diff --git a/app/Importer/Importer.php b/app/Importer/Importer.php
index cd7e81a5b1..0d864f175b 100644
--- a/app/Importer/Importer.php
+++ b/app/Importer/Importer.php
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ abstract class Importer
         'phone_number' => 'phone number',
         'first_name' => 'first name',
         'last_name' => 'last name',
+        'department' => 'department'
     ];
     /**
      * Map of item fields->csv names
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ abstract class Importer
         // This 'inverts' the fields such that we have a collection of fields indexed by name.
         $this->customFields = CustomField::All()->reduce(function ($nameLookup, $field) {
             $nameLookup[$field['name']] = $field;
-            return $nameLookup; 
+            return $nameLookup;
         });
         // Remove any custom fields that do not exist in the header row.  This prevents nulling out values that shouldn't exist.
         // In detail, we compare the lower case name of custom fields (indexed by name) to the keys in the header row.  This
diff --git a/app/Importer/ItemImporter.php b/app/Importer/ItemImporter.php
index 9a47948668..bdcceb69ab 100644
--- a/app/Importer/ItemImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/ItemImporter.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class ItemImporter extends Importer
      * @param $field string
      * @return boolean
      */
-    private function shouldUpdateField($field)
+    protected function shouldUpdateField($field)
     {
         if (empty($field)) {
             return false;
diff --git a/app/Importer/UserImporter.php b/app/Importer/UserImporter.php
index 0e3ff01b83..e83aadb042 100644
--- a/app/Importer/UserImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/UserImporter.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Importer;
 
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
+use App\Models\Department;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Notifications\WelcomeNotification;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ class UserImporter extends ItemImporter
         $this->item['phone'] = $this->findCsvMatch($row, 'phone_number');
         $this->item['jobtitle'] = $this->findCsvMatch($row, 'jobtitle');
         $this->item['employee_num'] = $this->findCsvMatch($row, 'employee_num');
+        $user_department = $this->findCsvMatch($row, 'department');
+        if ($this->shouldUpdateField($user_department)) {
+            $this->item["department_id"] = $this->createOrFetchDepartment($user_department);
+        }
         $user = User::where('username', $this->item['username'])->first();
         if ($user) {
             if (!$this->updating) {
@@ -78,4 +83,31 @@ class UserImporter extends ItemImporter
         $this->logError($user, 'User');
         return;
     }
+
+      /**
+     * Fetch an existing department, or create new if it doesn't exist
+     *
+     * @author Daniel Melzter
+     * @since 5.0
+     * @param $department_name string
+     * @return int id of department created/found
+     */
+    public function createOrFetchDepartment($department_name)
+    {
+        $department = Department::where(['name' => $department_name])->first();
+        if ($department) {
+            $this->log('A matching department ' . $department_name . ' already exists');
+            return $department->id;
+        }
+        $department = new department();
+        $department->name = $department_name;
+        $department->user_id = $this->user_id;
+
+        if ($department->save()) {
+            $this->log('department ' . $department_name . ' was created');
+            return $department->id;
+        }
+        $this->logError($department, 'Company');
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/public/js/build/all.js b/public/js/build/all.js
index 5f763a4ab4..20825b9ba6 100644
Binary files a/public/js/build/all.js and b/public/js/build/all.js differ
diff --git a/public/js/build/vue.js b/public/js/build/vue.js
index f27c653cc5..dca1c33b0b 100644
Binary files a/public/js/build/vue.js and b/public/js/build/vue.js differ
diff --git a/public/js/build/vue.js.map b/public/js/build/vue.js.map
index 11085b1750..6091f4b50d 100644
Binary files a/public/js/build/vue.js.map and b/public/js/build/vue.js.map differ
diff --git a/public/js/dist/all.js b/public/js/dist/all.js
index 5f763a4ab4..20825b9ba6 100644
Binary files a/public/js/dist/all.js and b/public/js/dist/all.js differ
diff --git a/public/mix-manifest.json b/public/mix-manifest.json
index 462b97e51e..b9e9f646ac 100644
--- a/public/mix-manifest.json
+++ b/public/mix-manifest.json
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
-    "/js/build/vue.js": "/js/build/vue.js?id=832c22cb5b66ac81ed06",
+    "/js/build/vue.js": "/js/build/vue.js?id=51d77ccb198b24fcc478",
     "/css/AdminLTE.css": "/css/AdminLTE.css?id=5e72463a66acbcc740d5",
     "/css/app.css": "/css/app.css?id=407edb63cc6b6dc62405",
     "/css/overrides.css": "/css/overrides.css?id=2d81c3704393bac77011",
-    "/js/build/vue.js.map": "/js/build/vue.js.map?id=0deaf852882fe2d65263",
+    "/js/build/vue.js.map": "/js/build/vue.js.map?id=6607c7d7d7f7ccfd4e55",
     "/css/AdminLTE.css.map": "/css/AdminLTE.css.map?id=0be7790b84909dca6a0a",
     "/css/app.css.map": "/css/app.css.map?id=96b5c985e860716e6a16",
     "/css/overrides.css.map": "/css/overrides.css.map?id=f7ce9ca49027594ac402",
     "/css/dist/all.css": "/css/dist/all.css?id=98db4e9b7650453c8b00",
-    "/js/dist/all.js": "/js/dist/all.js?id=c9fd7cd517933dd8f567",
+    "/js/dist/all.js": "/js/dist/all.js?id=eed88600d0a80f50f170",
     "/css/build/all.css": "/css/build/all.css?id=98db4e9b7650453c8b00",
-    "/js/build/all.js": "/js/build/all.js?id=c9fd7cd517933dd8f567"
+    "/js/build/all.js": "/js/build/all.js?id=eed88600d0a80f50f170"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/assets/js/components/importer/importer-file.vue b/resources/assets/js/components/importer/importer-file.vue
index 7c8dbae002..9e5ee927fb 100644
--- a/resources/assets/js/components/importer/importer-file.vue
+++ b/resources/assets/js/components/importer/importer-file.vue
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ tr {
                         {id: 'jobtitle', text: 'Job Title' },
                         {id: 'last_name', text: 'Last Name' },
                         {id: 'phone_number', text: 'Phone Number' },
+                        {id: 'department', text: 'Department'}
 
                     ],
                     customFields: this.customFields,
diff --git a/tests/unit/ImporterTest.php b/tests/unit/ImporterTest.php
index 37bb137b79..666305f00e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ImporterTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/ImporterTest.php
@@ -689,8 +689,8 @@ EOT;
         Notification::fake();
         $this->signIn();
         $csv = <<<'EOT'
-First Name,Last Name,email,Username,Location,Phone Number,Job Title,Employee Number,Company
-Blanche,O'Collopy,bocollopy0@livejournal.com,bocollopy0,Hinapalanan,63-(199)661-2186,Clinical Specialist,7080919053,Morar-Ward
+First Name,Last Name,email,Username,Location,Phone Number,Job Title,Employee Number,Company,Department
+Blanche,O'Collopy,bocollopy0@livejournal.com,bocollopy0,Hinapalanan,63-(199)661-2186,Clinical Specialist,7080919053,Morar-Ward,Management
 Jessie,Primo,,jprimo1,Korenovsk,7-(885)578-0266,Paralegal,6284292031,Jast-Stiedemann
 
 EOT;
@@ -710,6 +710,10 @@ EOT;
             'name' => 'Morar-Ward'
         ]);
 
+        $this->tester->seeRecord('departments', [
+            'name' => 'Management'
+        ]);
+
         Notification::assertSentTo(User::find(2), \App\Notifications\WelcomeNotification::class);
         Notification::assertNotSentTo(User::find(3), \App\Notifications\WelcomeNotification::class);
     }