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diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index 291d043..a9f371c 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -180,3 +180,5 @@ if EMAIL_USE_SSL:
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = "core.User"
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diff --git a/core/migrations/0001_initial.py b/core/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..debde3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.7 on 2025-11-27 13:51
+
+import django.contrib.auth.models
+import django.contrib.auth.validators
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import django.utils.timezone
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('auth', '0012_alter_user_first_name_max_length'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='User',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('password', models.CharField(max_length=128, verbose_name='password')),
+                ('last_login', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='last login')),
+                ('is_superuser', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them.', verbose_name='superuser status')),
+                ('username', models.CharField(error_messages={'unique': 'A user with that username already exists.'}, help_text='Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.', max_length=150, unique=True, validators=[django.contrib.auth.validators.UnicodeUsernameValidator()], verbose_name='username')),
+                ('first_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=150, verbose_name='first name')),
+                ('last_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=150, verbose_name='last name')),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(blank=True, max_length=254, verbose_name='email address')),
+                ('is_staff', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Designates whether the user can log into this admin site.', verbose_name='staff status')),
+                ('is_active', models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text='Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.', verbose_name='active')),
+                ('date_joined', models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now, verbose_name='date joined')),
+                ('user_type', models.CharField(choices=[('student', 'Student'), ('teacher', 'Teacher'), ('client', 'Client'), ('admin', 'Admin')], default='student', max_length=10)),
+                ('groups', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='The groups this user belongs to. A user will get all permissions granted to each of their groups.', related_name='user_set', related_query_name='user', to='auth.group', verbose_name='groups')),
+                ('user_permissions', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='Specific permissions for this user.', related_name='user_set', related_query_name='user', to='auth.permission', verbose_name='user permissions')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'verbose_name': 'user',
+                'verbose_name_plural': 'users',
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+            managers=[
+                ('objects', django.contrib.auth.models.UserManager()),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Client',
+            fields=[
+                ('user', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+                ('company_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Student',
+            fields=[
+                ('user', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Teacher',
+            fields=[
+                ('user', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+                ('skills', models.TextField(blank=True)),
+                ('hourly_rate', models.DecimalField(blank=True, decimal_places=2, max_digits=10, null=True)),
+                ('daily_rate', models.DecimalField(blank=True, decimal_places=2, max_digits=10, null=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
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diff --git a/core/models.py b/core/models.py
index 71a8362..a89242b 100644
--- a/core/models.py
+++ b/core/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
 from django.db import models
 
-# Create your models here.
+class User(AbstractUser):
+    USER_TYPE_CHOICES = (
+        ("student", "Student"),
+        ("teacher", "Teacher"),
+        ("client", "Client"),
+        ("admin", "Admin"),
+    )
+    user_type = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=USER_TYPE_CHOICES, default="student")
+
+class Student(models.Model):
+    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, primary_key=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.user.username
+
+class Teacher(models.Model):
+    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, primary_key=True)
+    skills = models.TextField(blank=True)
+    hourly_rate = models.DecimalField(max_digits=10, decimal_places=2, null=True, blank=True)
+    daily_rate = models.DecimalField(max_digits=10, decimal_places=2, null=True, blank=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.user.username
+
+class Client(models.Model):
+    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, primary_key=True)
+    company_name = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.user.username
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