Staatliche Berufsoberschule Weißenburg i.Bay.

What Staatliche Berufsoberschule Weißenburg i.Bay. does

The Staatliche Berufsoberschule Weißenburg i.Bay. (doing business as FOSBOS Weißenburg) is a public state-run vocational upper secondary school located at Wildbadstraße 19, D-91781 Weißenburg in Bavaria, Germany. Founded on September 10, 1970 as one of Bavaria's first 40 Fachoberschulen, the institution is operated by the Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen under Bavarian state education law and delivers the two-year Fachoberschule (FOS) program leading to Fachhochschulreife (Fachabitur) or, with an optional third year, the general Abitur, alongside the Berufsoberschule (BOS) program for graduates of vocational apprenticeships. The school offers seven FOS specializations (Technik, Sozialwesen, Gesundheit, Wirtschaft und Verwaltung, Internationale Wirtschaft, Agrarwirtschaft Bio- und Umwelttechnologie, and Gestaltung) and three BOS tracks (Technik, Gesundheit, Wirtschaft), supplemented by a Vorklasse preparatory class, a Vorkurs refresher course, elective subjects, a Seminarfach, and a school podcast.

The school's core technology stack comprises digital learning infrastructure including Sdui for teacher-student communication, Microsoft 365 / Teams for collaboration, ByCS/Mebis (the Bavarian state LMS), WebUntis for scheduling, VIBOS for video-based offerings, and Padlet for event communications. Pedagogically, the institution integrates generative AI tools (KI-Assistent for seminar writing, Miroboard for collaborative work) and modern assessment formats (portfolios, debates, podcasts, ebooks, lapbooks). The student body consists of approximately 250 Abitur candidates in 2026, drawn from across the Altmühlfranken region including Ansbach, Schwabach, Hilpoltstein, Eichstätt, and Gunzenhausen.

The business model is government-funded public education: the institution charges no tuition fees, receives funding through Bavarian state education budgets administered via the Landkreis, and offers BAföG federal education support eligibility. Student acquisition relies on regional information evenings (Info-Abende), an annual open day (Tag der offenen Tür), and partnerships with feeder secondary schools (Realschulen, Mittelschulen), with online registration via schulantrag.de followed by in-person document submission during designated registration periods. As a government state entity, the school has no private equity, venture capital, or parent-company ownership structure.

Name

Staatliche Berufsoberschule Weißenburg i.Bay.

Legal name

Berufliche Oberschule Weißenburg i. Bay.

Website

https://fosboswug.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Weißenburg in Bayern

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: As a state-run school, the institution is funded through Bavarian state government education funding. Students receive BAföG (federal education support) which is administered through local education offices. No tuition fees are charged.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Staatliche Berufsoberschule Weißenburg i.Bay. is a state-run vocational upper secondary school that provides Fachoberschule (FOS) and Berufsoberschule (BOS) programs. It prepares students with intermediate school-leaving qualifications or completed vocational training to obtain the Fachhochschulreife (Fachabitur) or the fachgebundene/allgemeine Hochschulreife (Abitur), enabling them to study at universities of applied sciences or universities.

Product overview

The Berufliche Oberschule Weißenburg operates as a unified educational institution offering two main programs: the two-year Fachoberschule (FOS) leading to Fachabitur/Abitur with seven specialization tracks (Technik, Sozialwesen, Gesundheit, Wirtschaft, and others), and the Berufsoberschule (BOS) for career-trained students. The institution also provides preparatory programs (Vorklasse for FOS, Vorkurs for BOS), elective subjects (Wahlpflichtfächer), seminar courses (Seminarfach), and a school podcast. Programs combine theoretical instruction with practical training components, including internships and school workshops.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fachoberschule (FOS)

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 3,500 graduates have obtained Fachhochschulreife since 1970

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Hochschule Ansbach (University of Applied Sciences Ansbach)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner providing pathways for students to continue to higher education at the university of applied sciences level.
• Technische Hochschule DeggendorfminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner offering continuation pathways for FOSBOS graduates.
• KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity cooperation partner for academic pathways.
• FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor regional university partnership for student progression.
• Technische Hochschule IngolstadtminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of applied sciences partnership for graduate pathways.
• Stadtwerke WeißenburgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal municipal utility company providing educational excursions and practical learning opportunities about energy technology and renewable energy systems.
• Technische Hochschule Nürnberg - Ohm Innovation CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical university partnership providing technology students with laboratory visits and hands-on experiments at the Ohm Innovation Center for hydrogen and energy research.
• Altmühlfranken (Municipality/Region)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCore regional partner representing the municipality and district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, supporting the school as a key educational institution in the region.
• Bildungsregion AltmühlfrankencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational region initiative representing the collaborative educational network of the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Staatliche FOS/BOS Nürnberg: Bavarian FOS/BOS school in nearby Nürnberg offering the identical Fachoberschule/Berufsoberschule institutional model and overlapping specialization tracks (Technik, Wirtschaft, Gesundheit, Sozialwesen). Serves the same regional talent pool that the subject school's FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and TH Nürnberg partnerships address.
• Staatliche FOS/BOS Bamberg: Bavarian FOS/BOS institution in upper Franconia operating the identical Fachoberschule/Berufsoberschule structure under the same state accreditation and curriculum framework. Offers directly comparable specializations and credential outcomes for a similar student demographic.
• Senefelder-Schule Treuchtlingen: Vocational/academic school in nearby Treuchtlingen named in the subject company's scale discussion as a regional comparator. Operates alternative post-secondary education pathways within the same regional catchment, drawing from overlapping secondary-school feeder pools.
• Staatliche FOS/BOS München: Largest Bavarian FOS/BOS system, operating the same institutional structure (FOS + BOS offering Fachhochschulreife and Abitur pathways) for a comparable student demographic. Same governance regime, same curriculum framework, and the most direct functional peer in the Bavarian FOS/BOS landscape.
• Simon-Marius-Gymnasium Gunzenhausen: Gymnasium in Gunzenhausen explicitly cited by the subject school as a regional Abitur-volume comparison. Competes for the same pool of secondary-school graduates in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district pursuing higher-education entrance qualifications.
• Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium Weißenburg: Local Gymnasium explicitly named in the subject company's own scale commentary as a regional competitor for Abitur-issuing share. Same catchment area, same target demographic of secondary-school graduates, different pedagogical model (academic Gymnasium vs vocational FOS/BOS).

Regional players

• Oberstufenzentrum Handel I Berlin: Berlin vocational upper secondary institution providing analogous vocational-academic pathways leading to higher-education entrance qualifications. Comparable institutional function to FOS/BOS but in a different German state education system with distinct governance and funding structures.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/fosboswug
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/staatliche-berufsoberschule-wei%C3%9Fenburg-i.bay.

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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