diff --git a/libraries/default/InboxProcessors/UserInboxProcessor.php b/libraries/default/InboxProcessors/UserInboxProcessor.php
index 074ce13..53312d5 100644
--- a/libraries/default/InboxProcessors/UserInboxProcessor.php
+++ b/libraries/default/InboxProcessors/UserInboxProcessor.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 use Cake\ORM\TableRegistry;
+use Authentication\PasswordHasher\DefaultPasswordHasher;
 
 require_once(ROOT . DS . 'libraries' . DS . 'default' . DS . 'InboxProcessors' . DS . 'GenericInboxProcessor.php'); 
 
@@ -42,13 +43,25 @@ class RegistrationProcessor extends UserInboxProcessor implements GenericInboxPr
                 'message' => 'E-mail must be valid'
             ])
             ->notEmpty('first_name', 'A first name must be provided')
-            ->notEmpty('last_name', 'A last name must be provided');
+            ->notEmpty('last_name', 'A last name must be provided')
+            ->add('password', 'password_complexity', [
+                'rule' => function($value, $context) {
+                    if (!preg_match('/^((?=.*\d)|(?=.*\W+))(?![\n])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z]).*$|.{16,}/s', $value) || strlen($value) < 12) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    return true;
+                },
+                'message' => __('Invalid password. Passwords have to be either 16 character long or 12 character long with 3/4 special groups.')
+            ]);
     }
     
     public function create($requestData) {
         $this->validateRequestData($requestData);
+        $requestData['data']['password'] = (new DefaultPasswordHasher())->hash($requestData['data']['password']);
         $requestData['title'] = __('User account creation requested for {0}', $requestData['data']['email']);
-        return parent::create($requestData);
+        $creationResponse = parent::create($requestData);
+        $creationResponse['message'] = __('User account creation requested. Please wait for an admin to approve your account.');
+        return $creationResponse;
     }
 
     public function getViewVariables($request)
@@ -72,6 +85,11 @@ class RegistrationProcessor extends UserInboxProcessor implements GenericInboxPr
             'username' => !empty($request['data']['username']) ? $request['data']['username'] : '',
             'role_id' => !empty($request['data']['role_id']) ? $request['data']['role_id'] : '',
             'disabled' => !empty($request['data']['disabled']) ? $request['data']['disabled'] : '',
+
+            'email' => !empty($request['data']['email']) ? $request['data']['email'] : '',
+            'first_name' => !empty($request['data']['first_name']) ? $request['data']['first_name'] : '',
+            'last_name' => !empty($request['data']['last_name']) ? $request['data']['last_name'] : '',
+            'position' => !empty($request['data']['position']) ? $request['data']['position'] : '',
         ]);
         return [
             'dropdownData' => $dropdownData,
@@ -82,6 +100,7 @@ class RegistrationProcessor extends UserInboxProcessor implements GenericInboxPr
 
     public function process($id, $requestData, $inboxRequest)
     {
+        $hashedPassword = $inboxRequest['data']['password'];
         if ($requestData['individual_id'] == -1) {
             $individual = $this->Users->Individuals->newEntity([
                 'uuid' => $requestData['uuid'],
@@ -101,6 +120,7 @@ class RegistrationProcessor extends UserInboxProcessor implements GenericInboxPr
             'role_id' => $requestData['role_id'],
             'disabled' => $requestData['disabled'],
         ]);
+        $user->set('password', $hashedPassword, ['setter' => false]); // ignore default password hashing as it has already been hashed
         $user = $this->Users->save($user);
 
         if ($user !== false) {
diff --git a/libraries/default/InboxProcessors/templates/User/Registration.php b/libraries/default/InboxProcessors/templates/User/Registration.php
index ebcc819..2eaffb0 100644
--- a/libraries/default/InboxProcessors/templates/User/Registration.php
+++ b/libraries/default/InboxProcessors/templates/User/Registration.php
@@ -1,99 +1,88 @@
 <?php
-    $formUser = $this->element('genericElements/Form/genericForm', [
-        'entity' => $userEntity,
-        'ajax' => false,
-        'raw' => true,
-        'data' => [
-            'description' => __('Create user account'),
-            'model' => 'User',
-            'fields' => [
-                [
-                    'field' => 'individual_id',
-                    'type' => 'dropdown',
-                    'label' => __('Associated individual'),
-                    'options' => $dropdownData['individual'],
-                ],
-                [
-                    'field' => 'username',
-                    'autocomplete' => 'off',
-                ],
-                [
-                    'field' => 'role_id',
-                    'type' => 'dropdown',
-                    'label' => __('Role'),
-                    'options' => $dropdownData['role']
-                ],
-                [
-                    'field' => 'disabled',
-                    'type' => 'checkbox',
-                    'label' => 'Disable'
-                ]
+$combinedForm = $this->element('genericElements/Form/genericForm', [
+    'entity' => $userEntity,
+    'ajax' => false,
+    'raw' => true,
+    'data' => [
+        'description' => __('Create user account'),
+        'model' => 'User',
+        'fields' => [
+            [
+                'field' => 'individual_id',
+                'type' => 'dropdown',
+                'label' => __('Associated individual'),
+                'options' => $dropdownData['individual'],
             ],
-            'submit' => [
-                'action' => $this->request->getParam('action')
-            ]
-        ]
-    ]);
-
-    $formIndividual = $this->element('genericElements/Form/genericForm', [
-        'entity' => $individualEntity,
-        'ajax' => false,
-        'raw' => true,
-        'data' => [
-            'description' => __('Create individual'),
-            'model' => 'Individual',
-            'fields' => [
-                [
-                    'field' => 'email',
-                    'autocomplete' => 'off'
-                ],
-                [
-                    'field' => 'uuid',
-                    'label' => 'UUID',
-                    'type' => 'uuid',
-                    'autocomplete' => 'off'
-                ],
-                [
-                    'field' => 'first_name',
-                    'autocomplete' => 'off'
-                ],
-                [
-                    'field' => 'last_name',
-                    'autocomplete' => 'off'
-                ],
-                [
-                    'field' => 'position',
-                    'autocomplete' => 'off'
-                ],
+            [
+                'field' => 'username',
+                'autocomplete' => 'off',
+            ],
+            [
+                'field' => 'role_id',
+                'type' => 'dropdown',
+                'label' => __('Role'),
+                'options' => $dropdownData['role']
+            ],
+            [
+                'field' => 'disabled',
+                'type' => 'checkbox',
+                'label' => 'Disable'
             ],
-            'submit' => [
-                'action' => $this->request->getParam('action')
-            ]
-        ]
-    ]);
 
-    echo $this->Bootstrap->modal([
-        'title' => __('Register user'),
-        'size' => 'lg',
-        'type' => 'confirm',
-        'bodyHtml' => sprintf('<div class="user-container">%s</div><div class="individual-container">%s</div>',
-            $formUser,
-            $formIndividual
-        ),
-        'confirmText' => __('Create user'),
-        'confirmFunction' => 'submitRegistration'
-    ]);
+            sprintf('<div class="pb-2 fs-4">%s</div>', __('Create individual')),
+            [
+                'field' => 'email',
+                'autocomplete' => 'off'
+            ],
+            [
+                'field' => 'uuid',
+                'label' => 'UUID',
+                'type' => 'uuid',
+                'autocomplete' => 'off'
+            ],
+            [
+                'field' => 'first_name',
+                'autocomplete' => 'off'
+            ],
+            [
+                'field' => 'last_name',
+                'autocomplete' => 'off'
+            ],
+            [
+                'field' => 'position',
+                'autocomplete' => 'off'
+            ],
+        ],
+        'submit' => [
+            'action' => $this->request->getParam('action')
+        ]
+    ]
+]);
+
+
+echo $this->Bootstrap->modal([
+    'title' => __('Register user'),
+    'size' => 'lg',
+    'type' => 'confirm',
+    'bodyHtml' => sprintf(
+        '<div class="form-container">%s</div>',
+        $combinedForm
+    ),
+    'confirmText' => __('Create user'),
+    'confirmFunction' => 'submitRegistration'
+]);
 ?>
 </div>
 
 <script>
     function submitRegistration(modalObject, tmpApi) {
-        const $forms = modalObject.$modal.find('form')
-        const url = $forms[0].action
-        const data1 = getFormData($forms[0])
-        const data2 = getFormData($forms[1])
-        const data = {...data1, ...data2}
-        return tmpApi.postData(url, data)
+        const $form = modalObject.$modal.find('form')
+        tmpApi.postForm($form[0]).then(() => {
+            const url = '/inbox/index'
+            const $container = $('div[id^="table-container-"]')
+            const randomValue = $container.attr('id').split('-')[2]
+            UI.reload(url, $(`#table-container-${randomValue}`), $(`#table-container-${randomValue} table.table`))
+        })
     }
 
     $(document).ready(function() {
@@ -107,7 +96,7 @@
     })
 
     function getFormData(form) {
-        return Object.values(form).reduce((obj,field) => {
+        return Object.values(form).reduce((obj, field) => {
             if (field.type === 'checkbox') {
                 obj[field.name] = field.checked;
             } else {
@@ -119,7 +108,8 @@
 </script>
 
 <style>
-div.individual-container > div, div.user-container > div {
-    font-size: 1.5rem;
-}
+    div.individual-container>div,
+    div.user-container>div {
+        font-size: 1.5rem;
+    }
 </style>
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diff --git a/src/Controller/Component/ACLComponent.php b/src/Controller/Component/ACLComponent.php
index 1376d96..5feae97 100644
--- a/src/Controller/Component/ACLComponent.php
+++ b/src/Controller/Component/ACLComponent.php
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class ACLComponent extends Component
      */
     public function setPublicInterfaces(): void
     {
-        $this->Authentication->allowUnauthenticated(['login']);
+        $this->Authentication->allowUnauthenticated(['login', 'register']);
     }
 
     private function checkAccessInternal($controller, $action, $soft): bool
diff --git a/src/Controller/UsersController.php b/src/Controller/UsersController.php
index 2205f08..d2235a6 100644
--- a/src/Controller/UsersController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/UsersController.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use Cake\Utility\Hash;
 use Cake\Utility\Text;
 use Cake\ORM\TableRegistry;
 use \Cake\Database\Expression\QueryExpression;
+use Cake\Http\Exception\UnauthorizedException;
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
 
 class UsersController extends AppController
 {
@@ -160,19 +162,27 @@ class UsersController extends AppController
 
     public function register()
     {
-        $this->InboxProcessors = TableRegistry::getTableLocator()->get('InboxProcessors');
-        $processor = $this->InboxProcessors->getProcessor('User', 'Registration');
-        $data = [
-            'origin' => '127.0.0.1',
-            'comment' => 'Hi there!, please create an account',
-            'data' => [
-                'username' => 'foobar',
-                'email' => 'foobar@admin.test',
-                'first_name' => 'foo',
-                'last_name' => 'bar',
-            ],
-        ];
-        $processorResult = $processor->create($data);
-        return $processor->genHTTPReply($this, $processorResult, ['controller' => 'Inbox', 'action' => 'index']);
+        if (empty(Configure::read('Cerebrate')['security.registration.self-registration'])) {
+            throw new UnauthorizedException(__('User self-registration is not open.'));
+        }
+        if ($this->request->is('post')) {
+            $data = $this->request->getData();
+            $this->InboxProcessors = TableRegistry::getTableLocator()->get('InboxProcessors');
+            $processor = $this->InboxProcessors->getProcessor('User', 'Registration');
+            $data = [
+                'origin' => $this->request->clientIp(),
+                'comment' => '-no comment-',
+                'data' => [
+                    'username' => $data['username'],
+                    'email' => $data['email'],
+                    'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
+                    'last_name' => $data['last_name'],
+                    'password' => $data['password'],
+                ],
+            ];
+            $processorResult = $processor->create($data);
+            return $processor->genHTTPReply($this, $processorResult, ['controller' => 'Inbox', 'action' => 'index']);
+        }
+        $this->viewBuilder()->setLayout('login');
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Model/Table/SettingProviders/CerebrateSettingsProvider.php b/src/Model/Table/SettingProviders/CerebrateSettingsProvider.php
index d06bd43..d4e02f5 100644
--- a/src/Model/Table/SettingProviders/CerebrateSettingsProvider.php
+++ b/src/Model/Table/SettingProviders/CerebrateSettingsProvider.php
@@ -240,6 +240,16 @@ class CerebrateSettingsProvider extends BaseSettingsProvider
                 ]
             ],
             'Security' => [
+                'Registration' => [
+                    'Registration' => [
+                        'security.registration.self-registration' => [
+                            'name' => __('Allow self-registration'),
+                            'type' => 'boolean',
+                            'description' => __('Enable the self-registration feature where user can request account creation. Admin can view the request and accept it in the application inbox.'),
+                            'default' => false,
+                        ],
+                    ]
+                ],
                 'Development' => [
                     'Debugging' => [
                         'security.debug' => [
diff --git a/templates/Users/login.php b/templates/Users/login.php
index 7cc35d0..1be50cd 100644
--- a/templates/Users/login.php
+++ b/templates/Users/login.php
@@ -1,53 +1,58 @@
 <?php
-    use Cake\Core\Configure;
-
-    echo '<div class="form-signin panel shadow position-absolute start-50 translate-middle">';
-        echo sprintf(
-            '<div class="text-center mb-4">%s</div>',
-            $this->Html->image('logo-purple.png', [
-                'alt' => __('Cerebrate logo'),
-                'width' => 100, 'height' => 100,
-                'style' => ['filter: drop-shadow(4px 4px 4px #924da666);']
-            ])
-        );
-        echo sprintf('<h4 class="text-uppercase fw-light mb-3">%s</h4>', __('Sign in'));
-        $template = [
-            'inputContainer' => '<div class="form-floating input {{type}}{{required}}">{{content}}</div>',
-            'formGroup' => '{{input}}{{label}}',
-            'submitContainer' => '<div class="submit d-grid">{{content}}</div>',
-        ];
-        $this->Form->setTemplates($template);
-        echo $this->Form->create(null, ['url' => ['controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login']]);
-        echo $this->Form->control('username', ['label' => 'Username', 'class' => 'form-control mb-2', 'placeholder' => __('Username')]);
-        echo $this->Form->control('password', ['type' => 'password', 'label' => 'Password', 'class' => 'form-control mb-3', 'placeholder' => __('Password')]);
-        echo $this->Form->control(__('Submit'), ['type' => 'submit', 'class' => 'btn btn-primary']);
-        echo $this->Form->end();
-
-        if (!empty(Configure::read('keycloak'))) {
-            echo sprintf('<div class="d-flex align-items-center my-3"><hr class="d-inline-block flex-grow-1"/><span class="mx-3 fw-light">%s</span><hr class="d-inline-block flex-grow-1"/></div>', __('Or'));
-            echo $this->Form->create(null, [
-                'url' => Cake\Routing\Router::url([
-                    'prefix' => false,
-                    'plugin' => 'ADmad/SocialAuth',
-                    'controller' => 'Auth',
-                    'action' => 'login',
-                    'provider' => 'keycloak',
-                    '?' => ['redirect' => $this->request->getQuery('redirect')]
-                ]),
-            ]);
-            echo $this->Bootstrap->button([
-                'type' => 'submit',
-                'text' => __('Login with Keycloak'),
-                'variant' => 'secondary',
-                'class' => ['d-block', 'w-100'],
-                'image' => [
-                    'path' => '/img/keycloak_logo.png',
-                    'alt' => 'Keycloak'
-                ]
-            ]);
-            echo $this->Form->end();
-        }
-    echo '</div>';
-
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
 ?>
-</div>
+
+<div class="form-signin panel shadow position-absolute start-50 translate-middle">
+    <?php
+    echo sprintf(
+        '<div class="text-center mb-4">%s</div>',
+        $this->Html->image('logo-purple.png', [
+            'alt' => __('Cerebrate logo'),
+            'width' => 100, 'height' => 100,
+            'style' => ['filter: drop-shadow(4px 4px 4px #924da666);']
+        ])
+    );
+    echo sprintf('<h4 class="text-uppercase fw-light mb-3">%s</h4>', __('Sign up'));
+    $template = [
+        'inputContainer' => '<div class="form-floating input {{type}}{{required}}">{{content}}</div>',
+        'formGroup' => '{{input}}{{label}}',
+        'submitContainer' => '<div class="submit d-grid">{{content}}</div>',
+    ];
+    $this->Form->setTemplates($template);
+    echo $this->Form->create(null, ['url' => ['controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login']]);
+    echo $this->Form->control('username', ['label' => 'Username', 'class' => 'form-control mb-2', 'placeholder' => __('Username')]);
+    echo $this->Form->control('password', ['type' => 'password', 'label' => 'Password', 'class' => 'form-control mb-3', 'placeholder' => __('Password')]);
+    echo $this->Form->control(__('Login'), ['type' => 'submit', 'class' => 'btn btn-primary']);
+    echo $this->Form->end();
+    if (!empty(Configure::read('Cerebrate')['security.registration.self-registration'])) {
+        echo '<div class="text-end">';
+            echo sprintf('<span class="text-secondary ms-auto" style="font-size: 0.8rem">%s <a href="/users/register" class="text-decoration-none link-primary fw-bold">%s</a></span>', __('Doesn\'t have an account?'), __('Sign up'));
+        echo '</div>';
+    }
+
+    if (!empty(Configure::read('keycloak'))) {
+        echo sprintf('<div class="d-flex align-items-center my-2"><hr class="d-inline-block flex-grow-1"/><span class="mx-3 fw-light">%s</span><hr class="d-inline-block flex-grow-1"/></div>', __('Or'));
+        echo $this->Form->create(null, [
+            'url' => Cake\Routing\Router::url([
+                'prefix' => false,
+                'plugin' => 'ADmad/SocialAuth',
+                'controller' => 'Auth',
+                'action' => 'login',
+                'provider' => 'keycloak',
+                '?' => ['redirect' => $this->request->getQuery('redirect')]
+            ]),
+        ]);
+        echo $this->Bootstrap->button([
+            'type' => 'submit',
+            'text' => __('Login with Keycloak'),
+            'variant' => 'secondary',
+            'class' => ['d-block', 'w-100'],
+            'image' => [
+                'path' => '/img/keycloak_logo.png',
+                'alt' => 'Keycloak'
+            ]
+        ]);
+        echo $this->Form->end();
+    }
+    ?>
+</div>
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diff --git a/templates/Users/register.php b/templates/Users/register.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1831bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/Users/register.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
+?>
+
+<div class="form-signin panel shadow position-absolute start-50 translate-middle">
+    <?php
+    echo sprintf(
+        '<div class="text-center mb-4">%s</div>',
+        $this->Html->image('logo-purple.png', [
+            'alt' => __('Cerebrate logo'),
+            'width' => 100, 'height' => 100,
+            'style' => ['filter: drop-shadow(4px 4px 4px #924da666);']
+        ])
+    );
+    echo sprintf('<h4 class="text-uppercase fw-light mb-3">%s</h4>', __('Sign in'));
+    $template = [
+        'inputContainer' => '<div class="input {{type}}{{required}}">{{content}}</div>',
+        'formGroup' => '{{label}}{{input}}',
+        'submitContainer' => '<div class="submit d-grid">{{content}}</div>',
+        'label' => '<label class="fw-light fs-7" {{attrs}}>{{text}}</label>'
+    ];
+    $this->Form->setTemplates($template);
+    echo $this->Form->create(null, ['url' => ['controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'register']]);
+
+    echo $this->Form->control('username', ['label' => __('Username'), 'class' => 'form-control mb-2']);
+    echo $this->Form->control('email', ['label' => __('E-mail Address'), 'class' => 'form-control mb-3']);
+
+    echo '<div class="row g-1 mb-3">';
+        echo '<div class="col-md">';
+            echo $this->Form->control('first_name', ['label' => __('First Name'), 'class' => 'form-control']);
+        echo '</div>';
+        echo '<div class="col-md">';
+            echo $this->Form->control('last_name', ['label' => __('Last Name'), 'class' => 'form-control mb-2']);
+        echo '</div>';
+    echo '</div>';
+
+    echo $this->Form->control('password', ['type' => 'password', 'label' => __('Password'), 'class' => 'form-control mb-4']);
+
+    echo $this->Form->control(__('Sign up'), ['type' => 'submit', 'class' => 'btn btn-primary']);
+    echo $this->Form->end();
+    ?>
+</div>
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diff --git a/webroot/css/main.css b/webroot/css/main.css
index a4715a0..def9e0f 100644
--- a/webroot/css/main.css
+++ b/webroot/css/main.css
@@ -167,4 +167,12 @@ input[type="checkbox"]:disabled.change-cursor {
     -webkit-mask-size: contain;
     -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat;
     -webkit-mask-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='no'%3F%3E%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='223.995' width='383.98752' viewBox='0 0 383.98752 223.995' role='img'%3E%3Cpath d='m 367.9975,0 h -118.06 c -21.38,0 -32.09,25.85 -16.97,40.97 l 32.4,32.4 -73.37,73.38 -73.37,-73.37 c -12.5,-12.5 -32.76,-12.5 -45.25,0 l -68.69,68.69 c -6.25,6.25 -6.25,16.38 0,22.63 l 22.62,22.62 c 6.25,6.25 16.38,6.25 22.63,0 l 46.06,-46.07 73.37,73.37 c 12.5,12.5 32.76,12.5 45.25,0 l 96,-96 32.4,32.4 c 15.12,15.12 40.97,4.41 40.97,-16.97 V 16 c 0.01,-8.84 -7.15,-16 -15.99,-16 z' /%3E%3C/svg%3E%0A");
+}
+
+.fs-7 {
+    font-size: .875rem !important;
+}
+
+.fs-8 {
+    font-size: .7rem !important;
 }
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