you do with an Art and Design degree?

An Art or Design degree will teach you skills that are relevant for multiple industries so you can follow a career path that is truly fulfilling for a lifetime.

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Extensive art & design facilities

Whether you're studying Sustainable Product Design, Drawing or Creative Advertising, 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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Illustration by Sophie Melissa depicting five people of different races
Sophie Melissa Illustration

Industry links


We provide opportunities for students to access industry insights and experiences through placements, guest speakers and portfolio reviews with leading art directors. We also encourage students to exhibit their work at national exhibitions, such as New Designers in London. Read on to discover how one Illustration graduate is now creating content for Penguin, Vogue and WIRED.

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Discover what our students do

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Josie Cockram

Why art matters in 2023: in conversation with Josie Cockram 

30 March 2023

Josie Cockram is an artist, contemporary art curator and course leader on Falmouth’s online master...

Why art matters in 2023: in conversation with Josie Cockram 
Restart
Restart

The making of graphic novel [Re]Start: It's Never Too Late

02 March 2023

Illustration graduates Eddy Nicholls, Julia Cockerham and Alex Copeman discuss their involvement in ...

The making of graphic novel [Re]Start: It's Never Too Late
Shefali Wardell
Shefali Wardell

Public art, AI and economically sustainable practices: in conversation with Shefali Wardell

21 February 2023

We talk to multidisciplinary artist Shefali Wardell about her work, her take on the illustration ind...

Public art, AI and economically sustainable practices: in conversation with Shefali Wardell
Students painting in a workshop at Falmouth Illustration Festival
Falmouth Illustration Festival 2023

Falmouth’s illustration community unites for Falmouth Illustration Festival

13 February 2023

The Falmouth Illustration Festival made a vibrant return to our Falmouth Campus last week.

Falmouth’s illustration community unites for Falmouth Illustration Festival
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The Christmas Witch by Lucy Rogers

Image: 'The Christmas Witch' illustrated by Lucy Rogers, Salus Publishing

How to become a children’s book illustrator

26 January 2023

If you’re an aspiring children's book illustrator, follow these tips to start building your career...

How to become a children’s book illustrator
Claire Dongan
Claire Dongan

Falmouth alumna awarded British Empire Medal for services to art in HM The King’s New Year’s Honours list

20 January 2023

For Clare Donegan, getting the email that she’d been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) from HM ...

Falmouth alumna awarded British Empire Medal for services to art in HM The King’s New Year’s Honours list
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Liling Warwick

Sustainable Product Design student interns with Kinneir Dufort

05 January 2023

Liling Warwick shares her Kinneir Dufort internship experience. 

Sustainable Product Design student interns with Kinneir Dufort
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Nathan Tipping-Stevenson - Architectural Drawing

Architecture graduate receives Serjeant Award for Excellence in Architectural Drawing

07 December 2022

Falmouth Architecture BA(Hons) graduate Nathan Tipping-Stevenson has been named as a recipient of on...

Architecture graduate receives Serjeant Award for Excellence in Architectural Drawing
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Amanda Losasso

Bravery and big commercial projects: in conversation with interior design lecturer Amanda Losasso

15 November 2022

Amanda Losasso leads Falmouth’s new online BA in Interior Design. We talked to her about her wealt...

Bravery and big commercial projects: in conversation with interior design lecturer Amanda Losasso
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye- Cream Taste

Falmouth alumna exhibiting at Tate Britain

15 November 2022

Falmouth Fine Art alumna Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is exhibiting at the Tate Britain in November 2022.

Falmouth alumna exhibiting at Tate Britain
Peer to Peer
Peer to Peer 5

Peer to Peer: UK/HK 2022 – Students cross continents in the name of collaboration

07 November 2022

Falmouth’s BA Fine Art students have concluded the Peer to Peer: UK/HK 2022 Symposium; a festival ...

Peer to Peer: UK/HK 2022 – Students cross continents in the name of collaboration
Neve Clarke in the studio
Neve Clarke

Graduate spotlight: Cornwall-based printmaker highlights the importance of resilience

05 October 2022

Since graduating from Fine Art BA(Hons) in 2021, Neve Clarke has worked hard to pursue a career in p...

Graduate spotlight: Cornwall-based printmaker highlights the importance of resilience
Susannah Douglas award entry
Susannah Douglas award entry

Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022: Susannah Douglas' entry

Falmouth alumni shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022

27 September 2022

Three Falmouth graduates have been shortlisted for this year’s Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize an...

Falmouth alumni shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2022
SeaCo sustainable product design project
SeaCo

Falmouth graduate longlisted for Dezeen Design Awards 2022

23 September 2022

Sustainable Product Design graduate Libby Challoner has been longlisted for the Dezeen Design Awards...

Falmouth graduate longlisted for Dezeen Design Awards 2022
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Rachael Saunders WOI entry 3

Rachael Saunders, Patterned Panoramic of Krka National Park, Croatia

Falmouth graduates shortlisted for AOI World Illustration Awards 2022

20 September 2022

Four Falmouth University graduates have been shortlisted by the Association of Illustrators at the 2...

Falmouth graduates shortlisted for AOI World Illustration Awards 2022
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AP Holm

Student takes home sustainability award at Interior Educators 2022

02 August 2022

BA(Hons) Interior Design student Ashley Powell has seen his shortlisted project 'holm' rise to ...

Student takes home sustainability award at Interior Educators 2022
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D&AD

Unprecedented success for Falmouth at 2022 D&AD Awards

26 July 2022

There was significant success for Falmouth’s students at the 2022 D&AD New Blood Awards, with ...

Unprecedented success for Falmouth at 2022 D&AD Awards
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Ashley Powell

Interior Educators Awards 2022: Shortlisted projects exhibited at Re-Form show

22 July 2022

Falmouth University's shortlisted Interior Educators Awards submissions were recently exhibited at t...

Interior Educators Awards 2022: Shortlisted projects exhibited at Re-Form show
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Abby Mundell

Student makes World Illustration Awards longlist

08 July 2022

Illustration BA(Hons) student Abby Mundell has been longlisted by the Association of Illustrators at...

Student makes World Illustration Awards longlist
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Jordan Amy Lee at Una

Graduate is inaugural artist in residence at Una St Ives

06 July 2022

Illustration BA(Hons) alumni Jordan Amy Lee has been named as the inaugural artist in residence...

Graduate is inaugural artist in residence at Una St Ives

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Any questions? 

If you have any questions about our Art and Design courses, get in touch with our Future Studies Team. 

E: futurestudies@falmouth.ac.uk 

T: +44 (0)1326 254350