About

Our History

In 1992, the Polytechnic Law upgraded polytechnic education in Ghana to tertiary status. This gave rise to the running of Higher National Diploma (HND) in Commercial Arts Programmes in Takoradi Polytechnic.

In 2008, the Department of Graphic Design (now the Department of Graphic Design Technology) was carved out of the then Fine Art Department to offer courses in Graphic Design leading to the award of HND in Commercial Arts (Graphic Design Option).

Currently, it is one of the six Departments and has the highest enrolment of students in the Faculty of Applied Arts and Technology (FAAT).

Our Vision

To equip through training and come out with world-class graphic design manpower to provide excellent art education to support industries and to promote human resource development in Ghana and abroad.

Our Mission

To provide tertiary education in the field of graphic design through the application of arts, and, also, to promote teaching and research in the graphic world.

Goals & Objectives

What we strive to achieve in line with our vision to create excellence in graphic arts.

01 Provide specialised skills to graduates to enable them to meet contemporary manpower needs at managerial, entrepreneurial and supervisory levels in the graphics industry.
02 Prepare students for employment in art industries in line with the current national poverty alleviation programme.
03 Encourage skills in the development of local materials and resources in promoting small and medium scale industries.

Leadership

Past & Present Heads

Name	Tenure
Kwadwo Essuman Amissah (PhD)	2021 – Date
Associate Professor Bartholomew Johnson Sebbeh	2019 – 2021
Dr. Ebenezer Kofi Enninful	2017 – 2019
Associate Professor George Brako-Hiapa	2015 – 2017
Dr. Dzidefo Letsa	2013 – 2015
Dr. Mrs. Josephine Sarpong-Nyantakyi	2011 – 2013
Dr. Joseph Essuman	2010 – 2011
Dr. Samuel Adentwi Bentum	2008 – 2010