diff --git a/config/config.example.yml b/config/config.example.yml
index ae733e0be5..4814c826f1 100644
--- a/config/config.example.yml
+++ b/config/config.example.yml
@@ -258,3 +258,10 @@ mediaViewer:
 info:
   enableEndUserAgreement: true
   enablePrivacyStatement: true
+# Home Page
+homePage:
+  recentSubmissions:
+	# The number of item showing in recent submission components
+      pageSize: 5
+	# Sort record of recent submission
+      sortField: 'dc.date.accessioned'
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.html b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.html
index 0f7db182f0..1000dbe9a4 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.html
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
   </ng-container>
   <ds-search-form [inPlaceSearch]="false" [searchPlaceholder]="'home.search-form.placeholder' | translate"></ds-search-form>
   <ds-top-level-community-list></ds-top-level-community-list>
+  <ds-recent-item-list *ngIf="recentSubmissionspageSize>0"></ds-recent-item-list>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
index 65caa01430..c151cbbb16 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-page.component.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Site } from '../core/shared/site.model';
-
+import { environment } from '../../environments/environment';
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-home-page',
   styleUrls: ['./home-page.component.scss'],
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import { Site } from '../core/shared/site.model';
 export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit {
 
   site$: Observable<Site>;
-
+  recentSubmissionspageSize: number;
   constructor(
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
   ) {
+    this.recentSubmissionspageSize = environment.homePage.recentSubmissions.pageSize;
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/home-page.module.ts b/src/app/home-page/home-page.module.ts
index d304c78696..26fde41d8d 100644
--- a/src/app/home-page/home-page.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/home-page/home-page.module.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import { TopLevelCommunityListComponent } from './top-level-community-list/top-l
 import { StatisticsModule } from '../statistics/statistics.module';
 import { ThemedHomeNewsComponent } from './home-news/themed-home-news.component';
 import { ThemedHomePageComponent } from './themed-home-page.component';
-
+import { RecentItemListComponent } from './recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component';
 const DECLARATIONS = [
   HomePageComponent,
   ThemedHomePageComponent,
   TopLevelCommunityListComponent,
   ThemedHomeNewsComponent,
   HomeNewsComponent,
+  RecentItemListComponent
 ];
 
 @NgModule({
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.html b/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8314580f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<ng-container *ngVar="(itemRD$ | async) as itemRD">
+        <div class="mt-4" *ngIf="itemRD?.hasSucceeded && itemRD?.payload?.page.length > 0" @fadeIn>
+                <div class="d-flex flex-row border-bottom mb-4 pb-4 ng-tns-c416-2"></div>
+                <h2> {{'home.recent-submissions.head' | translate}}</h2>
+                <div class="my-4" *ngFor="let item of itemRD?.payload?.page">
+                        <ds-listable-object-component-loader [object]="item" [viewMode]="viewMode" class="pb-4">
+                        </ds-listable-object-component-loader>
+                </div>
+                <button (click)="onLoadMore()" class="btn btn-primary search-button mt-4 float-left ng-tns-c290-40">Load
+                        more...</button>
+        </div>
+        <ds-error *ngIf="itemRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.recent-submissions' | translate}}"></ds-error>
+        <ds-loading *ngIf="!itemRD || itemRD.isLoading" message="{{'loading.recent-submissions' | translate}}">
+        </ds-loading>
+</ng-container>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.scss b/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.spec.ts b/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87152f53ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { SearchService } from 'src/app/core/shared/search/search.service';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from 'src/app/shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { SearchServiceStub } from 'src/app/shared/testing/search-service.stub';
+import { createPaginatedList } from 'src/app/shared/testing/utils.test';
+import { PaginationService } from '../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
+import { PaginationServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/pagination-service.stub';
+import { RecentItemListComponent } from './recent-item-list.component';
+import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
+import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../shared/search/models/paginated-search-options.model';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { ViewMode } from 'src/app/core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+describe('RecentItemListComponent', () => {
+  let component: RecentItemListComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<RecentItemListComponent>;
+  const emptyList = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(createPaginatedList([]));
+  let paginationService;
+  const searchServiceStub = Object.assign(new SearchServiceStub(), {
+    search: () => observableOf(emptyList),
+    /* eslint-disable no-empty,@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function */
+    clearDiscoveryRequests: () => {}
+    /* eslint-enable no-empty,@typescript-eslint/no-empty-function */
+  });
+  paginationService = new PaginationServiceStub();
+  const mockSearchOptions = observableOf(new PaginatedSearchOptions({
+    pagination: Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), {
+      id: 'search-page-configuration',
+      pageSize: 10,
+      currentPage: 1
+    }),
+    sort: new SortOptions('dc.date.accessioned', SortDirection.DESC),
+  }));
+  const searchConfigServiceStub = {
+    paginatedSearchOptions: mockSearchOptions
+  };
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ RecentItemListComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchServiceStub },
+        { provide: PaginationService, useValue: paginationService },
+        { provide: SearchConfigurationService, useValue: searchConfigServiceStub },
+      ],
+    })
+    .compileComponents();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(RecentItemListComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should call the navigate method on the Router with view mode list parameter as a parameter when setViewMode is called', () => {
+    component.onLoadMore();
+    expect(paginationService.updateRouteWithUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined, ['search'], Object({ sortField: 'dc.date.accessioned', sortDirection: 'DESC', page: 1 }));
+  });
+});
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.ts b/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df5359386a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/home-page/recent-item-list/recent-item-list.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../shared/search/models/paginated-search-options.model';
+import { fadeIn, fadeInOut } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { PaginationService } from '../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
+import { SearchService } from '../../core/shared/search/search.service';
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
+import {
+  toDSpaceObjectListRD
+} from '../../core/shared/operators';
+import {
+  Observable,
+} from 'rxjs';
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-recent-item-list',
+  templateUrl: './recent-item-list.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./recent-item-list.component.scss'],
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+  animations: [
+    fadeIn,
+    fadeInOut
+  ]
+})
+export class RecentItemListComponent implements OnInit {
+  itemRD$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>>;
+  paginationConfig: PaginationComponentOptions;
+  sortConfig: SortOptions;
+  /**
+ * The view-mode we're currently on
+ * @type {ViewMode}
+ */
+  viewMode = ViewMode.ListElement;
+  constructor(private searchService: SearchService,
+    private paginationService: PaginationService,
+    public searchConfigurationService: SearchConfigurationService
+  ) {
+
+    this.paginationConfig = Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), {
+      id: 'hp',
+      pageSize: environment.homePage.recentSubmissions.pageSize,
+      currentPage: 1,
+      maxSize: 1
+    });
+    this.sortConfig = new SortOptions(environment.homePage.recentSubmissions.sortField, SortDirection.DESC);
+  }
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.itemRD$ = this.searchService.search(
+      new PaginatedSearchOptions({
+        pagination: this.paginationConfig,
+        sort: this.sortConfig,
+      }),
+    ).pipe(toDSpaceObjectListRD()) as Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>>;
+  }
+  ngOnDestroy(): void {
+    this.paginationService.clearPagination(this.paginationConfig.id);
+  }
+  onLoadMore(): void {
+    this.paginationService.updateRouteWithUrl(this.searchConfigurationService.paginationID, ['search'], {
+      sortField: environment.homePage.recentSubmissions.sortField,
+      sortDirection: 'DESC' as SortDirection,
+      page: 1
+    });
+  }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index bd40bc642c..e7f31350be 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -4763,5 +4763,6 @@
   "person.orcid.registry.queue": "ORCID Registry Queue",
 
   "person.orcid.registry.auth": "ORCID Authorizations",
+  "home.recent-submissions.head": "Recent Submissions",
 
 }
diff --git a/src/config/app-config.interface.ts b/src/config/app-config.interface.ts
index cd9ef103ae..6bca828a91 100644
--- a/src/config/app-config.interface.ts
+++ b/src/config/app-config.interface.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { BrowseByConfig } from './browse-by-config.interface';
 import { BundleConfig } from './bundle-config.interface';
 import { ActuatorsConfig } from './actuators.config';
 import { InfoConfig } from './info-config.interface';
-
+import { HomeConfig } from './homepage-config.interface';
 interface AppConfig extends Config {
   ui: UIServerConfig;
   rest: ServerConfig;
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ interface AppConfig extends Config {
   bundle: BundleConfig;
   actuators: ActuatorsConfig
   info: InfoConfig;
+  homePage: HomeConfig;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/config/default-app-config.ts b/src/config/default-app-config.ts
index d2d0608a03..b1b64d1c87 100644
--- a/src/config/default-app-config.ts
+++ b/src/config/default-app-config.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { UIServerConfig } from './ui-server-config.interface';
 import { BundleConfig } from './bundle-config.interface';
 import { ActuatorsConfig } from './actuators.config';
 import { InfoConfig } from './info-config.interface';
-
+import { HomeConfig } from './homepage-config.interface';
 export class DefaultAppConfig implements AppConfig {
   production = false;
 
@@ -338,4 +338,13 @@ export class DefaultAppConfig implements AppConfig {
     enableEndUserAgreement: true,
     enablePrivacyStatement: true
   };
+  // Home Pages
+  homePage: HomeConfig = {
+    recentSubmissions: {
+      //The number of item showing in recent submission components
+      pageSize: 5,
+      //sort record of recent submission
+      sortField: 'dc.date.accessioned',
+    }
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/config/homepage-config.interface.ts b/src/config/homepage-config.interface.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f955358e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/homepage-config.interface.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { Config } from './config.interface';
+
+/**
+ * Config that determines how the dropdown list of years are created for browse-by-date components
+ */
+export interface HomeConfig extends Config {
+  recentSubmissions: {
+    /**
+   * The number of item showing in recent submission components
+   */
+    pageSize: number;
+
+    /**
+     * sort record of recent submission
+     */
+    sortField: string;
+  }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.test.ts b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
index 4d466bd37b..6fe4dd6516 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.test.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.test.ts
@@ -247,5 +247,13 @@ export const environment: BuildConfig = {
   info: {
     enableEndUserAgreement: true,
     enablePrivacyStatement: true,
+  },
+  //Home Page
+  homePage: {
+    recentSubmissions: {
+      pageSize: 5,
+      //sort record of recent submission
+      sortField: 'dc.date.accessioned',
+    }
   }
 };