Committed citizens of Hagen recognised education and a good knowledge base as the key to a better future, so Prisma Bildungsplattform was founded in Hagen on 10 September 2003 as a non-profit, registered association.

With the growing success of the organisation and the demand for additional locations, further branches were opened in Schwerte (2007), Iserlohn (2011) and Lüdenscheid (2017).