diff --git a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/model/persist/descriptionproperties/FieldPersist.java b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/model/persist/descriptionproperties/FieldPersist.java
index 0ffead771..aaa3a2fa0 100644
--- a/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/model/persist/descriptionproperties/FieldPersist.java
+++ b/backend/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/model/persist/descriptionproperties/FieldPersist.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -125,12 +128,17 @@ public class FieldPersist {
         protected List<Specification> specifications(FieldPersist item) {
             FieldType fieldType = this.fieldEntity != null && this.fieldEntity.getData() != null ? this.fieldEntity.getData().getFieldType() :  FieldType.FREE_TEXT;
 	        boolean required = this.fieldEntity != null && this.fieldEntity.getValidations() != null ? this.fieldEntity.getValidations().contains(FieldValidationType.Required) : false;
+            boolean isUrlRequired = this.fieldEntity != null && this.fieldEntity.getValidations() != null ? this.fieldEntity.getValidations().contains(FieldValidationType.Url) : false;
             boolean isVisible =  this.fieldEntity != null ? this.visibilityService.isVisible(this.fieldEntity.getId(), this.ordinal) : true;
             return Arrays.asList(
                     this.spec()
                             .iff(()-> FieldType.isTextType(fieldType) && DescriptionStatus.Finalized.equals(this.status) && isVisible && required)
                             .must(() -> !this.isEmpty(item.getTextValue()))
                             .failOn(FieldPersist._textValue).failWith(this.messageSource.getMessage("Validation_Required", new Object[]{FieldPersist._textValue}, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale())),
+                    this.spec()
+                            .iff(()-> fieldType.equals(FieldType.FREE_TEXT) && DescriptionStatus.Finalized.equals(this.status) && isVisible && isUrlRequired)
+                            .must(() -> this.isValidURL(item.getTextValue()))
+                            .failOn(FieldPersist._textValue).failWith(this.messageSource.getMessage("Validation_UrlRequired", new Object[]{FieldPersist._textValue}, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale())),
                     this.spec()
                             .iff(()-> FieldType.isDateType(fieldType) && DescriptionStatus.Finalized.equals(this.status) && isVisible && required)
                             .must(() -> !this.isNull(item.getDateValue()))
@@ -196,6 +204,17 @@ public class FieldPersist {
             this.ordinal = ordinal;
             return this;
         }
+
+        boolean isValidURL(String url){
+            try {
+                new URL(url).toURI();
+                return true;
+            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                return false;
+            } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/backend/web/src/main/resources/messages.properties b/backend/web/src/main/resources/messages.properties
index ec9508b6f..d590e2ebc 100644
--- a/backend/web/src/main/resources/messages.properties
+++ b/backend/web/src/main/resources/messages.properties
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ Validation.LessThenEqual= value {0} must be equal or less than {1}
 Validation.LargerThenEqual= value {0} must be equal or larger than {1}
 Validation.MissingFields= missing fields: {0}
 Validation.InvalidDescriptionTemplateMultiplicity= {0} can not be used
-Validation.InvalidDescriptionTemplateMultiplicityOnDMP= Description Templates has multiplicity errors
\ No newline at end of file
+Validation.InvalidDescriptionTemplateMultiplicityOnDMP= Description Templates has multiplicity errors
+Validation_UrlRequired={0} is not valid url
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
index a4eed8824..19ada7038 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-form/components/form-field/form-field.component.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 
 import { COMMA, ENTER } from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, Component, Input, OnInit, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';
-import { UntypedFormControl, UntypedFormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
+import { UntypedFormControl, UntypedFormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 import { MatCheckboxChange } from '@angular/material/checkbox';
 import { MatDialog } from "@angular/material/dialog";
 import { DescriptionTemplateFieldType } from '@app/core/common/enum/description-template-field-type';
 import { DescriptionTemplateFieldValidationType } from '@app/core/common/enum/description-template-field-validation-type';
+import { ValidatorURL } from '@app/core/common/enum/validation-type';
 import { DescriptionTemplateField, DescriptionTemplateFieldSet, DescriptionTemplateLabelAndMultiplicityData, DescriptionTemplateUploadData } from '@app/core/model/description-template/description-template';
 import { StorageFile } from '@app/core/model/storage-file/storage-file';
 import { DescriptionService } from '@app/core/services/description/description.service';
@@ -122,6 +123,11 @@ export class DescriptionFormFieldComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnIn
 		this.isRequired = this.field.validations?.includes(DescriptionTemplateFieldValidationType.Required);
 
 		switch (this.field?.data?.fieldType) {
+			case DescriptionTemplateFieldType.FREE_TEXT:
+				const isUrlRequired = this.field.validations?.includes(DescriptionTemplateFieldValidationType.Url) || false;
+				if (isUrlRequired) this.propertiesFormGroup?.get(this.field.id).get('textValue').addValidators(ValidatorURL.validator)
+				break;
+
 			case DescriptionTemplateFieldType.TAGS:
 				this.tagsAutoCompleteConfiguration = {
 					filterFn: this.filterTags.bind(this),