diff --git a/src/controllers/departmentController.js b/src/controllers/departmentController.js
index 5af936bf..e59ec445 100644
--- a/src/controllers/departmentController.js
+++ b/src/controllers/departmentController.js
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ exports.addDepartment = async (request, reply) => {
         location,
         picture,
         dateOfJoin,
+        employeeType,
         createdBy,
         updatedBy,
       } = request.body;
@@ -591,6 +592,7 @@ exports.addDepartment = async (request, reply) => {
         location,
         picture,
         dateOfJoin,
+        employeeType,
         createdBy,
         updatedBy,
       });
diff --git a/src/models/Department.js b/src/models/Department.js
index 33eb70b7..2bf2a50e 100644
--- a/src/models/Department.js
+++ b/src/models/Department.js
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ const citySchema = new mongoose.Schema(
       country: String,   
       picture:{type:String},
       dateOfJoin : { type: String },
+      employeeType: {type: String },
       services: { password: { bcrypt: String } }, 
       team_member: {
       
diff --git a/src/routes/departmentRoute.js b/src/routes/departmentRoute.js
index 12304d98..c636a6fb 100644
--- a/src/routes/departmentRoute.js
+++ b/src/routes/departmentRoute.js
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ module.exports = function (fastify, opts, next) {
               reportingManager_email: { type: "string"},
               picture: { type: "string"},
               dateOfJoin: { type: "string"},
+              employeeType: { type: "string"},
               location: {
                 type: "array",
                 items: { type: "string" },