diff --git a/app/app/settings.py b/app/app/settings.py
index face306..e72dcbd 100644
--- a/app/app/settings.py
+++ b/app/app/settings.py
@@ -127,3 +127,5 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'core.User'
diff --git a/app/core/migrations/0001_initial.py b/app/core/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d186a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/core/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.20 on 2023-08-20 15:20
+
+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')),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(max_length=255, unique=True)),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ('is_active', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+                ('is_staff', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('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={
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/app/core/models.py b/app/core/models.py
index 9d57c55..0da971a 100644
--- a/app/core/models.py
+++ b/app/core/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,46 @@
-from django.db import models  # noqa
+"""
+Database models.
+"""
+from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import (
+    AbstractBaseUser,
+    BaseUserManager,
+    PermissionsMixin,
+)
 
 # Create your models here.
+
+
+class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
+    """Manager for users."""
+
+    def create_user(self, email, password=None, **extra_fields):
+        """Create, save and return a new user."""
+        if not email:
+            raise ValueError('User must have an email address.')
+        user = self.model(email=self.normalize_email(email), **extra_fields)
+        user.set_password(password)
+        user.save(using=self._db)
+
+        return user
+
+    def create_superuser(self, email, password):
+        """Create and return a new superuser."""
+        user = self.create_user(email, password)
+        user.is_staff = True
+        user.is_superuser = True
+        user.save(using=self._db)
+
+        return user
+
+
+class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
+    """User in the system."""
+    email = models.EmailField(max_length=255, unique=True)
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
+    objects = UserManager()
+
+    USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
diff --git a/app/core/tests/test_models.py b/app/core/tests/test_models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a67481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/core/tests/test_models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+
+class ModelTests(TestCase):
+    """Test models."""
+
+    def test_create_user_with_email_successful(self):
+        """Test creating a user with an email is successful."""
+        email = 'test@example.com'
+        password = 'testpass123'
+        user = get_user_model().objects.create_user(
+            email=email,
+            password=password,
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(user.email, email)
+        self.assertTrue(user.check_password(password))
+
+    def test_new_user_email_normalized(self):
+        """Test email is normalized for new users."""
+        sample_emails = [
+            ['test1@EXAMPLE.com', 'test1@example.com'],
+            ['Test2@Example.com', 'Test2@example.com'],
+            ['TEST3@EXAMPLE.com', 'TEST3@example.com'],
+            ['test4@example.COM', 'test4@example.com'],
+        ]
+        for email, expected in sample_emails:
+            user = get_user_model().objects.create_user(email, 'sample123')
+            self.assertEqual(user.email, expected)
+
+    def test_new_user_without_email_raises_error(self):
+        """Test that creating a user without an email raises a ValueError."""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            get_user_model().objects.create_user('', 'test123')
+
+    def test_create_superuser(self):
+        """Test creating a superuser."""
+        user = get_user_model().objects.create_superuser(
+            'test@example.com',
+            'test123',
+        )
+
+        self.assertTrue(user.is_superuser)
+        self.assertTrue(user.is_staff)