NEOLAiA was born as a strategic collaboration initiative of a group of universities from Spain, Germany, Czech Republic and Sweden in May 2019.

The formal establishment of the consortium stems from the previous cooperation that existed for several decades between the founding universities through collaborations in international mobility, research and teaching.

As a consortium of European Universities, the first proposal for an agreement to create the NEOLAiA Alliance was formalized in September 2019. The Alliance has subsequently grown with the active incorporation of full partners from Italy, Lithuania, Romania, France and Cyprus