Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT) and Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) signed Educational Service Agreement on the 22nd of December 2011 for five years. AAiT started MSc programs in the Railway Engineering fields since 2012 to train 521 engineers based on the agreement signed with ERC. The programs are: Railway Civil Engineering, Rolling Stock Engineering, and Electrical Engineering for Railway Systems. On February 1, 2014, considering the importance of Railway Programs for the country’s development, AAiT established Railway Engineering Center independently.