Graphic Design BA(Hons)
In your first year you’ll learn how to become an adept visual communicator, developing core skills in typography, branding, visual language, craft and critical thinking. You’ll experiment and explore as you move through the course, defining your identity and critical perspective for becoming a fully formed practitioner.
You will:
- Head to London for a week where you’ll visit a range of different studios from the boutique Fraser Muggeridge Studio to Pentagram, the world’s largest independent design consultancy.
- Have the opportunity to go on trips to cities abroad so you can gain global perspectives on the subject.
- Work on briefs created with, and supported by, industry practitioners.
- Enter creative competitions such as D&AD, ISTD and the Creative Conscience Awards.
- Go on an industry placement in the summer before your third year.
- Create an industry standard portfolio in your third year.
Campus Information
Falmouth Campus
Subtropical gardens and light-flooded studios make Falmouth Campus a haven for creative practice. With a lively creative community, impressive facilities and a library packed with resources, it’s the perfect space to share and develop your skills. What's more, just a few steps from the town centre and a short stroll to the shores of Gyllyngvase beach, inspiration is never far from reach.
Intakes
- Sep
- Jan
Application Processing Time in Days: 20
Minimum English Language Requirements
English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
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Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
There couldn't be a better time to work with us at Falmouth University. For more than a hundred years, we've been at the forefront of creativity and innovation. Building on that heritage, we're now harnessing the power of digital technology to ensure we're making an impact in the future economy.
We are passionate about ideas and innovation. Our approach is rooted in collaboration and transdisciplinary working, believing that only together can we deliver the bold thinking that will solve the most complex issues of our time.
RealWORKS is your careers and employability service. You can access career support and advice from RealWORKS from day one of your studies, right through to graduation and beyond.
You'll have access to thousands of tools, resources and e-learning to help you realise your potential and secure your career. Build your CV, take practice interviews using AI technology, access weekly career workshops and specialist events, find employment opportunities, develop your business idea or take the steps to going freelance. Whatever you need, start with RealWORKS.
Our 'doing it for real' approach means that students leave Falmouth with an entrepreneurial spirit and creative flair. We produce future-proofed graduates who excel both as employers and employees. Our graduate community is bustling with complex problem solvers and multi-disciplinary team players. Shaped through partnering with industry, Falmouth students and graduates are original and courageous thinkers, who feed the future of industry, not its past.
We work with local, national and global partners, including strong connections in the local Cornish economy, to ensure the best opportunities are available to our students and graduates. If you're an employer looking to connect with Falmouth you can see the opportunities available below.
We work with local, national and global businesses to ensure great career opportunities are available to our students and graduates. Connect with Falmouth to promote or advertise:
- Job opportunities, internships and graduate schemes
- Competitions and events
- Live project briefs and freelance work
- One-year industry placements
- Part-time, term-time and campus jobs
- Funded employment schemes
- International internships and job opportunities
PSW Opportunity
2 Year PSW
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
Undergraduate - BA(Hons) and BSc(Hons)
Academic requirements
Standard Year XII:
CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) 60%
ISCE (Indian Certificate secondary education) 60%
SSC (Senior School Certificate) 60%
ISC (Indian School Certificate) 60%
IB Diploma or IB Certificate with minimum 24 points
A-levels - typically 104-120 UCAS points
Recognised Foundation Diploma
BULATS
Undergraduate - 70
Cambridge English Scale
Undergraduate - 169
European Baccalaureate
A minimum grade of 7.0 in Advanced English Language 2 or a minimum grade of 7.5 in Advanced English Language 3.
International Baccalaureate (IB)
A minimum of 5 in standard level English or 4 in Higher Level English
IELTS
Undergraduate - 6.0 with a minimum 5.5 in each skill
PTE Academic
Undergraduate - Pearson Academic 55 (minimum 51 in all four components)
- Course Code: W214
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Bachelors/UG Degree
- Duration: 03 Year
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Total Tuition Fee:
52380 GBP
Annual Cost of Living: 9207 GBP
Application Fee: 21 GBP
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