SZÁMALK-Szalézi Szakgimnázium

Name

SZÁMALK-Szalézi Szakgimnázium

Legal name

SZÁMALK-Szalézi Technikum és Szakgimnázium

Website

https://szamalk-szalezi.hu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. State-Funded Education: As a public vocational school maintained by the Szalézi Intézmény Fenntartó (Salesian Institution Maintainer), the school operates primarily on Hungarian state funding allocated for vocational and adult education. No commercial revenue model is pursued.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SZÁMALK-Szalézi Szakgimnázium is a vocational secondary school (technikum and szakgimnázium) in Budapest delivering multi-discipline technical training programs in Information Technology (IT system operator technician, software developer and tester), Creative Arts (graphic designer, photographer, decorator, digital painter and media designer, fashion/costume/set designer, fine arts assistant, moving image and animation creator), Tourism and Hospitality (hotel organizer, tourism technician with tour guide specialization), Business Administration (business administrative assistant), and Pedagogical/Community Education tracks. Programs are offered in both daytime (nappali) and evening (esti/nem nappali) formats for students entering from primary school as well as adult learners.

Product overview

SZÁMALK-Szalézi Szakgimnázium is a vocational technical school (Salesian educational institution) in Budapest offering a comprehensive portfolio of vocational training programs across three main areas: Information Technology (Informatika és távközlés), Creative Arts (Kreatív/Művészeti), and Tourism/Hospitality (Turizmus-vendéglátás) and Business Administration (Gazdálkodás és menedzsment). The school provides both daytime (nappali) and evening (esti/nem nappali) programs. The IT programs include IT System and Application Operator Technician and Software Developer and Tester. The creative programs encompass Decorator, Digital Painter and Media Designer, Fashion/Costume/Set Designer, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Fine Arts Assistant/Painter, and Moving Image and Animation Creator. The tourism/hospitality programs include Hotel Organizer and Tourism Technician (with tour guide specialization). Business programs include Business Administrative Assistant. The school also offers pedagogical programs and community education programs. Programs are available from grade 9 entry level through post-secondary adult education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Informatikai rendszer- és alkalmazás-üzemeltető technikus (IT System and Application Operator Technician) Vocational training program preparing students to manage and operate IT systems and applications; available in both daytime and evening formats for upper-secondary students and adult learners.
• Szoftverfejlesztő és -tesztelő (Software Developer and Tester) Vocational training program teaching software development and testing skills; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Dekoratőr (Decorator) Creative vocational training program focused on interior and exterior decoration design and implementation; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Digitális festő és média designer (Digital Painter and Media Designer) Creative program training students in digital painting techniques and media design applications; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Divat-, jelmez- és díszlettervező (Fashion, Costume and Set Designer) Fashion design program covering costume design, fashion design, and theatrical set design; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Fotogr\u00e1fus / Kreat\u00edv fotogr\u00e1fus (Photographer / Creative Photographer) Photography program training students in creative photography, photojournalism, and photographic techniques; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Grafikus (Graphic Designer) Graphic design program teaching visual communication, digital design, and print media production; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Képző és iparművészeti munkatárs (Festő) — Fine Arts and Applied Arts Assistant (Painter) Fine arts program training students in painting and applied arts techniques.
• Mozgókép- és animációkészítő (Moving Image and Animation Creator) Program training students in video production and animation creation techniques; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Szálloda-szervező (Hotel Organizer) Tourism and hospitality program focused on hotel management and event organization; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Turisztikai technikus (Tourism Technician) Tourism program training students as tourism technicians, including tour guide specialization (idegenvezető) and tourism organizer tracks.
• Vállalkozási ügyviteli ügyintéző (Business Administrative Assistant) Business administration program training students in office management and business operations; available in both daytime and evening formats.
• Pedagógiai- és családsegítő munkatárs (Pedagogical and Family Assistance Worker) Program training students in pedagogical assistance and family support services.
• 9. évfolyam képzések (Grade 9 Programs) Entry-level vocational training programs for students entering from primary school, including Software Developer and IT System Operator tracks.

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates successfully transition to university studies (e.g., Óbuda University engineering informatics program) and employment (e.g., junior developer, office assistant, data analyst, photographer)
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Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Erasmus+ Consortium (Salesian VET Schools)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022The school holds an Erasmus+ accreditation for vocational education, enabling international student and staff mobility. Annual mobility programs have been conducted in multiple academic years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25), sending students to countries including Greece (Selianitika), Italy (Milan), Romania (Székelykeresztúr), and participating in pilgrimages to sites in Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy under the Salesian network.
• MONOBIT Nyomda (Printing House)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMONOBIT printing house hosted a field visit for second-year photography students as part of their portfolio production curriculum. The visit covered digital printing solutions, print production techniques, and practical print sampling for student portfolios.
• PercPrint Nyomda (Printing House)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPercPrint printing house conducted a second field visit for photography students, providing demonstrations of binding, catalog production, calendar printing, and menu design. Students received complementary print samples for portfolio development.
• BCS Koolitus AS (Estonia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBCS Koolitus AS from Estonia partnered with SZÁMALK-Szalézi for the Design Week 2019 Halluci-Náció exhibition, serving as the opening partner and presenting a joint exhibition as part of the Design Week Budapest 2019 program.
• VITA Project International PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe VITA project (Foundations for Developing AI-Powered Course Curriculum for Vocational Teachers) involves multi-country collaboration. On January 9, 2026, Helén Hegedüs, Dr. Ildikó Sediviné Balassa, and Máté Koblencz participated in an online project meeting with representatives from partner countries, reviewing SELFIE survey results and planning joint outputs including project website development, information package creation, and microcontent development templates.
• Colegiul Național Pedagogic „Mircea Scarlat" Alexandria (Romania)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA Romanian student group from Colegiul Național Pedagogic visited SZÁMALK-Szalézi for a professional and cultural exchange, learning about the school's daily operations and educational programs.
• Goldberger Múzeum (Textile Industry Collection)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIV2 graduating fashion designer students visited the Goldberger Múzeum (Textilipari Gyűjtemény) to learn about textile industry history as part of their professional curriculum.
• MúzsArt Társulat (Theatre Company)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe theatre workshop collaboration with MúzsArt Társulat involved SZÁMALK-Szalézi students in costume and set design for the 'Keszekusza varázspálcája' children's theatre production, with students from graphics, decoration, photography, pedagogy, and community management programs participating.
• Digital Horizons in VET – CGI/VFX Essentials Project PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Digital Horizons project, focused on CGI and VFX essentials innovation in vocational education, held its closing international event at the school, involving partners from multiple countries in the final international workshop.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Puskás Tivadar Technikum: A Budapest vocational technical school offering IT, electrical engineering, and related technical programs. Directly comparable as a Budapest-based technikum serving upper-secondary students with industry-aligned vocational tracks, competing for the same applicant pool as SZÁMALK-Szalézi.
• Bláthy Ottó Titusz Informatikai Technikum: Budapest-based IT vocational secondary school with software development and IT systems programs comparable to SZÁMALK-Szalézi's IT portfolio. Targets the same post-primary student cohort in Budapest and competes for the same enrollment pool, with similar OSZTV-style competition participation and industry-partner approaches.
• Kandó Kálmán Informatikai Technikum: A Budapest-based IT-focused vocational secondary school offering software development, IT operations, and informatics programs. Directly competes with SZÁMALK-Szalézi's IT tracks (Szoftverfejlesztő, Informatikai rendszer- és alkalmazás-üzemeltető technikus) for the same upper-secondary student segment in Budapest.
• BMSZC (Budapesti Műszaki Szakképzési Centrum): Budapest's largest state-maintained vocational training center, operating multiple technikums and szakgimnáziums across IT, engineering, business, and creative fields. Directly comparable to SZÁMALK-Szalézi in target student segment (upper-secondary), program mix (IT + creative + business), and Budapest geography, though maintained by the state rather than a church foundation.
• Don Bosco Szakközépiskola (other Salesian VET schools in Hungary): Other vocational secondary schools maintained by the same Szalézi Intézmény Fenntartó (Salesian Institution Maintainer) network in Hungary. Operate under identical Don Bosco pedagogical framework, Erasmus+ consortium membership, and Salesian international network, with overlapping student segments and curriculum approaches.

Emerging players

• Codecool Hungary: Hungary-based commercial IT training provider focused on software development and digital skills bootcamps. Serves an overlapping but distinct segment (adult career changers and reskillers rather than upper-secondary students) in the same Budapest labor market for software developer talent that SZÁMALK-Szalézi's IT graduates feed into.

Regional players

• BCS Koolitus AS: Estonia-based vocational training and adult education provider that is an existing Erasmus+ and Design Week partner of SZÁMALK-Szalézi. Operates a comparable adult-education and vocational training model in the Baltic region, making it a meaningful regional peer for international project collaboration and curriculum benchmarking.
• Colegiul Național Pedagogic „Mircea Scarlat" Alexandria: Romanian pedagogical secondary school that is an existing exchange partner of SZÁMALK-Szalézi. Operates a comparable upper-secondary educational model with similar Erasmus+ mobility and pedagogical program participation, providing a relevant cross-border peer for cross-cultural vocational education comparison.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@szamalk-szalezitechnikumes4016
• Facebookfacebook.com/SZAMALK.szalezi.tech.szgi
• Instagraminstagram.com/szamalkszalezi
• TikToktiktok.com/@szamalkszalezi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sz%C3%A1malk-szal%C3%A9zi-szakgimn%C3%A1zium

Compliance2 records

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Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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