diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserAffiliationsManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserAffiliationsManager.coffee
index 68da2f7cba..2a81ae6bd5 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserAffiliationsManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserAffiliationsManager.coffee
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ module.exports = UserAffiliationsManager =
 		}, callback
 
 
+	endorseAffiliation: (userId, email, role, department, callback = (error) ->) ->
+		makeAffiliationRequest {
+			method: 'POST'
+			path: "/api/v2/users/#{userId.toString()}/affiliations/endorse"
+			body: { email, role, department }
+			defaultErrorMessage: "Couldn't endorse affiliation"
+		}, callback
+
+
 	deleteAffiliations: (userId, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		makeAffiliationRequest {
 			method: 'DELETE'
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserEmailsController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserEmailsController.coffee
index a6335521d6..af1a355d6e 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserEmailsController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/User/UserEmailsController.coffee
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ UserGetter = require("./UserGetter")
 UserUpdater = require("./UserUpdater")
 EmailHelper = require("../Helpers/EmailHelper")
 UserEmailsConfirmationHandler = require "./UserEmailsConfirmationHandler"
+{ endorseAffiliation } = require("./UserAffiliationsManager")
 logger = require("logger-sharelatex")
 Errors = require "../Errors/Errors"
 
@@ -50,6 +51,17 @@ module.exports = UserEmailsController =
 			return next(error) if error?
 			res.sendStatus 200
 
+
+	endorse: (req, res, next) ->
+		userId = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId(req)
+		email = EmailHelper.parseEmail(req.body.email)
+		return res.sendStatus 422 unless email?
+
+		endorseAffiliation userId, email, req.body.role, req.body.department, (error)->
+			return next(error) if error?
+			res.sendStatus 204
+
+
 	showConfirm: (req, res, next) ->
 		res.render 'user/confirm_email', {
 			token: req.query.token,
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index ed6ea83c10..2d9cce105d 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ module.exports = class Router
 			webRouter.post '/user/emails/default',
 				AuthenticationController.requireLogin(),
 				UserEmailsController.setDefault
+			webRouter.post '/user/emails/endorse',
+				AuthenticationController.requireLogin(),
+				UserEmailsController.endorse
 
 
 		webRouter.get  '/user/sessions',
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserAffiliationsManagerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserAffiliationsManagerTests.coffee
index dfcd864c09..ff3d96a283 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserAffiliationsManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserAffiliationsManagerTests.coffee
@@ -125,3 +125,23 @@ describe "UserAffiliationsManager", ->
 				err.message.should.have.string 518
 				err.message.should.have.string body.errors
 				done()
+
+	describe 'endorseAffiliation', ->
+		beforeEach ->
+			@request.callsArgWith(1, null, { statusCode: 204 })
+
+		it 'endorse affiliation', (done)->
+			@UserAffiliationsManager.endorseAffiliation @stubbedUser._id, @newEmail, 'Student','Physics', (err)=>
+				should.not.exist(err)
+				@request.calledOnce.should.equal true
+				requestOptions = @request.lastCall.args[0]
+				expectedUrl = "v1.url/api/v2/users/#{@stubbedUser._id}/affiliations/endorse"
+				requestOptions.url.should.equal expectedUrl
+				requestOptions.method.should.equal 'POST'
+
+				body = requestOptions.body
+				Object.keys(body).length.should.equal 3
+				body.email.should.equal @newEmail
+				body.role.should.equal 'Student'
+				body.department.should.equal 'Physics'
+				done()
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserEmailsControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserEmailsControllerTests.coffee
index d55b7fd963..384623a2b5 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserEmailsControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/User/UserEmailsControllerTests.coffee
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ describe "UserEmailsController", ->
 			setDefaultEmailAddress: sinon.stub()
 		@EmailHelper =
 			parseEmail: sinon.stub()
+		@endorseAffiliation = sinon.stub().yields()
 		@UserEmailsController = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
 			"../Authentication/AuthenticationController": @AuthenticationController
 			"./UserGetter": @UserGetter
 			"./UserUpdater": @UserUpdater
 			"../Helpers/EmailHelper": @EmailHelper
 			"./UserEmailsConfirmationHandler": @UserEmailsConfirmationHandler = {}
+			"./UserAffiliationsManager": endorseAffiliation: @endorseAffiliation
 			"../Errors/Errors": Errors
 			"logger-sharelatex":
 				log: -> console.log(arguments)
@@ -142,6 +144,22 @@ describe "UserEmailsController", ->
 					assertNotCalled @UserUpdater.setDefaultEmailAddress
 					done()
 
+	describe 'endorse', ->
+		beforeEach ->
+			@email = 'email_to_endorse@bar.com'
+			@req.body.email = @email
+			@EmailHelper.parseEmail.returns @email
+
+		it 'endorses affiliation', (done) ->
+			@req.body.role = 'Role'
+			@req.body.department = 'Department'
+
+			@UserEmailsController.endorse @req,
+				sendStatus: (code) =>
+					code.should.equal 204
+					assertCalledWith @endorseAffiliation, @user._id, @email, 'Role', 'Department'
+					done()
+
 	describe 'confirm', ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@UserEmailsConfirmationHandler.confirmEmailFromToken = sinon.stub().yields()