Erzbischöfliches Ursulinengymnasium Köln

Name

Erzbischöfliches Ursulinengymnasium Köln

Legal name

Erzbischöfliche Ursulinenschule Köln

Website

https://ursulinengymnasium-koeln.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Köln

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, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: As a publicly funded Catholic school (Erzbischöfliche Schule) in Germany, the school operates primarily through government and archdiocesan funding. Tuition is free for students; the school is financed by the Archdiocese of Cologne as the school sponsor (Erzbistum Köln) and public education funds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Erzbischöfliches Ursulinengymnasium Köln is a Catholic girls' Gymnasium providing comprehensive secondary education from grade 5 through the upper secondary phase (Gymnasium Oberstufe) and culminating in the German Abitur university entrance qualification. The school's academic portfolio spans languages (English, French, Latin, Italian), MINT subjects (Mathematics, Informatics, Natural Sciences, Technology), humanities, arts, music, and physical education, supplemented by differentiated offerings such as the MINT-Akademie/Junior-Ingenieur-Akademie, the UrsuLabor science facility, individualized learning support via FöFo (Fördern und Fordern), and internationally recognized Cambridge ESOL and DELF language certification pathways. Instruction is delivered through a Moodle-based digital learning environment, an iPad program introduced from grade 8, and a wide range of extracurricular activities, exchange programs, and social engagement initiatives rooted in the Ursuline Catholic tradition.

Product overview

Erzbischöfliches Ursulinengymnasium Köln is a Catholic co-educational gymnasium (secondary school) offering a comprehensive academic program from grades 5 through 13. The school provides a multi-layered educational portfolio including core academic instruction across languages (English, French, Latin, Italian), sciences (MINT), humanities, arts, and physical education. Key distinctive programs include the MINT-Akademie with Junior-Ingenieur-Akademie support, the UrsuLabor science facility, FöFo (individualized learning support), and language certification programs (Cambridge ESOL, DELF). The school operates a Moodle-based digital learning platform and hosts annual events such as SpaceDay. The institution maintains partnerships with DLR, Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, and ESA for STEM education enrichment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% pass rate among 24 Cambridge English exam candidates in 2026
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDLR is a key school partner, collaborating on the Junior-Ingenieur-Akademie (Junior Engineer Academy) program and co-hosting events such as the annual Space Day (Tag der Raumfahrt) and SpaceDay at the school. DLR School_Lab Köln participates in school events, bringing real aerospace science exhibits and experts including ESA astronauts to engage students.
• Deutsche Telekom StiftungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Deutsche Telekom Stiftung supports the Junior-Ingenieur-Akademie (Junior Engineer Academy) at the school, which provides STEM enrichment programs and engineering-focused curriculum extensions for students.
• Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (HfMT Köln)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe music university partners with the school on the Unterstufenchor (lower school choir) and other musical programs. The school choir participated in the HfMT's Children's Choir Day (Kinderchortag) under the theme 'Von Sternen und Planeten,' which involved ~500 singing children. The HfMT also houses an organ (built by Jürgen Ahrend, 2003) located in the adjacent Fronleichnamskirche.
• REWEminorOthersREWE is listed as a school partner. The nature of the partnership appears to involve occasional sponsorship or collaborative engagement with the school's community programs.
• DJK Sportverband Diözesanverband Köln e.V.minorOthersDJK (Deutsche Jugendkraft) is a Catholic sports federation that is a school partner, likely supporting the school's sports programs and physical education activities.
• Sparda-BankminorOthersSparda-Bank, a cooperative bank, is listed as a school partner, potentially contributing to financial literacy education or minor sponsorship.
• MalteserminorOthersMalteser, a Catholic charitable organization and emergency service provider, is a school partner, likely involved in first aid training, the Schulsanitätsdienst (school first aid service), and related educational programs.
• LesepunkteminorOthersLesepunkte is a reading promotion initiative listed as a school partner, supporting the school's literacy and reading engagement programs.
• RheinStars Köln (2. Basketball-Bundesliga)minorOthersRheinStars Köln, a professional basketball team in the 2nd German Bundesliga, conducted a training session with the school's Class 10d and attended the school's gym for a basketball event. Students also visited a home game against Phoenix Hagen. The partnership was facilitated by a sports trainee (BFD) at the RheinStars.
• Yuri's Night Deutschland e.V.minorOthersYuri's Night Deutschland e.V. co-organizes the annual Space Day event at the school together with DLR School_Lab Köln and the Ursulinenschule, bringing space-themed exhibits, hands-on activities, and expert speakers including ESA astronauts.
• Jugendsuchtberatung des SKM/SKFcoreOthersThe youth addiction counseling service of SKM/SKF (Catholic social service organizations) partners with the school's Suchtpräventionsteam (Addiction Prevention Team) to deliver the annual addiction prevention day 'Junge Frauen – Starke Persönlichkeiten' in Year 8, using a multi-station parcours approach.
• Katholische Beratungsstelle (Catholic Counseling Center)minorOthersThe Catholic Counseling Center is a community partner that offers advisory services to the school's students and parents, integrated into the school's social engagement and charity initiatives (Patenschaften) program.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dreikönigsgymnasium Köln: Catholic Gymnasium in Cologne operated under church-related sponsorship, offering comparable faith-based college-preparatory education. Directly competes for faith-oriented families in the same primary market.
• Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Köln: Established Cologne Gymnasium with similar college-preparatory focus, competing for the same pool of prospective students in the Cologne metropolitan area. Directly comparable as a long-established secondary school serving the same geographic market.
• Schiller-Gymnasium Köln: Long-established Cologne Gymnasium offering college-prep curriculum with strong STEM and language tracks. Competes directly for the same high-achieving student pool in the Cologne market.
• Aloisiuskolleg Bonn: Catholic secondary school in the Cologne/Bonn region with comparable Jesuit/religious sponsorship structure and similar MINT-and-languages curriculum emphasis. Closely mirrors the Catholic Gymnasium model in the same NRW diocese area.
• Erzbischöfliches Suitbertus-Gymnasium Düsseldorf: Archdiocesan Catholic Gymnasium with similar freier Trägerschaft structure under the Archdiocese of Düsseldorf. Mirrors the governance and funding model of an erzbischöfliche Schule.
• Ursulinenschule Fritzlar: Ursuline-affiliated Catholic school in Hesse sharing the same 17th-century Ursuline heritage. Comparable as another Ursuline Catholic school with similar faith-based and academic positioning.
• St. Ursula Gymnasium Düsseldorf: Ursuline-affiliated Catholic girls' Gymnasium in nearby Düsseldorf, sharing the same Ursuline educational tradition and single-gender Catholic school model. Most structurally comparable peer given identical heritage and target student profile.

Others

• MINT-EC (Network of Excellence Schools): National STEM school excellence network of which the school is a member. Provides peer benchmarking and STEM program standards for ~380 certified schools across Germany.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCzLaS1ACe3umBbJI_ExNZrA
• Facebookfacebook.com/Ursulinenschule-K%C3%B6ln-108447479186777
• Instagraminstagram.com/ursulinengymnasium_koeln
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/ursulinengymnasium-k%C3%B6ln

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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