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Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) is an effective pre-treatment technique, which has been widely used to decrease the amount of the oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emission from diesel engines. However, the use of high EGR rates leads to the reduction in oxygen availability in the burning regions of the combustion chamber which impairs the soot oxidation process. Consequently, higher soot generated by EGR leads to long-term usage problems inside the engines such as higher carbon deposits, lubricating oil degradation and enhanced engine wear. In this study, CFD modeling has been carried out to analyze the effects of high EGR rates in conjunction with optimum multiple injection strategies. A heavy-duty DI Diesel engine has been modeled to study the engine performance and emissions with various EGR rates (from 0% to 40%). The selected operating points have been achieved with the same injection profile including a main and post injection for all considered cases.