Don-Bosco-Berufsschule Würzburg

What Don-Bosco-Berufsschule Würzburg does

Don-Bosco-Berufsschule Würzburg is a private vocational school (Sonderberufsschule) located in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany, founded in May 1974 by the Caritasverband Würzburg and operated by the Catholic-affiliated Caritas-Schulen gGmbH. The school specializes in vocational education and qualification for young people with special educational needs, including learning disabilities, mental health challenges, and autism spectrum disorders. As of school year 2024/2025, it enrolls 529 students across 50 classes, supported by approximately 50 teachers and additional social-pedagogical staff, and delivers training in over 29 vocational programs spanning more than a dozen occupational fields such as baking, office and communication services, electrical engineering, painting, horticulture, metal technology, vehicle service, hospitality, retail, and warehouse logistics.

The school's product architecture pairs preparatory tracks (BVJ, BVJ Neustart, BIK Berufsintegrationsklasse) and dual vocational training classes (Ausbildungsklassen) with an extensive support ecosystem anchored by the Beratungszentrum (counseling center), which serves approximately 1,000 clients annually. Support services include MSD mobile special education support, JaS youth social work, roven alternative schooling for school avoiders, KopG mental health coordination, BerufsOrientierung career orientation, and the SymPaten volunteer mentor program. Technology deployment centers on VR-based vocational training — publicly demonstrated at events such as Katholikentag 2026 — including virtual component-coating simulation and computer-vision-driven simulations of sensory overload for autism awareness. Back-office infrastructure runs on a WordPress-based website with Usercentrics consent management and Google reCAPTCHA integration.

The revenue model is government and grant funded with no tuition fees. Operating income derives from recurring Bavarian state and federal education funding, supplemented by project grants from foundations (Aktion Mensch, Caritasstiftung Würzburg, Neumayer-Stiftung, Deutsch-Polnisches Jugendwerk), EU programs (Erasmus+, BVJ Neustart co-funding), and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research for the DualON research project. Student enrollment is driven by referrals from the Agentur für Arbeit, general schools, Förderzentren, and Mittelschulen, with outreach via open-house events, regional press coverage, and community events. The school co-hosts the Campus Berufsbildung am Schottenanger alongside the Caritas-Don Bosco Berufsbildungswerk vocational training center.

Name

Don-Bosco-Berufsschule Würzburg

Legal name

Don-Bosco-Berufsschule Würzburg (operated by Caritas-Schulen gGmbH)

Website

https://dbs-wuerzburg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Don-Bosco-Berufsschule Würzburg is a Catholic vocational school in Bavaria, Germany, serving 529 students with special educational needs through specialized training across 29+ programs and 12+ occupational fields, complemented by a counseling center and support services for vulnerable youth.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Education

NAICS

Educational Services (611), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Learning Support (Dyslexia/LD Coaching, Assistive Strategies) (EDAJALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

IEP/504 Planning, Case Management & Compliance (EDAJAKAB), Specialized Student Support (Foster/Homeless/Migrant/McKinney-Vento) (EDAJAIAJ)

Keywords

• Vocational education services
• Special needs training
• Career counseling programs
• Youth integration services
• Dual vocational training

Headquarters

HQ city

Würzburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: As a public vocational school, the institution receives government funding from Bavarian state and federal sources for education. No tuition fees are charged to students.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Don-Bosco-Berufsschule Würzburg is a state-recognized private Sonderberufsschule (special vocational school) that delivers dual vocational education, vocational preparation (BVJ, BVJ Neustart, BIK), and career training in over 29 occupational fields to young people with special educational needs. It bundles this with an in-house Beratungszentrum (counseling center) and multiple support services (MSD, JaS, roven, KopG, SymPaten, BerufsOrientierung) serving approximately 529 students and 1,000 counseling clients annually in the Mainfranken region of Bavaria.

Product overview

Don-Bosco-Berufsschule Würzburg operates as a vocational school for students with special educational needs, offering a multi-layered educational portfolio. The core offerings consist of preparatory programs (BVJ, BVJ Neustart, BIK Berufsintegrationsklasse) that lead into dual vocational training classes (Ausbildungsklassen) across 12+ occupational fields. The school is complemented by a comprehensive support ecosystem including the Beratungszentrum (counseling center), MSD mobile special education service, JaS youth social work, roven alternative school programs, KopG mental health coordination, SymPaten mentorship, and BerufsOrientierung career orientation services. This integrated approach enables around 529 students annually to achieve vocational qualifications and successful labor market integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Berufsvorbereitungsjahr (BVJ)

Quantifiable outcome

• 529 students annually trained across 50 classes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Caritas-Schulen gGmbHcoreOthers · 1 May 1974Parent organization and trustee of the Don-Bosco-Berufsschule. Guarantees continuous, high-quality education through comprehensive educational network across Unterfranken.
• Caritas-Don Bosco Berufsbildungswerk Würzburg (BBW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdjacent vocational training center providing practical training for students. Part of the Campus Berufsbildung am Schottenanger for shared educational programs.
• Agentur für Arbeit (Employment Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary referral partner for students requiring vocational support and funding for vocational preparation programs (BvB, BQM).
• Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for inclusion research. Currently participating in DualON project (2024-2027) studying onboarding support for vocational training students.
• Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH BerlinminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organizer of panel discussion at Katholikentag 2026 on vocational education and employment opportunities.
• Handwerkskammer für Unterfranken (Chamber of Crafts)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional partner for vocational training quality assurance and certification in crafts occupations.
• Regierung von Unterfranken (Government of Lower Franconia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState education authority providing official approval, teaching staff assignments, and oversight for the vocational school.
• Stadt Würzburg und LandkreisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding partners for the roven alternative school program covering city and surrounding counties (Kitzingen, Main-Spessart, Würzburg).
• Erasmus+ Program PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean exchange partnerships with schools in Austria (Altmünster), France (Erea Yvonne Guégan), and Poland (Piotrków Trybunalski) for teacher and student exchanges.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Caritas-Don Bosco Berufsbildungswerk Würzburg (BBW): Adjacent Caritas-affiliated vocational training center on the same Schottenanger campus. Operates the practical-training portion of dual vocational education for the same target population (youth with special educational needs), making it the most operationally intertwined peer.
• Kolping Bildungswerk Würzburg: Regional Catholic-affiliated vocational training and education provider headquartered in Würzburg. Comparable in geography, Catholic-organization heritage, and offering of vocational preparation plus integration classes for disadvantaged youth.
• Stiftung ICP München (Berufsbildungswerk): Munich-based charitable Berufsbildungswerk offering vocational training for young people with physical and learning disabilities. Comparable in scale (~500+ students), Bavarian geography, and integrated counseling/education portfolio.
• Berufsbildungswerk St. Franziskus Abensberg: Bavarian Caritas-affiliated Berufsbildungswerk offering vocational training for youth with special needs across multiple occupational fields. Directly comparable in mission, Catholic affiliation, Bavarian geography, and Sonderberufsschule/BvB service portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• CJD Braunschweig (Christliches Jugenddorfwerk): One of the largest Christian-affiliated networks in Germany operating vocational preparation, special-needs education, and youth social-work programs nationally. CJD offers the same integrated vocational + counseling model at much larger scale across multiple federal states.
• Diakonie Bayern Vocational Education Programs: Protestant counterpart network offering Sonderberufsschule-style vocational programs and youth social work across Bavaria. Comparable service portfolio (special-needs vocational training, BVJ, BIK) with faith-affiliated operating model.

Regional players

• Berufsbildungswerk München: Bavarian Berufsbildungswerk serving special-needs youth with vocational training and accommodation. Operates in the same federal state with directly comparable service model but in the Munich metropolitan catchment rather than Mainfranken.

Emerging players

• Würzburger Dolmetscherschule / IB Berufsförderungswerk: Internationaler Bund (IB) operates vocational preparation and BvB programs for disadvantaged youth in Bavaria including the Mainfranken region. Adjacent provider offering directly substitutable vocational preparation services in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/don-bosco-berufsschule-w%C3%BCrzburg

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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