Overview

On this year-long Communication Design course, your professional studio practice is supported by a theoretical spine, helping you underpin your making with rigorous thinking and an understanding of the role design history and critical theory play in design cultures.

You'll learn through individual tutorials, group discussions, lectures and technical workshops, while leading your own development. You will experience a progressive learning journey as you’re introduced to a set of critical communication methods and approaches, considering innovative forms of message making and storytelling across different contexts of analogue and digital media.

Careers

Employment opportunities for graduates from the Communication Design course at Falmouth University are diverse:

Social media art director and content producer

Graphic designer

Researcher and content creator in trend forecasting

Art director

Freelance creative

Digital UI/UX designer

3D and motion designer for design agency

Teaching or PhD studentship

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Process - You will explore your own creative practice through briefs and diagnostic challenges that build understanding of research methods, as well as their use and development as a tool for a critical, applied enquiry in contemporary design.

Purpose - You’ll develop and apply user-centred design principles as a practice-based research tool in response to a social innovation challenge, building and creating purposeful and impactful solutions for positive change in society.

Publish - In this module you will question the nature of the designed artefact in the public realm and how a design message can be created and curated to inform contemporary debate around a chosen global challenge.

Sustain - This module will help you to position your emerging practice in relation to a variety of professional spheres, whilst also recognising a wider consciousness of key issues and themes affecting art and design today.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00

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More details

Places are allocated as applications are received, so we recommend applying as early as possible.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

60

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Falmouth, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Design Communication Studies View 183 other Masters in Communication Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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60

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

We welcome applications from those with relevant equivalent Level 6 qualifications. Our typical applicants hold an undergraduate degree of 2:2 or above, or equivalent experience and an demonstrable interest in the subject.

We'll also welcome your application if you have formal or 'certified' learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APEL), and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications.

APEL applicants using experience to apply should note there is an application fee for entry with advanced standing or with exemption from specific modules or credit.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

19950 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

10950 GBP / year

≈ 10950 GBP / year

Living costs

Falmouth

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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