diff --git a/app/models/institution.rb b/app/models/institution.rb
index 45a283350e02c5ba95fc64a7719a99d999954026..cd6d6909f302ebe89246ded0b07ee93e04c7922b 100644
--- a/app/models/institution.rb
+++ b/app/models/institution.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class Institution < ApplicationRecord
   #has_many :learning_objects, as: :publisher
   #has_many :collections, as: :owner
 
+  has_attached_file :avatar, styles: { medium: '300x300>', thumb: '60x60>' }, default_url: ''
+  validates_attachment_content_type :avatar, content_type: ['image/jpg', 'image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/gif']
+
   validates_presence_of :name
 
   acts_as_paranoid
diff --git a/app/serializers/institution_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/institution_serializer.rb
index 5de724635d138036ba37c13f2768f38b30266734..8b7d169d6c25a531061e9531bd4461e3f0634097 100644
--- a/app/serializers/institution_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/institution_serializer.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 class InstitutionSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   cache key: 'institution', expires_in: 4.hours
-  attributes :id, :name, :description, :address, :city, :country, :created_at, :updated_at
+  attributes :id, :name, :description, :address, :city, :country, :avatar, :created_at, :updated_at
 end