diff --git a/core/migrations/0014_student_self_description.py b/core/migrations/0014_student_self_description.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4ab840c09a7a64973b1f05b94ae419157cea7bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/migrations/0014_student_self_description.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.5 on 2019-10-06 12:13
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0013_auto_20170602_1130'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='student',
+            name='self_description',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, db_index=True, max_length=500, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/core/models/accounts.py b/core/models/accounts.py
index 7361aa328b4681dd1a34025b6a0e324317ca5427..ed3acc66ea15f956168650748d81d95ed72822fc 100644
--- a/core/models/accounts.py
+++ b/core/models/accounts.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Student(models.Model):
     major = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True, null=True)
     batch = models.CharField(max_length=4, blank=True, null=True)
     show_transcript = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    self_description = models.CharField(max_length=500, blank=True, db_index=True, null=True)
     photo = models.FileField(upload_to=get_student_photo_file_path, null=True, blank=True, validators=[validate_image_file_extension])
 
     @property