diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/Admin.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/Admin.java
index c9588db00..12cab1917 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/Admin.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/Admin.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public class Admin extends BaseController {
 		datasetprofile.setDefinition(modelDefinition.getDefinition());
 		datasetprofile.setStatus(modelDefinition.getStatus());
 		datasetprofile.setLabel(modelDefinition.getLabel());
+		datasetprofile.setDescription(modelDefinition.getDescription());
 		this.getApiContext().getOperationsContext().getDatabaseRepository().getDatasetProfileDao().createOrUpdate(datasetprofile);
 		return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).body(new ResponseItem<UUID>().status(ApiMessageCode.NO_MESSAGE));
 	}
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/AdminManager.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/AdminManager.java
index ded2935c8..adff4a1fd 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/AdminManager.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/AdminManager.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class AdminManager {
         String xml = XmlBuilder.generateXml(viewStyleDoc);
 
         eu.eudat.data.entities.DatasetProfile datasetProfile = apiContext.getOperationsContext().getBuilderFactory().getBuilder(DatasetProfileBuilder.class).definition(xml).label(profile.getLabel())
-                .status(profile.getStatus()).created(new Date())
+                .status(profile.getStatus()).created(new Date()).description(profile.getDescription())
                 .build();
 
         return datasetProfile;
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetProfileManager.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetProfileManager.java
index 0e2279b91..2e151941f 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetProfileManager.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DatasetProfileManager.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class DatasetProfileManager {
         eu.eudat.models.data.admin.composite.DatasetProfile datasetprofile = AdminManager.generateDatasetProfileModel(profile);
         datasetprofile.setLabel(profile.getLabel());
         datasetprofile.setStatus(profile.getStatus());
+        datasetprofile.setDescription(profile.getDescription());
 
         return datasetprofile;
     }
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/admin/composite/DatasetProfile.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/admin/composite/DatasetProfile.java
index b80006228..8adde4152 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/admin/composite/DatasetProfile.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/admin/composite/DatasetProfile.java
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class DatasetProfile {
     private String label;
-    private List<Section> sections;
+    private String description;
     private List<Page> pages;
+    private List<Section> sections;
     private Short status;
     private Short version;
 
-    public List<Section> getSections() {
-        return sections;
-    }
-    public void setSections(List<Section> sections) { this.sections = sections; }
 
     public String getLabel() {
         return label;
@@ -27,6 +24,13 @@ public class DatasetProfile {
         this.label = label;
     }
 
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+    public void setDescription(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
     public List<Page> getPages() {
         return pages;
     }
@@ -34,6 +38,11 @@ public class DatasetProfile {
         this.pages = pages;
     }
 
+    public List<Section> getSections() {
+        return sections;
+    }
+    public void setSections(List<Section> sections) { this.sections = sections; }
+
     public Short getStatus() {
         return status;
     }
@@ -52,6 +61,7 @@ public class DatasetProfile {
     public DatasetProfile toShort() {
         DatasetProfile shortProfile = new DatasetProfile();
         shortProfile.setLabel(this.label);
+        shortProfile.setDescription(this.description);
         List<Section> shortSection = new LinkedList<>();
         for (Section toshortSection : this.getSections()) {
             shortSection.add(toshortSection.toShort());
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/datasetprofile/DatasetProfileAutocompleteItem.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/datasetprofile/DatasetProfileAutocompleteItem.java
index 211f6a079..34eac149e 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/datasetprofile/DatasetProfileAutocompleteItem.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/models/data/datasetprofile/DatasetProfileAutocompleteItem.java
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 public class DatasetProfileAutocompleteItem implements DataModel<DatasetProfile, DatasetProfileAutocompleteItem> {
 
     private UUID id;
-
     private String label;
+    private String description;
 
     public UUID getId() {
         return id;
     }
-
     public void setId(UUID id) {
         this.id = id;
     }
@@ -23,15 +22,22 @@ public class DatasetProfileAutocompleteItem implements DataModel<DatasetProfile,
     public String getLabel() {
         return label;
     }
-
     public void setLabel(String label) {
         this.label = label;
     }
 
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+    public void setDescription(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public DatasetProfileAutocompleteItem fromDataModel(DatasetProfile entity) {
         this.id = entity.getId();
         this.label = entity.getLabel();
+        this.description = entity.getDescription();
         return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/dmp-db-scema/updates/Dataset-template/DatasetProfile_Description_value_set_empty_text.sql b/dmp-db-scema/updates/Dataset-template/DatasetProfile_Description_value_set_empty_text.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebace6011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmp-db-scema/updates/Dataset-template/DatasetProfile_Description_value_set_empty_text.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+UPDATE public."DatasetProfile"
+SET "Description" = ''
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dmp-db-scema/updates/Dataset-template/DatasetProfile_adds_null_constraints_description.sql b/dmp-db-scema/updates/Dataset-template/DatasetProfile_adds_null_constraints_description.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..569b443a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmp-db-scema/updates/Dataset-template/DatasetProfile_adds_null_constraints_description.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ALTER TABLE public."DatasetProfile"
+ALTER COLUMN "Description" 
+SET NOT NULL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/admin/dataset-profile/dataset-profile.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/admin/dataset-profile/dataset-profile.ts
index 9c40f201a..18a16cd33 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/admin/dataset-profile/dataset-profile.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/admin/dataset-profile/dataset-profile.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export interface DatasetProfile {
 	pages: Page[];
 	status: number;
 	version: number;
+	description: string;
 }
 
 export interface Page {
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/dataset/dataset-profile.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/dataset/dataset-profile.ts
index 7c1e6e37a..d67dce6b0 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/dataset/dataset-profile.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/core/model/dataset/dataset-profile.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 export interface DatasetProfileModel {
 	id: string;
 	label: string;
+	description: string;
 }
 
 // export class DatasetProfileModel implements Serializable<DatasetProfileModel> {
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/dataset-profile-editor-model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/dataset-profile-editor-model.ts
index dc809e5e1..c29aaae47 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/dataset-profile-editor-model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/dataset-profile-editor-model.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export class DatasetProfileEditorModel extends BaseFormModel {
 	public label: string;
 	public status: number;
 	public version: number;
+	private description: string;
 
 	fromModel(item: DatasetProfile): DatasetProfileEditorModel {
 		if (item.sections) { this.sections = item.sections.map(x => new SectionEditorModel().fromModel(x)); }
@@ -19,12 +20,14 @@ export class DatasetProfileEditorModel extends BaseFormModel {
 		this.label = item.label;
 		this.status = item.status;
 		this.version = item.version;
+		this.description = item.description;
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	buildForm(disabled: boolean = false, skipDisable: Array<String> = []): FormGroup {
 		const formGroup: FormGroup = new FormBuilder().group({
 			label: [{ value: this.label, disabled: (disabled && !skipDisable.includes('DatasetProfileEditorModel.label')) }, [Validators.required]],
+			description: [{ value: this.description, disabled: (disabled && !skipDisable.includes('DatasetProfileEditorModel.description')) }, [Validators.required]],
 			status: [{ value: this.status, disabled: (disabled && !skipDisable.includes('DatasetProfileEditorModel.status')) }],
 			version: [{ value: this.version, disabled: (disabled && !skipDisable.includes('DatasetProfileEditorModel.version')) }]
 		});
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/dataset-profile-editor.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/dataset-profile-editor.component.html
index b4987a4f6..7c99265c8 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/dataset-profile-editor.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/editor/dataset-profile-editor.component.html
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 			<mat-error *ngIf="form.get('label').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}
 			</mat-error>
 		</mat-form-field>
+		<mat-form-field class="full-width">
+			<input matInput formControlName="description" [disabled]="newVersionId"
+				placeholder="{{'DATASET-PROFILE-EDITOR.FIELDS.DATASET-DESCRIPTION' | translate}}" required>
+			<mat-error *ngIf="form.get('description').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}
+			</mat-error>
+		</mat-form-field>
 		<div class="d-flex justify-content-end pb-3" *ngIf="form.get('status').value==1">
 			<button mat-raised-button color="primary" (click)="downloadXML();"
 			type="button">{{ 'DATASET-WIZARD.ACTIONS.DOWNLOAD-XML' | translate }}</button>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dataset/listing/criteria/dataset-criteria.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dataset/listing/criteria/dataset-criteria.component.ts
index bafec33bd..43efbe454 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dataset/listing/criteria/dataset-criteria.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dataset/listing/criteria/dataset-criteria.component.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ export class DatasetCriteriaComponent extends BaseCriteriaComponent implements O
 		filterFn: this.filterDatasetTemplate.bind(this),
 		initialItems: (excludedItems: any[]) => this.filterDatasetTemplate('').map(result => result.filter(resultItem => excludedItems.map(x => x.id).indexOf(resultItem.id) === -1)),
 		displayFn: (item) => item['label'],
-		titleFn: (item) => item['label']
+		titleFn: (item) => item['label'],
+		subtitleFn: (item) => item['description']
 	};
 
 	dmpAutoCompleteConfiguration = {
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/general-tab/general-tab.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/general-tab/general-tab.component.ts
index dd4f63619..8ff56903e 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/general-tab/general-tab.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/general-tab/general-tab.component.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ export class GeneralTabComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit {
 			filterFn: this.filterProfiles.bind(this),
 			initialItems: (excludedItems: any[]) => this.filterProfiles('').map(result => result.filter(resultItem => excludedItems.map(x => x.id).indexOf(resultItem.id) === -1)),
 			displayFn: (item) => item['label'],
-			titleFn: (item) => item['label']
+			titleFn: (item) => item['label'],
+			subtitleFn: (item) => item['description']
 		};
 
 		this.organisationsAutoCompleteConfiguration = {
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/listing/criteria/dmp-criteria.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/listing/criteria/dmp-criteria.component.ts
index abec1f6d5..e62dde822 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/listing/criteria/dmp-criteria.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/listing/criteria/dmp-criteria.component.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ export class DmpCriteriaComponent extends BaseCriteriaComponent implements OnIni
 		filterFn: this.filterDatasetTemplate.bind(this),
 		initialItems: (excludedItems: any[]) => this.filterDatasetTemplate('').map(result => result.filter(resultItem => excludedItems.map(x => x.id).indexOf(resultItem.id) === -1)),
 		displayFn: (item) => item['label'],
-		titleFn: (item) => item['label']
+		titleFn: (item) => item['label'],
+		subtitleFn: (item) => item['description']
 	};
 
 	projectAutoCompleteConfiguration: MultipleAutoCompleteConfiguration = {
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/quick-wizard/dmp-editor/dmp-editor-wizard.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/quick-wizard/dmp-editor/dmp-editor-wizard.component.ts
index 7d64018f2..ed6d82adf 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/quick-wizard/dmp-editor/dmp-editor-wizard.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/quick-wizard/dmp-editor/dmp-editor-wizard.component.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ export class DmpEditorWizardComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit, I
 			filterFn: this.filterProfiles.bind(this),
 			initialItems: (extraData) => this.filterProfiles(''),
 			displayFn: (item) => item['label'],
-			titleFn: (item) => item['label']
+			titleFn: (item) => item['label'],
+			subtitleFn: (item) => item['description']
 		};
 
 		if (this.formGroup == null) {
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/assets/i18n/en.json b/dmp-frontend/src/assets/i18n/en.json
index 0a58c136c..1485dca54 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/assets/i18n/en.json
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/assets/i18n/en.json
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
 		},
 		"FIELDS": {
 			"DATASET-TITLE": "Dataset Description Template Name",
+			"DATASET-DESCRIPTION": "Description",
 			"ROLES": "Roles"
 		},
 		"STEPS": {