diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/models/auth-status.model.ts b/src/app/core/auth/models/auth-status.model.ts
index 197c025407..2500c5b0a9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/models/auth-status.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/models/auth-status.model.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
 import { EPerson } from '../../eperson/models/eperson.model';
 import { EPERSON } from '../../eperson/models/eperson.resource-type';
+import { Group } from '../../eperson/models/group.model';
+import { GROUP } from '../../eperson/models/group.resource-type';
 import { HALLink } from '../../shared/hal-link.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 import { excludeFromEquals } from '../../utilities/equals.decorators';
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ import { AUTH_STATUS } from './auth-status.resource-type';
 import { AuthTokenInfo } from './auth-token-info.model';
 import { AuthMethod } from './auth.method';
 
+
 /**
  * Object that represents the authenticated status of a user
  */
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ export class AuthStatus implements CacheableObject {
   _links: {
     self: HALLink;
     eperson: HALLink;
+    specialGroups: HALLink;
   };
 
   /**
@@ -70,6 +74,13 @@ export class AuthStatus implements CacheableObject {
   @link(EPERSON)
   eperson?: Observable<RemoteData<EPerson>>;
 
+  /**
+   * The SpecialGroup of this auth status
+   * Will be undefined unless the SpecialGroup {@link HALLink} has been resolved.
+   */
+  @link(GROUP)
+  specialGroups?: Observable<RemoteData<Group>>;
+
   /**
    * True if the token is valid, false if there was no token or the token wasn't valid
    */
diff --git a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.html b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.html
index ccfae0bba1..ffdf802a94 100644
--- a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.html
@@ -29,5 +29,16 @@
         </ul>
       </div>
     </ng-container>
+
+    <ng-container *ngVar="(specialGroupsRD$ | async)?.payload?.page as specialGroups">
+      <div *ngIf="specialGroups">
+        <div id="specialGroups">
+          <h3 class="mt-4">{{'profile.special.groups.head' | translate}}</h3>
+          <ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
+            <li *ngFor="let specialGroup of specialGroups" class="list-group-item">{{specialGroup.name}}</li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+     </div>
+    </ng-container>
   </div>
 </ng-container>
diff --git a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.spec.ts
index f48b894d8d..5ba1deedcf 100644
--- a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ import { NotificationsService } from '../shared/notifications/notifications.serv
 import { authReducer } from '../core/auth/auth.reducer';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../shared/remote-data.utils';
 import { createPaginatedList } from '../shared/testing/utils.test';
-import { BehaviorSubject, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { BehaviorSubject, Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 import { AuthService } from '../core/auth/auth.service';
 import { RestResponse } from '../core/cache/response.models';
 import { provideMockStore } from '@ngrx/store/testing';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
 import { getTestScheduler } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../core/data/paginated-list.model';
+import { Group } from '../core/eperson/models/group.model';
+import { SpecialGroupData } from '../shared/testing/special-group.mock';
 
 describe('ProfilePageComponent', () => {
   let component: ProfilePageComponent;
@@ -235,4 +239,20 @@ describe('ProfilePageComponent', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('check for specialGroups', () => {
+    it('should contains specialGroups list', () => {
+     component.specialGroupsRD$ = SpecialGroupData;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const specialGroupsEle = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#specialGroups'));
+      expect(specialGroupsEle).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should not contains specialGroups list', () => {
+      component.specialGroupsRD$ = null;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const specialGroupsEle = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#specialGroups'));
+      expect(specialGroupsEle).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.ts b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.ts
index fece166a59..574f8c17a4 100644
--- a/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/profile-page/profile-page.component.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import { AuthService } from '../core/auth/auth.service';
 import { Operation } from 'fast-json-patch';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
 import { FeatureID } from '../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
+import { SpecialGroupData } from '../shared/testing/special-group.mock';
+
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-profile-page',
@@ -45,6 +47,11 @@ export class ProfilePageComponent implements OnInit {
    */
   groupsRD$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>>;
 
+  /**
+   * The special groups the user belongs to
+   */
+  specialGroupsRD$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>>;
+
   /**
    * Prefix for the notification messages of this component
    */
@@ -88,6 +95,7 @@ export class ProfilePageComponent implements OnInit {
     );
     this.groupsRD$ = this.user$.pipe(switchMap((user: EPerson) => user.groups));
     this.canChangePassword$ = this.user$.pipe(switchMap((user: EPerson) => this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanChangePassword, user._links.self.href)));
+    this.specialGroupsRD$ = SpecialGroupData;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/testing/auth-request-service.stub.ts b/src/app/shared/testing/auth-request-service.stub.ts
index 0dc57427dd..0094324518 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/testing/auth-request-service.stub.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/testing/auth-request-service.stub.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ export class AuthRequestServiceStub {
           },
           eperson: {
             href: this.mockUser._links.self.href
+          },
+          specialGroups: {
+            href: this.mockUser._links.self.href
           }
         };
       } else {
@@ -62,6 +65,9 @@ export class AuthRequestServiceStub {
             },
             eperson: {
               href: this.mockUser._links.self.href
+            },
+            specialGroups: {
+              href: this.mockUser._links.self.href
             }
           };
         } else {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/testing/special-group.mock.ts b/src/app/shared/testing/special-group.mock.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76d5bf60ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/testing/special-group.mock.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { EPersonMock } from './eperson.mock';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
+import { RequestEntryState } from '../../core/data/request.reducer';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
+import { buildPaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
+import { Group } from '../../core/eperson/models/group.model';
+
+
+export const SpecialGroupMock2: Group = Object.assign(new Group(), {
+    handle: null,
+    subgroups: [],
+    epersons: [],
+    permanent: true,
+    selfRegistered: false,
+    _links: {
+        self: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/server/api/eperson/specialGroups/testgroupid2',
+        },
+        subgroups: { href: 'https://rest.api/server/api/eperson/specialGroups/testgroupid2/subgroups' },
+        object: { href: 'https://rest.api/server/api/eperson/specialGroups/testgroupid2/object' },
+        epersons: { href: 'https://rest.api/server/api/eperson/specialGroups/testgroupid2/epersons' }
+    },
+    _name: 'testgroupname2',
+    id: 'testgroupid2',
+    uuid: 'testgroupid2',
+    type: 'specialGroups',
+   // object: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$({ name: 'testspecialGroupsid2objectName'})
+});
+
+export const SpecialGroupMock: Group = Object.assign(new Group(), {
+    handle: null,
+    subgroups: [SpecialGroupMock2],
+    epersons: [EPersonMock],
+    selfRegistered: false,
+    permanent: false,
+    _links: {
+        self: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/server/api/eperson/specialGroups/testgroupid',
+        },
+        subgroups: { href: 'https://rest.api/server/api/eperson/specialGroups/testgroupid/subgroups' },
+        object: { href: 'https://rest.api/server/api/eperson/specialGroups/testgroupid2/object' },
+        epersons: { href: 'https://rest.api/server/api/eperson/specialGroups/testgroupid/epersons' }
+    },
+    _name: 'testgroupname',
+    id: 'testgroupid',
+    uuid: 'testgroupid',
+    type: 'specialGroups',
+});
+
+export const SpecialGroupData = of(new RemoteData(
+    new Date().getTime(),
+    environment.cache.msToLive.default,
+    new Date().getTime(),
+    RequestEntryState.Success,
+    undefined,
+    buildPaginatedList(new PageInfo(), [SpecialGroupMock2,SpecialGroupMock]),
+    200
+  ));
+
+  
+
+
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index c3c68a6882..25c69d372a 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -2861,6 +2861,8 @@
 
   "profile.groups.head": "Authorization groups you belong to",
 
+  "profile.special.groups.head": "Authorization special groups you belong to",
+
   "profile.head": "Update Profile",
 
   "profile.metadata.form.error.firstname.required": "First Name is required",