DFI is a top-flight address for vocational training in graphic arts and communication design. The men and women on the faculty at DFI are professionals with practical experience. We value a well-developed work profile in our teachers accompanied by special skills and real-life agency activity. With us, that's the reason why each and every stroke of the pen or brush can be tried out and learned. The same applies to acquiring familiarity with working on a computer. DFI communicates state-of-the-art learning content while offering a matured curriculum on the level of an institute of higher education. The curriculum enjoys international recognition and is accredited with 120 out of 180 credits towards acquiring a B.A. at our partner universities. Acquiring interpersonal skills has a high priority at our school, too: We do our best to ensure that our students acquire professional team competence and meet international language standards. In the "media city" of Hamburg it´s only natural that we nurture close contacts between our students and the most creative media-makers, renowned agencies and well-known publishing houses. Our coaches train students in acquiring the competence in both their work and actions that is in such great demand.