Since 2000, ITA, the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association has identified education and training as one of its main strategic goals. Due to the boom in the tunnelling and underground space industry, there is a growing demand for the training of students and professionals in this field. In 2007, in order to promote and assist in the coordination of education and training in the tunnelling and underground space industry, ITA decided to create a Committee on Education and Training (the ITA-CET Committee).
