The 4th industrial revolution required the human resource to understand the philosophy behind Industry 4.0 as well as the skills to implement Industry 4.0 and to get prepared for the next essential step in industrial development. For this purpose, the Charter for Work and Learning in Industry 4.0 [2] was established. The Erasmus + funded Project Methodology and Didactics Education (MaDE) for Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) intends to leapfrog the engineering education in Ethiopia to the state-of-the-art of engineering study programmes. Virtual reality, augmented reality and simulations will be established with local industries to train lecturers and teachers in the use of AI in the manufacturing sector. In a next step, lecturers and teachers will provide insight to the production processes to their students. This AI approach complements Industry 4.0 and is clearly part of Education 4.0. This research is focusing on Education 4.0 and is trying to find an answer to the research question “What is the value of implementing Education 5.0 in engineering study programmes at Ethiopian UASs”. The question is referring to the MaDE for UASs Project and to find out whether the Project team has considered the essential parts or needs to adjust the current approach.