Rhein-Maas-Gymnasium

What Rhein-Maas-Gymnasium does

Rhein-Maas-Gymnasium (RMG) is a public municipal secondary school (städtisches Gymnasium) located at Rhein-Maas-Straße 2 in Aachen, Germany, operated by the City of Aachen (Stadt Aachen) under the supervisory authority of the Bezirksregierung Köln. The school enrolls approximately 600 students and employs around 60 teaching staff, positioning it as a small, family-oriented institution in southern Aachen. RMG transitioned to the nine-year educational track (G9) beginning with the 2019/2020 school year and operates as a half-day Gymnasium with flexible lunch supervision. It serves students transitioning from primary schools across the Städteregion Aachen who are pursuing the German Abitur.

The school's core academic portfolio includes a German-French bilingual branch leading to the dual AbiBac qualification, a MINT-focused STEM project course (ProMINT), and a digital learning program (Lernen 2.0) under which students use school-owned iPads from class 5 onwards. The technology stack consists of Nextcloud for cloud storage and collaboration, Schulmanager Online for scheduling and communication, and Matomo for website analytics — standard education-sector SaaS rather than proprietary systems. RMG participates in Erasmus+ student exchanges with schools in France, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Slovenia, and Luxembourg, and cooperates with the Bischöfliches Pius-Gymnasium Aachen and St. Ursula-Gymnasium Aachen to widen the Leistungskurs offering in the upper secondary Qualifikationsphase.

Commercially, RMG generates no direct revenue from students: tuition is free under the German public education model, and operations are funded through the NRW state education budget. The school supplements this with optional fee-based services such as supervised lunch and homework supervision. Enrollment is driven through community reputation, open house events (Tag der offenen Tür), primary school outreach, and a website plus Instagram presence. RMG holds multiple designations that function as quality and positioning assets: Europaschule NRW, Euregioprofilschule, Werkstattschule in Forum Bildung Digitalisierung Berlin (since 2018), and Digitale Schule certification awarded September 25, 2025.

Name

Rhein-Maas-Gymnasium

Legal name

Städtisches Gymnasium für Jungen und Mädchen

Website

https://rmg-aachen.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rhein-Maas-Gymnasium is a public municipal Gymnasium in Aachen, Germany, serving approximately 600 students with 60 teachers. It offers a German-French bilingual AbiBac program, digital learning with iPads, MINT courses, and Erasmus+ exchanges, funded by the NRW state education budget.

Ownership category

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Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

International/Global Curriculum Schools (IB, Cambridge, etc.) (EDAJABAG)

Keywords

• Secondary education services
• Bilingual secondary school
• International student exchanges
• Digital learning programs
• STEM secondary education

Headquarters

HQ city

Aachen

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

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: As a municipal school under the Stadt Aachen, the school operates on public educational funding from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. No direct revenue is generated from students.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rhein-Maas-Gymnasium is a public municipal Gymnasium (secondary school) in Aachen, Germany, serving approximately 600 students with 60 teachers. It offers a nine-year educational track (G9) leading to the Abitur, including a German-French bilingual branch with AbiBac qualification, digital learning with student iPads from grade 5, MINT/STEM project courses, and Erasmus+ international exchange programs.

Product overview

Rhein-Maas-Gymnasium Aachen is a municipal secondary school (Gymnasium) with approximately 600 students and 60 teachers, located in Aachen, Germany. The school operates as a comprehensive educational institution offering a German-French bilingual program (AbiBac), digital learning with iPads (Lernen 2.0), MINT/STEM project courses (ProMINT), and extensive Erasmus+ international exchange programs. The school has been certified as a 'Digitale Schule' (Digital School) and holds Europaschule and Euregioprofilschule designations. As a half-day gymnasium with flexible lunch supervision, it provides educational services rather than commercial products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AbiBac Bilingual Branch

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Partnerschule Ljubljana (Slowenien)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2026Slovenian partner in trinational Erasmus+ project on sustainable urban development. Students from year 9 in WP course 'Nachhaltigkeit in Europa' collaborate with partners from Slovenia and Luxembourg.
• Europäische Schule LuxemburgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2026Luxembourg partner in trinational Erasmus+ project on sustainable urban development. Part of the trilaterally designed exchange program focusing on sustainability and city development.
• Liceo Scientifico G.B. Grassetti (Genzano, Italien)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Italian Erasmus+ exchange partner. Successful exchange program started in October 2025, with news covered by local Italian media.
• Bischöfliches Pius-Gymnasium AachencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation school providing excellent spectrum of advanced courses (Leistungskurse) in the Qualifikationsphase (upper secondary). Combined offerings enable a wider range of specialized courses for students.
• St. Ursula-Gymnasium AachencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation school providing excellent spectrum of advanced courses (Leistungskurse) in the Qualifikationsphase (upper secondary). Combined offerings enable a wider range of specialized courses for students.
• Lycée Faidherbe (Lille, France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAbiBac partner school in Lille, France. Annual exchanges where French students visit RMG and German students visit Lille, deepening German-French friendship through joint projects and excursions. Supported by Erasmus+ funding.
• Elthorne Park High School (London)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange partner for anglophone countries, offering student exchange programs with English-speaking partner school.
• École fondamentale communale de la Sauvenière (Lüttich)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelgian partner school in Liège/Lüttich for French-language exchanges. Students engage in treasure hunts and cultural activities in mixed German-Belgian groups, promoting language skills and cultural understanding.
• Euregio Maas-Rhein (Small Project Fund)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEuregio Maas-Rhein funding body that co-finances cross-border exchange projects between schools in the region, including the Liège exchange.
• Institut Français AachenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOrganized and co-financed the visit of French band 'Les sales gosses' for the Franco-German Friendship Day celebrations at RMG.
• Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk (DFJW/OFAJ)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerFrench-German Youth Office providing friendly support for Franco-German friendship events and exchanges at the school.
• Forum Bildung Digitalisierung BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform for innovative schools. RMG is one of 25 German Werkstattschulen participating in this forum since 2018, focusing on digital education development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Munich International School: Established international school near Munich offering IB and international curricula to expatriate and globally minded families. Comparable in international orientation and premium educational positioning, though operates as a private institution with tuition-driven revenue versus RMG's public funding model.
• Frankfurt International School: Major international school in Frankfurt offering IB and American curricula to a diverse, internationally mobile student community. Comparable in international educational mission and German-market location, though substantially larger and operating under a private fee-paying model.
• Schule Schloss Salem: One of Germany's most elite private boarding schools with strong international orientation and IB program. Comparable in academic reputation and international outlook, though operates as a fee-paying private institution with a much larger endowment and residential model.
• Berlin Brandenburg International School: Large international school in the Berlin-Brandenburg region offering IB and international curricula to a globally mobile student body. Comparable as an internationally focused secondary school in Germany, though operates as a private, fee-paying institution with a much larger and more internationally diverse student body.
• Bavarian International School: International school in the Munich area offering IB and international curricula. Comparable in offering internationally oriented secondary education within Germany, with significant overlap in serving globally-minded families seeking English-language or cross-border curricula.
• St. George's School Cologne: International school in NRW offering British and international curricula to a diverse student body. Comparable as an internationally focused secondary school in the same federal state (NRW), with overlap in serving globally-minded families in the Rhine-Ruhr region.

Direct peers

• Lycée Faidherbe (Lille): French secondary school in Lille that is RMG's direct AbiBac partner for the German-French bilingual track. Operates the same dual-baccalaureate program with annual student exchanges, making it the most direct functional peer for the school's flagship offering.
• St. Ursula-Gymnasium Aachen: A Catholic girls' Gymnasium in Aachen and documented cooperation partner for advanced courses in the Qualifikationsphase. Operates as a direct local peer with the same G9 track, comparable size, and overlapping student catchment area in southern Aachen.
• Bischöfliches Pius-Gymnasium Aachen: A Catholic Gymnasium in Aachen explicitly named as a cooperation partner for advanced courses (Leistungskurse) in the upper secondary phase. Same city, same school type, same target customer segment (Aachen-region students preparing for Abitur), and directly comparable academic profile.

Regional players

• Europaschule Köln (e.g., Friedrich-Engels-Gymnasium or similar Europaschule in NRW): Public Gymnasium in NRW holding Europaschule certification like RMG, with similar international and bilingual orientation. Closest analog to RMG in terms of public funding model, Europaschule status, and target student demographic, but operates in the Cologne region rather than Aachen.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/rheinmaasgymnasium
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rhein-maas-gymnasium

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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