University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Rail Transportation and Engineering Center at Illinois, founded in 1998 and the most established rail engineering programme in the United States. It offers a Master of Engineering in Railway Engineering, online certificate and degree options, and multiple rail courses including joint offerings with KTH in Sweden, alongside professional short courses, seminars and conferences. RailTEC describes its curriculum as the most extensive in railway engineering and transportation in North America and places graduates into both public-agency and private railroad roles. Undergraduate rail coursework and summer internship programmes run alongside the graduate degrees.