NEOLAiA – our European University
Örebro University is collaborating with eight other European higher education institutions in NEOLAiA – an alliance of young universities with strong rankings and distinct regional roots. Through NEOLAiA (from the Greek word for youth), new networks and international opportunities are created for our students, researchers, and staff.
Cooperation within NEOLAiA includes education and research, through:
- Student, faculty and staff exchanges
- Joint courses and programmes
- Short-term hybrid courses and summer schools
- Collaborations between research groups and individual researchers
- Collaboration with regional actors
Collaboration also takes place in various other areas, including pedagogical development, administration, equality and gender equality, as well as marketing activities.
European Universities Initiative
The European Commission has designated NEOLAiA as a so-called European University, within the framework of the European Universities Initiative (EUI). The EUI aims to strengthen strategic partnerships between higher education institutions in the EU, enhance the international competitiveness of European universities, and provide increased opportunities for the internationalisation of education, research, and collaboration.
NEOLAiA has received EUR 14.4 million in EU funding to develop this collaboration between 2025 and 2027.
European Universities Initiative on the European Commission website
An alliance of nine young European universities
NEOLAiA consists of nine universities with a wide geographical spread in Europe, including Örebro University:
- Bielefeld University (Germany)
- University of Jaén (Spain)
- University of Nicosia (Cyprus)
- University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
- University of Salerno (Italy)
- University of Suceava (Romania)
- University of Tours (France)
- Šiauliai State University of Applied Sciences (Lithuania)
News from NEOLAiA
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Become a mentor for early-career researchers – NEOLAiA
Do you want to help shape the next generation of researchers while developing your own skills and networks? Then becoming a mentor in the NEOLAiA Early Stage Researcher Programme (ESR) could be for you.
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Örebro student won best pitch at entrepreneurship Summer school
The first edition of the NEOLAiA Summer Academy of Entrepreneurship for bachelor students (SUMMA-Bac) concluded in May with an onsite week in Salerno, Italy. Students from across the alliance worked in teams to develop business ideas, attended workshops...
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Focus on diversity and inclusion during meeting in Bielefeld
How can we strengthen efforts related to diversity and inclusion at our higher education institutions? This question was in focus when Bielefeld University invited staff from all NEOLAiA partner universities to a training session in early May.
