In 1862 factory owner Anton Riemerschmid founded  the first vocational school for girls in Germany – the “Riemerschmid-Wirtschaftsschule” ( RWS). It is a municipal secondary school located directly in the centre of Munich / Bavaria.

The RWS is dedicated to providing the girls a good educational background as well as a basic and special commercial training. Therefore we are meeting the challenges and changes of time by offering them a wide schedule of commercial subjects as data processing, accounting, economics and commercial correspondence. 
A main focus is being laid on practical experiences, i.e. in so-called “training-offices” similar to open-plan offices.  Special projects are designed to prepare the girls for their apprenticeship after school. They are being trained on writing application forms, on performing well in assessment centers and job interviews. Next to the teachers other experts and counselors are giving their advice.
With our school keeping close contact to local companies and administration our students also have many opportunities for work placements. 

Globalization and internationality is becoming more and more important throughout the business world and we are therefore encouraging our students to catch up with this by offering them different foreign languages as well as the opportunity of taking part in international school projects (i.e. Comenius or Leonardo)

Our students´ age range is between 13 and 18 years, which is rather young. Thus another supporting pillar in our basic educational program has to concern personal and social skills. They are encouraged in developing their personality in terms of self-confidence, building up their potentials, adapting to new circumstances and capacity for teamwork. These qualifications are additionally trained in activities organized by our school.

Students graduate from the RWS with GCSEs which offer either the opportunity to serve a traineeship directly or, for top-students, gives them the possibility to continue with higher education – following their way up to commercial colleges or even to university.