diff --git a/dashboards/tests/__init__.py b/dashboards/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboards/tests/__init__.py
diff --git a/dashboards/tests/test_redirecting_auth.py b/dashboards/tests/test_redirecting_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4278cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboards/tests/test_redirecting_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from django.test import TestCase, Client, override_settings
+from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve
+from reports.views import ReportView
+from subjects.models import Subject, Tag
+from users.models import User
+from topics.models import Topic, Resource
+from chat.models import Conversation, TalkMessages
+from categories.models import Category
+from datetime import datetime
+from log.models import Log
+from django.db.models import Q
+from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse
+
+
+class RedirectingRulesTest(TestCase):
+
+	def setUp(self):
+		self.c = Client()
+		self.student = User.objects.create(username = "student01", email= "student01@amadeus.br")
+		self.student.set_password("amadeus") #because of the hash function used
+		self.student.save()
+		if self.c.login(email="student01@amadeus.br", password="amadeus"):
+			print("student01 logged in")
+
+
+		self.student02 = User.objects.create(username= "student02", email = "student02@amadeus.br")
+		self.student02.set_password("amadeus")
+		self.student02.save()
+		c1 = Category.objects.create(name ="test category", visible = True)
+		c1.coordinators.add(self.student02)
+		c1.save()
+
+
+	@override_settings(STATICFILES_STORAGE = None) # added decorator
+	def test_admin_connection(self):
+		admin = User.objects.create_superuser(username="admin" ,email="admin@amadeus.br", password="amadeus")
+		admin.save()
+		self.c.logout()
+		if self.c.login(email="admin@amadeus.br", password="amadeus"):
+			print("admin logged in")
+
+		response = self.c.get('/dashboards/general/')
+		self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+	
+	@override_settings(STATICFILES_STORAGE = None) # added decorator
+	def test_admin_dashboard_redirect(self):
+		#as student 01 is already logged in
+		response = self.c.get('/dashboards/general/')
+		self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+	
+	@override_settings(STATICFILES_STORAGE = None) # added decorator
+	def test_category_redirect(self):
+		response = self.c.get('/dashboards/categories/')
+		self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
+		print("a user which is not a coordinator is any category was redirected")
+
+	@override_settings(STATICFILES_STORAGE = None) # added decorator
+	def test_category_connection(self):
+		self.c.logout()
+		if self.c.login(email="student02@amadeus.br", password="amadeus"):
+			print("student 02 logged in")
+
+		response = self.c.get('/dashboards/categories/')
+
+		self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+		print("coordinator is accessing category dashboard")
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diff --git a/dashboards/views.py b/dashboards/views.py
index 3af6ca2..a746fbe 100644
--- a/dashboards/views.py
+++ b/dashboards/views.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ from log.mixins import LogMixin
 from log.decorators import log_decorator_ajax
 from log.models import Log
 
+from amadeus.permissions import has_category_permissions
+
 
 class GeneralView(LogMixin, generic.TemplateView):
     template_name = "dashboards/general.html"
@@ -77,7 +79,11 @@ class CategoryView(LogMixin, generic.TemplateView):
     log_context = {}
 
     def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return super(CategoryView, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        if  Category.objects.filter(coordinators__id = self.request.user.id).exists() or self.request.user.is_staff:
+            return super(CategoryView, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        else:
+            return redirect('users:login')
+
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context = {}
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