diff --git a/backend/tests/factories.py b/backend/tests/factories.py
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+++ b/backend/tests/factories.py
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+import factory
+
+from login.models import OsmUser
+from core.models import Dataset, AOI
+
+from django.contrib.gis.geos import GEOSGeometry
+
+
+class OsmUserFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    class Meta:
+        model = OsmUser
+
+    username = "Test User"
+    osm_id = 123456
+
+
+class DatasetFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Dataset
+
+    name = "Test Dataset"
+    created_by = factory.SubFactory(OsmUserFactory)
+    status = -1
+
+
+class AoiFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    class Meta:
+        model = AOI
+
+    geom = GEOSGeometry("POLYGON ((0 0, 0 1, 1 1, 1 0, 0 0))", srid=4326)
+    dataset = factory.SubFactory(DatasetFactory)
+    label_status = -1
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_core_model.py b/backend/tests/test_core_model.py
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+++ b/backend/tests/test_core_model.py
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+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from .factories import DatasetFactory, OsmUserFactory, AoiFactory
+
+
+class TestCoreModels(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = OsmUserFactory(username="Test User 2", osm_id=123)
+        self.dataset = DatasetFactory(created_by=self.user)
+        self.aoi = AoiFactory(dataset=self.dataset)
+
+    def test_dataset_creation(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.dataset.name, "Test Dataset")
+        self.assertEqual(self.dataset.created_by, self.user)
+
+    def test_aoi_creation(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.aoi.dataset, self.dataset)
+        self.assertEqual(self.aoi.label_status, -1)
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_login_model.py b/backend/tests/test_login_model.py
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+++ b/backend/tests/test_login_model.py
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+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from .factories import OsmUserFactory
+
+
+class TestLoginModels(TestCase):
+
+    def test_OsmUser_creation(self):
+        osm_user = OsmUserFactory()
+
+        self.assertEqual(str(osm_user), "Test User")
+        self.assertEqual(osm_user.osm_id, 123456)