diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/Professor.java b/src/main/java/org/example/Professor.java
index 5388030..ad7b358 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/Professor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/Professor.java
@@ -116,4 +116,20 @@ public class Professor {
             writer.newLine();
         }
     }
+
+    public static List<Professor> readFromFile() throws IOException {
+        List<Professor> professors = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("professorData.txt"))) {
+            String line;
+            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                // Assuming the toString format is exactly how we write to the file
+                String[] parts = line.replace("Professor{", "").replace("}", "").split(", ");
+                String professorID = parts[0].split("'")[1]; // Extracting professorID
+                String name = parts[1].split("'")[1]; // Extracting Name
+                String role = parts[2].split("'")[1]; // Extracting role
+                professors.add(new Professor(professorID, name, role));
+            }
+        }
+        return professors;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/example/ProfessorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/example/ProfessorTest.java
index ab52603..65b4c2c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/example/ProfessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/example/ProfessorTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,48 @@
 package org.example;
 
+import org.example.Professor;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.List;
+
+
 public class ProfessorTest {
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setup() throws IOException {
+        // Ensure the file is clean before each test
+        new PrintWriter("professorData.txt").close();
+    }
+
+    @AfterEach
+    void tearDown() {
+        // Clean up after tests
+        new File("professorData.txt").delete();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testWriteToFile() throws IOException {
+        Professor professor = new Professor("P1001", "John Doe", "Professor");
+        professor.writeToFile();
+
+        // Verify the file contains the expected data
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("professorData.txt"))) {
+            assertEquals("Professor{professorID='P1001', Name='John Doe', role='Professor'}", reader.readLine());
+        }
+    }
+    @Test
+    void testReadFromFile() throws IOException {
+        Professor professor = new Professor("P1002", "Jane Doe", "Professor");
+        professor.writeToFile();
+
+        List<Professor> professors = Professor.readFromFile();
+
+        assertEquals(1, professors.size());
+        assertEquals("P1002", professors.get(0).getProfessorID());
+        assertEquals("Jane Doe", professors.get(0).getName());
+        assertEquals("Professor", professors.get(0).getRole());
+    }
 }