HTL Weiz

What HTL Weiz does

HTL Weiz (Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt Weiz) is a publicly funded Austrian technical secondary school founded in 1982, operating under the federal education system with Gottfried Purkarthofer as director. It delivers tuition-free STEM secondary education across seven technical departments — Maschinenbau (mechanical engineering), Elektrotechnik (electrical engineering), Mechatronik (mechatronics), Informatik (informatics), Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (industrial engineering), Gebäudetechnik (building services engineering), and Elektronik (electronics) — plus an Abendschule (evening school) program for adult learners. The school serves approximately 118 staff in aggregate (99+ teaching plus 19+ administrative) across two campuses in Weiz (headquarters) and Fürstenfeld, with no tuition charged to students.

The school's educational product is built around workshop- and laboratory-based applied learning, anchored by facilities such as the SMART Produktion Lab, where students execute applied projects including the E-Kart development program (supported by materials partner Durmont) and the Zero Emission Challenge. Curriculum is structured around the Austrian Matura plus HTL diploma track, with the school reporting that cohorts can complete the program with a 100% Matura pass rate in some years. Certifications held include the Austrian Umweltzeichen, the MINT Gütesiegel (2025), and the eEducation Expert Schule designation (2025), the latter two signaling STEM-quality and digital-education positioning. The Umweltzeichen Innovation Award 2026 recognizes recent green-tech project work.

The business model is non-commercial: revenue (effectively a public budget allocation) flows from the Austrian federal education system, while a 50+ partner ecosystem — anchored by a 25+ year relationship with Magna Steyr and including Siemens, Andritz, Knapp, and SKF — supplements the educational offering with internships, diploma-project sponsorships, and applied-learning opportunities. There are no commercial customers in the conventional sense; "customers" are enrolled students, and partners are non-paying collaborators. The school also runs extracurricular programs such as a volleyball tournament, indicating a broader student-life offering tied to community engagement in the Weiz region.

Name

HTL Weiz

Legal name

Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt Weiz

Website

https://htlweiz.at

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Weiz

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: As a public technical school (HTL) under the Austrian federal education system, HTL Weiz is funded by government budget allocations from federal and state education authorities. The Abendschule (evening school) programs are explicitly offered tuition-free.
2. Sponsorship and Award Programs: External companies including Magna, Spitzer Engineering, and others provide scholarship awards, prize money, and project sponsorship for student diploma and research projects. This represents external funding channeled to support student achievement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HTL Weiz is a public Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt (Higher Technical Federal College) in Weiz, Austria that delivers five-year technical secondary education programs to students aged 14+ and parallel evening school programs for working professionals, with instruction centered on mechatronics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and related disciplines delivered through hands-on workshops and laboratory work.

Product overview

HTL Weiz is a Higher Technical Federal College (Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt) providing technical secondary education with two campuses (Weiz and Fürstenfeld). The institution operates as a unified educational platform offering seven distinct day school programs (Ausbildung 14+) including Mechatronics (Fachschule and HTL), Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Technology, Plant Technology, Automation Technology (at Fürstenfeld branch), and Information Technology. All programs combine general education with specialized technical theory and hands-on workshop/laboratory training. Additionally, an evening school program (Abendschule/Abendkolleg) offers Industrial Engineering - Mechanical Engineering with Electrical Engineering and Automation specializations for working professionals. The institution also produces a podcast and maintains a network of over 50 industry partners for practical training and project collaboration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Technical Secondary School Programs (HTL Tagesschule) Five-year full-time technical secondary school programs for students aged 14+, covering disciplines such as mechatronics, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering, delivered through a mix of classroom teaching and hands-on workshop/laboratory work, leading to the Reife- und Diplomprüfung (Matura plus vocational diploma).
• Evening School Programs (HTL Abendschule) Evening-format HTL programs aimed at working professionals who want to obtain the Reife- und Diplomprüfung diploma while continuing in employment, using an out-of-hours class schedule delivered at the Weiz/Fürstenfeld campuses.

Quantifiable outcome

• MagNA Scholarship Award for Excellence presented to 25 graduates in 2025 and 9 in 2024, over 25+ consecutive years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Magna (including Magna Presstec, Magna Heavy Stamping, Magna Auteca)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMagna is HTL Weiz's flagship industrial partner with the longest-standing relationship (25+ years). The partnership includes the MAGNA Scholarship Award for Excellence (annual, 25 graduates awarded in 2025), MINTality project collaboration (school workshop days for middle school students), E-Kart development, robot optimization for Magna Presstec, and process transfer projects. Magna is also the largest employer in the region.
• Siemens (Siemens Austria, Siemens Energy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSiemens partners with HTL Weiz on Fischer Lernfabrik training systems (position actuator control optimization used in Siemens apprentice training), CNC and automation equipment, and engineering education projects. Siemens Energy also maintains a presence as a technology partner.
• Spitzer Engineering / SpitzercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizer of the SPITZER ENGINEERING Innovation Award for the Hartberg economic region. HTL Weiz students achieved three top-3 placements (including 1st place in Health & Social, 2nd and 3rd in Technology) at the 2026 Innovation Award.
• Durmont GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTextile manufacturing company in Hartberg partnering with HTL Weiz on Case Studies projects. Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen students worked on real industrial challenges including technical questions, logistics challenges, and economic analyses for the company's high-end textile production operations.
• Studies Centre (Aufbaustudium.at)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerProvides information and support for students pursuing continued university-level studies after HTL graduation.
• Industriellenvereinigung Steiermark (IV)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerStyrian Industrial Association partnership supporting industry-education alignment and student career pathways.
• WKO Steiermark (Wirtschaftskammer Steiermark)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerStyrian Chamber of Commerce partnership supporting entrepreneurship education and business connection programs.
• AMS (Arbeitsmarktservice Austria)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAustrian Public Employment Service providing Fachkräftestipendium (specialist scholarship) and Bildungsgeld/Bildungskarenz programs that support Abendschule students financially during their studies.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HTL Spengergasse: Large Vienna-based HTL with broad technical program portfolio including IT, mechatronics, electronics, and business engineering. Directly comparable as an Austrian HTL serving similar 14+ secondary school leavers.
• TGM (Technologisches Gewerbemuseum) Wien: Vienna's premier technical secondary school offering HTL-equivalent programs across mechanical, electrical, and IT disciplines. Comparable public-funding model with industry partnerships and Matura-credential outcomes.
• HTL Klagenfurt: Carinthian HTL offering technical secondary programs with the same Matura+Diploma credentialing and Austrian federal funding structure as HTL Weiz.
• HTL Mödling: Lower Austrian HTL offering the same credential structure (Matura + technical diploma) with comparable technical program portfolio. Direct peer within the federal HTL system.
• HTL Linz: Upper Austrian HTL with strong industrial partner network (similar to HTL Weiz's Magna/Siemens ecosystem). Comparable scale and program breadth across mechanical, electrical, and IT disciplines.
• HTL Wels: Upper Austrian HTL with comparable program portfolio (mechatronics, electrical engineering, IT) and industry-aligned project-based learning model. Direct comparable within the Austrian HTL system.
• HTL Villach: Carinthian HTL offering electrical engineering, mechatronics, and IT programs with regional industry partnerships. Comparable institutional structure and credentialing model to HTL Weiz.
• HTL Graz-Österreich: Another major Austrian Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstalt located in the same Styria region, offering overlapping technical programs (mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, IT) with similar Matura+Diploma credentialing and industry-partnered project model.

Broad incumbents

• Berufsbildende höhere Schule (BHS) - Austrian Federal Network: The broader Austrian BHS system under which HTL Weiz operates — encompassing ~100+ technical and business secondary schools nationwide. Provides regulatory framework and inter-school mobility context for HTL Weiz.
• FH Joanneum: Styrian Fachhochschule offering degree-level engineering and IT programs. Adjacent to HTL Weiz in the regional technical education ecosystem, serving the same student pipeline one step higher in the credential ladder.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCqTRyJD2QoOLWyNJObYTuKw
• Facebookfacebook.com/HTLWeiz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/htl-weiz
• Instagraminstagram.com/htlweiz

Compliance3 records

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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