Expand your creative career choice with a master's degree in art and design
Carve out your creative path with our globally-minded master's degrees in art and design. From developing effective communication in a saturated world on our Graphic Design MA to working on socially engaged live projects on our Architecture MArch programme. From User Experience Design in the modern world to our unique practice-based Prosthetic Effects MA. Our art and design master's degrees are rigorous, industry-focused and powerful accelerants in your creative career.
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Communication Design MA
Work in an interdisciplinary studio environment, where designing and communicating meaningful and ef...
Sustainable Fashion MA (Online)
Become a conscious changemaker in the 21st century fashion industry. Develop a radical and circular ...
Creative Advertising MA
Build your capabilities as a strategically minded advertising creative. You’ll enter an intensive ...
Fine Art MA (Online)
Tap into Falmouth’s renowned fine art expertise from your home and studio. You'll learn to build a...
Game Design MA
Are you passionate about games and keen to make them better? Do you feel curious about what makes a ...
Game Art MA
Are you an artist with a passion for games? Do you want to develop your skills to meet the challenge...
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Illustration: Authorial Practice MA
Develop your unique visual language on this studio-based Illustration MA. You’ll learn to see your...
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Illustration MA (Online)
Immerse yourself in the diverse and evolving world of contemporary illustration on this stimulating ...
Prosthetic Effects MA
Launch your career in prosthetic effects with this unique course. Working hand-in-hand with world-cl...
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Graphic Design MA (Online)
Throughout this online Graphic Design master’s course, you will explore design on an international...
User Experience Design MA (Online)
Learn how to apply key principles of user-centered design to create original work based on your own ...
Fine Art MA
Refine your artistic practice through experimentation, innovation and applied research.
Why study an art or design master's degree?
Our postgraduate students choose to study for lots of reasons
A master's degree is your chance to specialise and really explore a subject in greater depth. Whether you want to accelerate your career or enhance your personal development, our art and design master's courses will allow you to hone your skills and find your unique creative voice.
We offer online and on-campus postgraduate courses that allow for both full-time or part-time study. With our renowned creative heritage, Falmouth is rich in inspiration, connections and resources. You'll be taught by experienced practitioners and take on real agency briefs. You'll have the opportunity to explore areas of art, design and visual communication while developing an entrepreneurial eye to consider the outlets for your work.
What our students and graduates do
Illustration MA student nominated for two industry awards
02 July 2024
Illustration MA student Merran Coleman has been nominated for two acclaimed illustration awards.
Creative Advertising students tackle taboos in Healthy Relationships campaign
20 July 2023
Students produce hard-hitting awareness campaign encouraging healthy relationships.
Falmouth graduate Pete Jordi Wood: Amplifying voices in LGBTQ+ folklore
01 June 2023
Graduate, Pete Jordi Wood's work has recently caught the attention of international publishing house...
What is Creative Advertising?
22 May 2023
With today’s ad space oversaturated and fiercely competitive, how do brands cut above the noise an...
Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland talks behavioural economics at Falmouth University
07 February 2023
Advertising executive and behavioural economist, Rory Sutherland delivered a talk on the intersectio...
Creative Advertising students design public engagement campaigns with Safer Cornwall
21 November 2022
Students on BA and MA Creative Advertising have produced campaign concepts to prevent violence again...
Graduate strikes gold at Cannes Lions 2022
21 July 2022
MA Creative Advertising graduate Isabel Snellen has achieved an early career highlight after her age...
'My cancer scars map the pain of animals held in research labs' © Sarah Edge
Falmouth students go big at the V&A Illustration Awards
17 June 2022
Three Falmouth students and a Falmouth graduates have been shortlisted at the 2022 V&A Illustrat...
Creative Advertising students developing Safer Streets campaign
09 March 2022
Creative Advertising students are working with Cornwall Council to create a communications campaign ...
Falmouth Illustration Festival sketches out pathways for student success
15 February 2022
Illustration students welcomed an incredible line-up of artists, industry workers and activists to t...
Graduate spotlight: KitKat, CoppaFeel & a Cannes Gold Lion
15 February 2022
Since graduating from Falmouth's Creative Advertising MA, Jo Taylor has worked for the likes of KitK...
Graduate working as Creative Director for Mercedes-Benz
14 December 2021
From Falmouth University to Creative Director for Mercedes-Benz in Latin America, the career traject...
Graduate takes his skills overseas after Cannes Lions success
06 October 2021
Winning four D&AD Pencils, creating Cannes Lions Award-winning ads with Saatchi & Saatchi an...
Falmouth graduates declare WarOnCovid
25 May 2021
As coronavirus began to take its toll on the UK, Creative Advertising graduates James Hodson and Jas...
Graduate Success: Rosie May
21 May 2021
Since graduating from Falmouth in 2017, Rosie May has created advertising campaigns for some of the ...
Meet the Creative Advertising graduate who’s disrupting the industry
13 May 2021
Creative Advertising MA graduate James Sellick has carved out a truly unique&nbs...
Students Webcomics on The Promise
02 June 2020
The Promise is a new collection of webcomics produced by BA & MA Illustration students at F...
Illustrators Focus on Climate Emergency at Annual Forum
13 March 2020
The annual Falmouth Illustration Forum, organised by MA Illustration: Authorial Practice students, t...
Communication Design Grad Presents AI Research at MIT
29 November 2019
MA Communication Design graduate Sekyeong Kwon recently presented a paper at DeSForM19, the conferen...
MA Project Explores How Creativity Can Help Mental Health Wellbeing
10 September 2019
A collaborative project between Authorial Practice Illustration Masters' students and service-users ...