Falmouth University

Falmouth University is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, UK. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was later known as Falmouth College of Art and Design and then Falmouth College of Arts until 2012, when the university college was officially granted full university status by the Privy Council. The university is located across two campuses, in the towns of Penryn and Falmouth. Penryn Campus, near the town of Penryn, is the larger of its two campuses, which it operates in partnership with the University of Exeter. Falmouth University was founded as the Falmouth School of Art in 1902, in response to the decline of scientific activities in Cornwall due to the diminishing Cornish mining industry.