Name

Bündner Kantonsschule

Legal name

Bündner Kantonsschule

Website

https://bks-campus.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1804

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

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Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

General Liberal Arts Colleges (EDAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Technical Community Colleges (Applied/CTE-Focused) (EDAHADAD)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Gymnasium programs
• Matura preparation
• Vocational schooling
• STEM education

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Bündner Kantonsschule is a public cantonal school in Graubünden, Switzerland that delivers upper secondary education to approximately 1,100 students across three campus locations in three divisions: the Gymnasium (classical Matura track), the Wirtschaftsgymnasium (economics-focused Matura track), and the Fachmittelschule (specialized vocational upper secondary school). The institution provides comprehensive classroom instruction, extracurricular activities in sports/culture/music, and digitally-enabled learning supported by Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and a BYOD device program.

Product overview

Bündner Kantonsschule is a Swiss cantonal secondary school offering education at three locations to approximately 1,100 students. The institution provides digital infrastructure through the BKS Portal, which integrates Microsoft 365 services for communication and collaboration. Supporting services include IT support, a media library, and a BYOD program. The school has achieved MINT (STEM) certification, demonstrating its commitment to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BKS Portal

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kantonsschule Zürich Nord: Swiss public Gymnasium in the Canton of Zürich providing Matura-track secondary education. Comparable in mission (university-prep secondary schooling under cantonal governance) and in offering multiple divisions and tracks.
• Kollegium Schwyz: Catholic cantonal Gymnasium in Schwyz offering Gymnasium and Fachmittelschule programs. Direct peer because it pairs academic Gymnasium tracks with Fachmittelschule vocational maturity, mirroring BKS's three-division model.
• Kantonsschule St. Gallen: Another Swiss cantonal Gymnasium/Mittelschule in eastern Switzerland. Operates as a public secondary school preparing students for university entrance under cantonal authority, mirroring BKS's structure, scale, and governance model.
• Gymnasium Biel-Seeland: Bilingual (German/French) Swiss Gymnasium in Biel. Direct peer as a public secondary school delivering Matura-track education under cantonal authority with a similar academic-secondary mission.
• Kantonsschule Bern (Köniz-Attisholz): Swiss cantonal Gymnasium in the Canton of Bern providing Matura-track secondary education at cantonal scale. Comparable in structure, funding model, and delivery of secondary education leading to university entrance.
• Alte Kantonsschule Aarau: Historic Swiss cantonal Gymnasium in Aarau providing Matura-track secondary education. Comparable as a publicly funded, Swiss-German Gymnasium with strong STEM/linguistic profile and a long institutional history.

Broad incumbents

• Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz: Swiss private boarding school (Gymnasium + International School) in Graubünden. Comparable as a Graubünden-based secondary school preparing students for university, but is private/boarding rather than public/cantonal, making BKS the residential/public anchor in the same region.
• Ecole d'Humanité: Private Swiss secondary boarding school in Hasliberg with an interdisciplinary, alternative pedagogy. Compares to BKS as a Graubünden-region secondary school focused on holistic academic preparation, though operating privately rather than under cantonal authority.

Others

• Eidgenössisch Technische Hochschule (ETH Zürich) - Maturitätsprüfungskommission: ETH Zürich oversees the Swiss Matura examination framework that BKS students pursue. Included as an adjacent institutional player that shapes BKS's curriculum, credentialing pathway, and university placement outcomes.

Regional players

• Marienschule Basel: Private secondary school in the Basel region offering Matura-track education. Comparable as a Swiss secondary school preparing students for university entrance, though privately funded and operating in a different canton than BKS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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