Colon employs approximately 45 qualified German teachers, all university graduates and mostly with many years of experience. The School also has its own foreign language book shop selling modern language text books, foreign language literature and travel guides. A cafeteria is available for students as well as the general public. The school's German department consistently has about 600 students from all around the world enrolled in its courses, with no particular preference in favor of any given nationality. Everyone has their lessons in the same building to ensure as much contact as possible between international and German students.
Teachers are fully qualified and teach in their native language.
Weiterbildung Hamburg e. V., guaranteeing high standards in foreign language tuition. For centuries, Hamburg has had one of the largest international sea ports, with trade relations spanning the entire world, particularly English-speaking countries and South America. Even so, Hamburg is not situated on the open sea. Rather, it is located on the wide lower reaches of the River Elbe, approximately 100 km upstream from the North Sea.