diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.effects.spec.ts b/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.effects.spec.ts
index 37ad0e6346..c2aa7b14f9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.effects.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.effects.spec.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ describe('ServerSyncBufferEffects', () => {
                 _links: { self: { href: link } }
               });
               return observableOf(object);
+            },
+            getBySelfLink: (link) => {
+              const object = Object.assign(new DSpaceObject(), {
+                _links: {
+                  self: { href: link }
+                }
+              });
+              return observableOf(object);
             }
           }
         },
diff --git a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-metadata-form/profile-page-metadata-form.component.spec.ts b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-metadata-form/profile-page-metadata-form.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7aeb33d84d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-metadata-form/profile-page-metadata-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import { ProfilePageMetadataFormComponent } from './profile-page-metadata-form.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
+import { TranslateModule, TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { EventEmitter, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { EPerson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
+import { FormBuilderService } from '../../shared/form/builder/form-builder.service';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { EPersonDataService } from '../../core/eperson/eperson-data.service';
+import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/testing/utils';
+
+describe('ProfilePageMetadataFormComponent', () => {
+  let component: ProfilePageMetadataFormComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ProfilePageMetadataFormComponent>;
+
+  const config = {
+    languages: [{
+      code: 'en',
+      label: 'English',
+      active: true,
+    }, {
+      code: 'de',
+      label: 'Deutsch',
+      active: true,
+    }]
+  } as any;
+
+  const user = Object.assign(new EPerson(), {
+    email: 'example@gmail.com',
+    metadata: {
+      'eperson.firstname': [
+        {
+          value: 'John',
+          language: null
+        }
+      ],
+      'eperson.lastname': [
+        {
+          value: 'Doe',
+          language: null
+        }
+      ],
+      'eperson.language': [
+        {
+          value: 'de',
+          language: null
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  });
+
+  const epersonService = jasmine.createSpyObj('epersonService', {
+    update: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(user)
+  });
+  const notificationsService = jasmine.createSpyObj('notificationsService', {
+    success: {},
+    error: {},
+    warning: {}
+  });
+  const translate = {
+    instant: () => 'translated',
+    onLangChange: new EventEmitter()
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ProfilePageMetadataFormComponent, VarDirective],
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([])],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: GLOBAL_CONFIG, useValue: config },
+        { provide: EPersonDataService, useValue: epersonService },
+        { provide: TranslateService, useValue: translate },
+        { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: notificationsService },
+        FormBuilderService
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ProfilePageMetadataFormComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    component.user = user;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should automatically fill in the user\'s email in the correct field', () => {
+    expect(component.formGroup.get('email').value).toEqual(user.email);
+  });
+
+  it('should automatically fill the present metadata values and leave missing ones empty', () => {
+    expect(component.formGroup.get('firstname').value).toEqual('John');
+    expect(component.formGroup.get('lastname').value).toEqual('Doe');
+    expect(component.formGroup.get('phone').value).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(component.formGroup.get('language').value).toEqual('de');
+  });
+
+  describe('updateProfile', () => {
+    describe('when no values changed', () => {
+      let result;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        result = component.updateProfile();
+      });
+
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        expect(result).toEqual(false);
+      });
+
+      it('should not call epersonService.update', () => {
+        expect(epersonService.update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when a form value changed', () => {
+      let result;
+      let newUser;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        newUser = cloneDeep(user);
+        newUser.metadata['eperson.firstname'][0].value = 'Johnny';
+        setModelValue('firstname', 'Johnny');
+        result = component.updateProfile();
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        expect(result).toEqual(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should call epersonService.update', () => {
+        expect(epersonService.update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(newUser);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  function setModelValue(id: string, value: string) {
+    component.formModel.filter((model) => model.id === id).forEach((model) => (model as any).value = value);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-metadata-form/profile-page-metadata-form.component.ts b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-metadata-form/profile-page-metadata-form.component.ts
index 0b06b3f076..b44faa8c4a 100644
--- a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-metadata-form/profile-page-metadata-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-metadata-form/profile-page-metadata-form.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Inject, Input, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Inject, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import {
   DynamicFormControlModel,
   DynamicFormService, DynamicFormValueControlModel,
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
 } from '@ng-dynamic-forms/core';
 import { FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 import { EPerson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
-import { Location } from '@angular/common';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
@@ -14,9 +13,7 @@ import { LangConfig } from '../../../config/lang-config.interface';
 import { EPersonDataService } from '../../core/eperson/eperson-data.service';
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import { getRemoteDataPayload, getSucceededRemoteData } from '../../core/shared/operators';
-import { FormService } from '../../shared/form/form.service';
 import { FormBuilderService } from '../../shared/form/builder/form-builder.service';
-import { FormComponent } from '../../shared/form/form.component';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 
 @Component({
@@ -106,7 +103,6 @@ export class ProfilePageMetadataFormComponent implements OnInit {
   activeLangs: LangConfig[];
 
   constructor(@Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected config: GlobalConfig,
-              protected location: Location,
               protected formBuilderService: FormBuilderService,
               protected translate: TranslateService,
               protected epersonService: EPersonDataService,
diff --git a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-security-form/profile-page-security-form.component.spec.ts b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-security-form/profile-page-security-form.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da0ad049c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-security-form/profile-page-security-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { EPerson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { EPersonDataService } from '../../core/eperson/eperson-data.service';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { FormBuilderService } from '../../shared/form/builder/form-builder.service';
+import { ProfilePageSecurityFormComponent } from './profile-page-security-form.component';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { RestResponse } from '../../core/cache/response.models';
+
+describe('ProfilePageSecurityFormComponent', () => {
+  let component: ProfilePageSecurityFormComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ProfilePageSecurityFormComponent>;
+
+  const user = new EPerson();
+
+  const epersonService = jasmine.createSpyObj('epersonService', {
+    immediatePatch: observableOf(new RestResponse(true,  200, 'OK'))
+  });
+  const notificationsService = jasmine.createSpyObj('notificationsService', {
+    success: {},
+    error: {},
+    warning: {}
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ProfilePageSecurityFormComponent, VarDirective],
+      imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([])],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: EPersonDataService, useValue: epersonService },
+        { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: notificationsService },
+        FormBuilderService
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ProfilePageSecurityFormComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    component.user = user;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  describe('updateSecurity', () => {
+    describe('when no values changed', () => {
+      let result;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        result = component.updateSecurity();
+      });
+
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        expect(result).toEqual(false);
+      });
+
+      it('should not call epersonService.immediatePatch', () => {
+        expect(epersonService.immediatePatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when password is filled in, but the confirm field is empty', () => {
+      let result;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        setModelValue('password', 'test');
+        result = component.updateSecurity();
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        expect(result).toEqual(true);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when both password fields are filled in and equal', () => {
+      let result;
+      let operations;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        setModelValue('password', 'test');
+        setModelValue('passwordrepeat', 'test');
+        operations = [{ op: 'replace', path: '/password', value: 'test' }];
+        result = component.updateSecurity();
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        expect(result).toEqual(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should return call epersonService.immediatePatch', () => {
+        expect(epersonService.immediatePatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(user, operations);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  function setModelValue(id: string, value: string) {
+    component.formGroup.patchValue({
+      [id]: value
+    });
+    component.formGroup.markAllAsTouched();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-security-form/profile-page-security-form.component.ts b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-security-form/profile-page-security-form.component.ts
index 2c02027b4a..5885cc48db 100644
--- a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-security-form/profile-page-security-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page-security-form/profile-page-security-form.component.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import {
   DynamicFormControlModel,
-  DynamicFormService, DynamicFormValueControlModel,
+  DynamicFormService,
   DynamicInputModel
 } from '@ng-dynamic-forms/core';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
-import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { EPersonDataService } from '../../core/eperson/eperson-data.service';
 import { EPerson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
 import { ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../../core/cache/response.models';
diff --git a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5992012be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { ProfilePageComponent } from './profile-page.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, inject, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { VarDirective } from '../shared/utils/var.directive';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { EPerson } from '../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { createPaginatedList, createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../shared/testing/utils';
+import { Store, StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { AppState } from '../app.reducer';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from '../core/auth/models/auth-token-info.model';
+import { EPersonDataService } from '../core/eperson/eperson-data.service';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { authReducer } from '../core/auth/auth.reducer';
+
+describe('ProfilePageComponent', () => {
+  let component: ProfilePageComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ProfilePageComponent>;
+
+  const user = Object.assign(new EPerson(), {
+    groups: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(createPaginatedList([]))
+  });
+  const authState = {
+    authenticated: true,
+    loaded: true,
+    loading: false,
+    authToken: new AuthTokenInfo('test_token'),
+    user: user
+  };
+
+  const epersonService = jasmine.createSpyObj('epersonService', {
+    findById: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(user)
+  });
+  const notificationsService = jasmine.createSpyObj('notificationsService', {
+    success: {},
+    error: {},
+    warning: {}
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ProfilePageComponent, VarDirective],
+      imports: [StoreModule.forRoot(authReducer), TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([])],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: EPersonDataService, useValue: epersonService },
+        { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: notificationsService }
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+    store
+      .subscribe((state) => {
+        (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+        (state as any).core.auth = authState;
+      });
+
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ProfilePageComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  describe('updateProfile', () => {
+    describe('when the metadata form returns false and the security form returns true', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        component.metadataForm = jasmine.createSpyObj('metadataForm', {
+          updateProfile: false
+        });
+        component.securityForm = jasmine.createSpyObj('securityForm', {
+          updateSecurity: true
+        });
+        component.updateProfile();
+      });
+
+      it('should not display a warning', () => {
+        expect(notificationsService.warning).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the metadata form returns true and the security form returns false', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        component.metadataForm = jasmine.createSpyObj('metadataForm', {
+          updateProfile: true
+        });
+        component.securityForm = jasmine.createSpyObj('securityForm', {
+          updateSecurity: false
+        });
+        component.updateProfile();
+      });
+
+      it('should not display a warning', () => {
+        expect(notificationsService.warning).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the metadata form returns true and the security form returns true', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        component.metadataForm = jasmine.createSpyObj('metadataForm', {
+          updateProfile: true
+        });
+        component.securityForm = jasmine.createSpyObj('securityForm', {
+          updateSecurity: true
+        });
+        component.updateProfile();
+      });
+
+      it('should not display a warning', () => {
+        expect(notificationsService.warning).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the metadata form returns false and the security form returns false', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        component.metadataForm = jasmine.createSpyObj('metadataForm', {
+          updateProfile: false
+        });
+        component.securityForm = jasmine.createSpyObj('securityForm', {
+          updateSecurity: false
+        });
+        component.updateProfile();
+      });
+
+      it('should display a warning', () => {
+        expect(notificationsService.warning).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});