diff --git a/app/controllers/professors_controller.rb b/app/controllers/professors_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6753561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/professors_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class ProfessorsController < ApplicationController
+  def autocomplete
+    @professors = Professor.search(params[:term])
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.json do
+        render json: @professors.map { |p| { id: p.id, label: p.name } }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/professor.rb b/app/models/professor.rb
index a29ac59..32d1017 100644
--- a/app/models/professor.rb
+++ b/app/models/professor.rb
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ def TBA
   end
 
   scope :order_by_realness, -> { order('CASE WHEN("name" = \'Staff\' OR "name" = \'TBA\') THEN 1 ELSE 0 END') }
+  scope :search, ->(q) { where("\"name\" LIKE '%#{q}%'") }
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index fba7c88..0432ac9 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
     end
   end
 
+  resources :professors, only: [] do
+    collection do
+      get :autocomplete
+    end
+  end
+
   get 'scheduler' => 'scheduler#index'
   post 'scheduler' => 'scheduler#create'
   delete 'scheduler' => 'scheduler#destroy'