diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1766ca0d..f9b1eb2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ This will start:
 * A local PostgreSQL database listening on port 5432
 * An Adminer instance listening on port 8432
 
+### Migrating the database schema
+
+Run the database migrations to build the database schema:
+
+```
+alembic upgrade head
+```
+
 ### Seeding the database
 
 To load seed data into PostgreSQL, run:
diff --git a/alembic.ini b/alembic.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00dd9ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# A generic, single database configuration.
+
+[alembic]
+# path to migration scripts
+script_location = alembic
+
+# template used to generate migration file names; The default value is %%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
+# Uncomment the line below if you want the files to be prepended with date and time
+# see https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/tutorial.html#editing-the-ini-file
+# for all available tokens
+# file_template = %%(year)d_%%(month).2d_%%(day).2d_%%(hour).2d%%(minute).2d-%%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
+
+# sys.path path, will be prepended to sys.path if present.
+# defaults to the current working directory.
+prepend_sys_path = .
+
+# timezone to use when rendering the date within the migration file
+# as well as the filename.
+# If specified, requires the python-dateutil library that can be
+# installed by adding `alembic[tz]` to the pip requirements
+# string value is passed to dateutil.tz.gettz()
+# leave blank for localtime
+# timezone =
+
+# max length of characters to apply to the
+# "slug" field
+# truncate_slug_length = 40
+
+# set to 'true' to run the environment during
+# the 'revision' command, regardless of autogenerate
+# revision_environment = false
+
+# set to 'true' to allow .pyc and .pyo files without
+# a source .py file to be detected as revisions in the
+# versions/ directory
+# sourceless = false
+
+# version location specification; This defaults
+# to alembic/versions.  When using multiple version
+# directories, initial revisions must be specified with --version-path.
+# The path separator used here should be the separator specified by "version_path_separator" below.
+# version_locations = %(here)s/bar:%(here)s/bat:alembic/versions
+
+# version path separator; As mentioned above, this is the character used to split
+# version_locations. The default within new alembic.ini files is "os", which uses os.pathsep.
+# If this key is omitted entirely, it falls back to the legacy behavior of splitting on spaces and/or commas.
+# Valid values for version_path_separator are:
+#
+# version_path_separator = :
+# version_path_separator = ;
+# version_path_separator = space
+version_path_separator = os  # Use os.pathsep. Default configuration used for new projects.
+
+# set to 'true' to search source files recursively
+# in each "version_locations" directory
+# new in Alembic version 1.10
+# recursive_version_locations = false
+
+# the output encoding used when revision files
+# are written from script.py.mako
+# output_encoding = utf-8
+
+# sqlalchemy.url = driver://user:pass@localhost/dbname
+
+
+[post_write_hooks]
+# post_write_hooks defines scripts or Python functions that are run
+# on newly generated revision scripts.  See the documentation for further
+# detail and examples
+
+# format using "black" - use the console_scripts runner, against the "black" entrypoint
+# hooks = black
+# black.type = console_scripts
+# black.entrypoint = black
+# black.options = -l 79 REVISION_SCRIPT_FILENAME
+
+# Logging configuration
+[loggers]
+keys = root,sqlalchemy,alembic
+
+[handlers]
+keys = console
+
+[formatters]
+keys = generic
+
+[logger_root]
+level = WARN
+handlers = console
+qualname =
+
+[logger_sqlalchemy]
+level = WARN
+handlers =
+qualname = sqlalchemy.engine
+
+[logger_alembic]
+level = INFO
+handlers =
+qualname = alembic
+
+[handler_console]
+class = StreamHandler
+args = (sys.stderr,)
+level = NOTSET
+formatter = generic
+
+[formatter_generic]
+format = %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
+datefmt = %H:%M:%S
diff --git a/alembic/README.md b/alembic/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d7932af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Alembic database migrations
+
+This project uses [Alembic](https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/) to manage database migrations. Please see the documentation for more information on how to generate new migrations for each database change.
+
+The preferred approach is to make changes to the [SQLAlchemy models in the `training.models` module](../training/models/), then have Alembic [autogenerate a migration](https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/autogenerate.html) based on those changes. The autogenerate approach supports most [common changes](https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/autogenerate.html#what-does-autogenerate-detect-and-what-does-it-not-detect) to the models, but more involved changes will require some manual migration editing.
+
+[Refer to the Alembic documentation](https://alembic.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/) while creating migrations in order to ensure they are done properly.
+
+In general, each migration (whether an upgrade or downgrade) should preserve existing data as much as possible.
diff --git a/alembic/env.py b/alembic/env.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86bfcfe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/env.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+from logging.config import fileConfig
+
+from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
+from sqlalchemy import pool
+
+from alembic import context
+
+from training.models import Base
+from training.database import db_uri
+
+# this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
+# access to the values within the .ini file in use.
+config = context.config
+
+# Interpret the config file for Python logging.
+# This line sets up loggers basically.
+if config.config_file_name is not None:
+    fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
+
+# add your model's MetaData object here
+# for 'autogenerate' support
+# from myapp import mymodel
+# target_metadata = mymodel.Base.metadata
+target_metadata = Base.metadata
+
+# other values from the config, defined by the needs of env.py,
+# can be acquired:
+# my_important_option = config.get_main_option("my_important_option")
+# ... etc.
+
+
+def run_migrations_offline() -> None:
+    """Run migrations in 'offline' mode.
+
+    This configures the context with just a URL
+    and not an Engine, though an Engine is acceptable
+    here as well.  By skipping the Engine creation
+    we don't even need a DBAPI to be available.
+
+    Calls to context.execute() here emit the given string to the
+    script output.
+
+    """
+    # url = config.get_main_option("sqlalchemy.url")
+    context.configure(
+        url=db_uri,
+        target_metadata=target_metadata,
+        literal_binds=True,
+        dialect_opts={"paramstyle": "named"},
+    )
+
+    with context.begin_transaction():
+        context.run_migrations()
+
+
+def run_migrations_online() -> None:
+    """Run migrations in 'online' mode.
+
+    In this scenario we need to create an Engine
+    and associate a connection with the context.
+
+    """
+    config_section = config.get_section(config.config_ini_section, {})
+    config_section["sqlalchemy.url"] = db_uri
+    connectable = engine_from_config(
+        config_section,
+        prefix="sqlalchemy.",
+        poolclass=pool.NullPool,
+    )
+
+    with connectable.connect() as connection:
+        context.configure(
+            connection=connection, target_metadata=target_metadata
+        )
+
+        with context.begin_transaction():
+            context.run_migrations()
+
+
+if context.is_offline_mode():
+    run_migrations_offline()
+else:
+    run_migrations_online()
diff --git a/alembic/script.py.mako b/alembic/script.py.mako
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55df2863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/script.py.mako
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""${message}
+
+Revision ID: ${up_revision}
+Revises: ${down_revision | comma,n}
+Create Date: ${create_date}
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+${imports if imports else ""}
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = ${repr(up_revision)}
+down_revision = ${repr(down_revision)}
+branch_labels = ${repr(branch_labels)}
+depends_on = ${repr(depends_on)}
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    ${upgrades if upgrades else "pass"}
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    ${downgrades if downgrades else "pass"}
diff --git a/alembic/versions/7fd6082de5fa_add_agencies_table.py b/alembic/versions/7fd6082de5fa_add_agencies_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c423350c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/7fd6082de5fa_add_agencies_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""add agencies table
+
+Revision ID: 7fd6082de5fa
+Revises:
+Create Date: 2023-03-16 16:51:51.977844
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '7fd6082de5fa'
+down_revision = None
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.create_table(
+        'agencies',
+        sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
+        sa.Column('name', sa.String(), nullable=False),
+        sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    )
+    op.create_index(op.f('ix_agencies_name'), 'agencies', ['name'], unique=True)
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_agencies_name'), table_name='agencies')
+    op.drop_table('agencies')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6b870372..6862b5de 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ pyjwt==2.6.0
 fastapi_mail==1.2.5
 cfenv==0.5.3
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.5.post1
-psycopg2==2.9.5
\ No newline at end of file
+psycopg2==2.9.5
+alembic==1.10.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/training/database/__init__.py b/training/database/__init__.py
index 56f65bdd..becfe9b2 100644
--- a/training/database/__init__.py
+++ b/training/database/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .database import engine, SessionLocal
+from .database import db_uri, engine, SessionLocal