diff --git a/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.html b/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59c242ef97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<div
+    class="scrollable-menu"
+    aria-labelledby="dropdownMenuButton"
+    (scroll)="onScroll($event)"
+    infiniteScroll
+    [infiniteScrollDistance]="5"
+    [infiniteScrollThrottle]="300"
+    [infiniteScrollUpDistance]="1.5"
+    [fromRoot]="true"
+    [scrollWindow]="false"
+    (scrolled)="onScrollDown()">
+    <button class="dropdown-item disabled" *ngIf="searchListEntity?.length == 0 && !(isLoadingList | async)">
+      {{'submission.sections.general.no-entity' | translate}}
+    </button>
+    <button *ngFor="let listItem of searchListEntity"
+            class="dropdown-item entity-item"
+            title="{{ listItem.label }}"
+            (click)="onSelect(listItem)">
+      <ul class="list-unstyled mb-0">
+        <li class="list-item text-truncate text-primary font-weight-bold">{{ listItem.label.toLowerCase() + '.listelement.badge' | translate }}</li>
+      </ul>
+    </button>
+    <button class="dropdown-item disabled" *ngIf="(isLoadingList | async)" >
+      <ds-loading message="{{'loading.default' | translate}}">
+      </ds-loading>
+    </button>
+
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.scss b/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5f43f359b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.list-item:active {
+  color: white !important;
+}
+
+.scrollable-menu {
+  height: auto;
+  max-height: var(--ds-dropdown-menu-max-height);
+  overflow-x: hidden;
+}
+
+.entity-item {
+  border-bottom: var(--bs-dropdown-border-width) solid var(--bs-dropdown-border-color);
+}
+
+#entityControlsDropdownMenu {
+  outline: 0;
+  left: 0 !important;
+  box-shadow: var(--bs-btn-focus-box-shadow);
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cc14cae22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { EntityDropdownComponent } from './entity-dropdown.component';
+import { getTestScheduler } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../remote-data.utils';
+import { ItemType } from '../../core/shared/item-relationships/item-type.model';
+import { ChangeDetectorRef, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
+import { EntityTypeService } from '../../core/data/entity-type.service';
+import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/testing';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { createPaginatedList } from '../testing/utils.test';
+
+// tslint:disable-next-line:pipe-prefix
+@Pipe({ name: 'translate' })
+class MockTranslatePipe implements PipeTransform {
+  transform(value: string): string {
+    return value;
+  }
+}
+
+const entities: ItemType[] = [
+  Object.assign(new ItemType(), {
+    id: 'ce64f48e-2c9b-411a-ac36-ee429c0e6a88',
+    label: 'Entity_1',
+    uuid: 'UUID-ce64f48e-2c9b-411a-ac36-ee429c0e6a88'
+  }),
+  Object.assign(new ItemType(), {
+    id: '59ee713b-ee53-4220-8c3f-9860dc84fe33',
+    label: 'Entity_2',
+    uuid: 'UUID-59ee713b-ee53-4220-8c3f-9860dc84fe33'
+  }),
+  Object.assign(new ItemType(), {
+    id: 'e9dbf393-7127-415f-8919-55be34a6e9ed',
+    label: 'Entity_3',
+    uuid: 'UUID-7127-415f-8919-55be34a6e9ed'
+  }),
+  Object.assign(new ItemType(), {
+    id: '59da2ff0-9bf4-45bf-88be-e35abd33f304',
+    label: 'Entity_4',
+    uuid: 'UUID-59da2ff0-9bf4-45bf-88be-e35abd33f304'
+  }),
+  Object.assign(new ItemType(), {
+    id: 'a5159760-f362-4659-9e81-e3253ad91ede',
+    label: 'Entity_5',
+    uuid: 'UUID-a5159760-f362-4659-9e81-e3253ad91ede'
+  }),
+];
+
+const listElementMock: ItemType = Object.assign(
+  new ItemType(), {
+  id: 'ce64f48e-2c9b-411a-ac36-ee429c0e6a88',
+  label: 'Entity_1',
+  uuid: 'UUID-ce64f48e-2c9b-411a-ac36-ee429c0e6a88'
+}
+);
+
+describe('EntityDropdownComponent', () => {
+  let component: EntityDropdownComponent;
+  let componentAsAny: any;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<EntityDropdownComponent>;
+  let scheduler: TestScheduler;
+
+  const entityTypeServiceMock: any = jasmine.createSpyObj('EntityTypeService', {
+    getAllAuthorizedRelationshipType: jasmine.createSpy('getAllAuthorizedRelationshipType'),
+    getAllAuthorizedRelationshipTypeImport: jasmine.createSpy('getAllAuthorizedRelationshipTypeImport')
+  });
+
+
+  let translatePipeSpy: jasmine.Spy;
+
+  const paginatedEntities = createPaginatedList(entities);
+  const paginatedEntitiesRD$ = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(paginatedEntities);
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [],
+      declarations: [EntityDropdownComponent, MockTranslatePipe],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: EntityTypeService, useValue: entityTypeServiceMock },
+        ChangeDetectorRef
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    })
+      .compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    scheduler = getTestScheduler();
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EntityDropdownComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    componentAsAny = fixture.componentInstance;
+    componentAsAny.entityTypeService.getAllAuthorizedRelationshipType.and.returnValue(paginatedEntitiesRD$);
+    componentAsAny.entityTypeService.getAllAuthorizedRelationshipTypeImport.and.returnValue(paginatedEntitiesRD$);
+    component.isSubmission = true;
+
+    translatePipeSpy = spyOn(MockTranslatePipe.prototype, 'transform');
+  });
+
+  it('should translate entries', () => {
+    scheduler.schedule(() => fixture.detectChanges());
+    scheduler.flush();
+
+    expect(translatePipeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('entity_1.listelement.badge');
+  });
+
+  it('should init component with entities list', () => {
+    spyOn(component.subs, 'push');
+    spyOn(component, 'resetPagination');
+    spyOn(component, 'populateEntityList').and.callThrough();
+
+    scheduler.schedule(() => fixture.detectChanges());
+    scheduler.flush();
+    const elements = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('.entity-item'));
+
+    expect(elements.length).toEqual(5);
+    expect(component.subs.push).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(component.resetPagination).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(component.populateEntityList).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect((component as any).entityTypeService.getAllAuthorizedRelationshipType).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should trigger onSelect method when select a new entity from list', () => {
+    scheduler.schedule(() => fixture.detectChanges());
+    scheduler.flush();
+
+    spyOn(component, 'onSelect');
+    const entityItem = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.entity-item:nth-child(2)'));
+    entityItem.triggerEventHandler('click', null);
+
+    scheduler.schedule(() => fixture.detectChanges());
+    scheduler.flush();
+
+    expect(component.onSelect).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should emit selectionChange event when selecting a new entity', () => {
+    spyOn(component.selectionChange, 'emit').and.callThrough();
+    component.ngOnInit();
+    component.onSelect(listElementMock as any);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    expect(component.selectionChange.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(listElementMock as any);
+  });
+
+  it('should change loader status', () => {
+    spyOn(component.isLoadingList, 'next').and.callThrough();
+    component.hideShowLoader(true);
+
+    expect(component.isLoadingList.next).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+  });
+
+  it('reset pagination fields', () => {
+    component.resetPagination();
+
+    expect(component.currentPage).toEqual(1);
+    expect(component.hasNextPage).toEqual(true);
+    expect(component.searchListEntity).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should invoke the method getAllAuthorizedRelationshipTypeImport of EntityTypeService when isSubmission is false', () => {
+    component.isSubmission = false;
+
+    scheduler.schedule(() => fixture.detectChanges());
+    scheduler.flush();
+
+    expect((component as any).entityTypeService.getAllAuthorizedRelationshipTypeImport).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.ts b/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13d50a8b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+import {
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  Component,
+  ElementRef,
+  EventEmitter,
+  HostListener,
+  Input,
+  OnDestroy,
+  OnInit,
+  Output
+} from '@angular/core';
+import { BehaviorSubject, Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
+import { reduce, startWith, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { FindListOptions } from '../../core/data/request.models';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
+import { EntityTypeService } from '../../core/data/entity-type.service';
+import { ItemType } from '../../core/shared/item-relationships/item-type.model';
+import { getFirstSucceededRemoteWithNotEmptyData } from '../../core/shared/operators';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-entity-dropdown',
+  templateUrl: './entity-dropdown.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./entity-dropdown.component.scss']
+})
+export class EntityDropdownComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
+  /**
+   * The entity list obtained from a search
+   * @type {Observable<ItemType[]>}
+   */
+  public searchListEntity$: Observable<ItemType[]>;
+
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if dropdown list is scrollable to the bottom
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  private scrollableBottom = false;
+
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if dropdown list is scrollable to the top
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  private scrollableTop = false;
+
+  /**
+   * The list of entity to render
+   */
+  public searchListEntity: ItemType[] = [];
+
+  /**
+   * TRUE if the parent operation is a 'new submission' operation, FALSE otherwise (eg.: is an 'Import metadata from an external source' operation).
+   */
+  @Input() isSubmission: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * The entity to output to the parent component
+   */
+  @Output() selectionChange = new EventEmitter<ItemType>();
+
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if the loader is visible or not
+   */
+  public isLoadingList: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(false);
+
+  /**
+   * A numeric representig current page
+   */
+  public currentPage: number;
+
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if exist another page to render
+   */
+  public hasNextPage: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Array to track all subscriptions and unsubscribe them onDestroy
+   * @type {Array}
+   */
+  public subs: Subscription[] = [];
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize instance variables
+   *
+   * @param {ChangeDetectorRef} changeDetectorRef
+   * @param {EntityTypeService} entityTypeService
+   * @param {ElementRef} el
+   */
+  constructor(
+    private changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef,
+    private entityTypeService: EntityTypeService,
+    private el: ElementRef
+  ) { }
+
+  /**
+   * Method called on mousewheel event, it prevent the page scroll
+   * when arriving at the top/bottom of dropdown menu
+   *
+   * @param event
+   *     mousewheel event
+   */
+  @HostListener('mousewheel', ['$event']) onMousewheel(event) {
+    if (event.wheelDelta > 0 && this.scrollableTop) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+    }
+    if (event.wheelDelta < 0 && this.scrollableBottom) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize entity list
+   */
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.resetPagination();
+    this.populateEntityList(this.currentPage);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if dropdown scrollbar is at the top or bottom of the dropdown list
+   *
+   * @param event
+   */
+  public onScroll(event) {
+    this.scrollableBottom = (event.target.scrollTop + event.target.clientHeight === event.target.scrollHeight);
+    this.scrollableTop = (event.target.scrollTop === 0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method used from infitity scroll for retrive more data on scroll down
+   */
+  public onScrollDown() {
+    if ( this.hasNextPage ) {
+      this.populateEntityList(++this.currentPage);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Emit a [selectionChange] event when a new entity is selected from list
+   *
+   * @param event
+   *    the selected [ItemType]
+   */
+  public onSelect(event: ItemType) {
+    this.selectionChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method called for populate the entity list
+   * @param page page number
+   */
+  public populateEntityList(page: number) {
+    this.isLoadingList.next(true);
+    // Set the pagination info
+    const findOptions: FindListOptions = {
+      elementsPerPage: 10,
+      currentPage: page
+    };
+    let searchListEntity$;
+    if (this.isSubmission) {
+      searchListEntity$ = this.entityTypeService.getAllAuthorizedRelationshipType(findOptions);
+    } else {
+      searchListEntity$ = this.entityTypeService.getAllAuthorizedRelationshipTypeImport(findOptions);
+    }
+    this.searchListEntity$ = searchListEntity$.pipe(
+        getFirstSucceededRemoteWithNotEmptyData(),
+        switchMap((entityType: RemoteData<PaginatedList<ItemType>>) => {
+          if ( (this.searchListEntity.length + findOptions.elementsPerPage) >= entityType.payload.totalElements ) {
+            this.hasNextPage = false;
+          }
+          return entityType.payload.page;
+        }),
+        reduce((acc: any, value: any) => [...acc, value], []),
+        startWith([])
+    );
+    this.subs.push(
+      this.searchListEntity$.subscribe(
+        (next) => { this.searchListEntity.push(...next); }, undefined,
+        () => { this.hideShowLoader(false); this.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges(); }
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reset pagination values
+   */
+  public resetPagination() {
+    this.currentPage = 1;
+    this.hasNextPage = true;
+    this.searchListEntity = [];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Hide/Show the entity list loader
+   * @param hideShow true for show, false otherwise
+   */
+  public hideShowLoader(hideShow: boolean) {
+    this.isLoadingList.next(hideShow);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Unsubscribe from all subscriptions
+   */
+  ngOnDestroy(): void {
+    this.subs.filter((sub) => hasValue(sub)).forEach((sub) => sub.unsubscribe());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 9b993e551f..b3120006a5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ import { FormComponent } from './form/form.component';
 import { DsDynamicOneboxComponent } from './form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/onebox/dynamic-onebox.component';
 import { DsDynamicScrollableDropdownComponent } from './form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/scrollable-dropdown/dynamic-scrollable-dropdown.component';
 import {
-  DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent, dsDynamicFormControlMapFn,
+  DsDynamicFormControlContainerComponent,
+  dsDynamicFormControlMapFn,
 } from './form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form-control-container.component';
 import { DsDynamicFormComponent } from './form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/ds-dynamic-form.component';
 import { DragClickDirective } from './utils/drag-click.directive';
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ import { EpersonSearchBoxComponent } from './resource-policies/form/eperson-grou
 import { GroupSearchBoxComponent } from './resource-policies/form/eperson-group-list/group-search-box/group-search-box.component';
 import { FileDownloadLinkComponent } from './file-download-link/file-download-link.component';
 import { CollectionDropdownComponent } from './collection-dropdown/collection-dropdown.component';
+import { EntityDropdownComponent } from './entity-dropdown/entity-dropdown.component';
 import { DsSelectComponent } from './ds-select/ds-select.component';
 import { VocabularyTreeviewComponent } from './vocabulary-treeview/vocabulary-treeview.component';
 import { CurationFormComponent } from '../curation-form/curation-form.component';
@@ -432,6 +434,7 @@ const COMPONENTS = [
   FileDownloadLinkComponent,
   BitstreamDownloadPageComponent,
   CollectionDropdownComponent,
+  EntityDropdownComponent,
   ExportMetadataSelectorComponent,
   ConfirmationModalComponent,
   VocabularyTreeviewComponent,