diff --git a/apps/account/urls.py b/apps/account/urls.py
index 5cca63f..8596931 100644
--- a/apps/account/urls.py
+++ b/apps/account/urls.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from apps.geolocation_package.views.region_info import RegionInfoView
 
 admin_router = SimpleRouter()
 admin_router.register(r'users', views.AdminUserViewSet, basename='admin-users')
+admin_router.register(r'directory-users', views.AdminUserDirectoryViewSet, basename='admin-directory-users')
 admin_router.register(r'notifications', views.AdminNotificationViewSet, basename='admin-notifications')
 
 # Hide admin viewsets from swagger
diff --git a/apps/account/views/user.py b/apps/account/views/user.py
index d2d74fd..c5d8e69 100644
--- a/apps/account/views/user.py
+++ b/apps/account/views/user.py
@@ -715,3 +715,65 @@ class AdminUserViewSet(ModelViewSet):
             queryset = queryset.order_by('-date_joined')
 
         return queryset.distinct()
+
+
+class AdminUserDirectoryViewSet(ModelViewSet):
+    """
+    Separate, dedicated endpoint for accounts/users list page.
+    Filters users who have an email, are not deleted (deleted_at is null).
+    """
+    serializer_class = AdminUserSerializer
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated, IsSuperAdminOrReadOnlyForProfessor]
+    authentication_classes = [TokenAuthentication]
+    pagination_class = StandardResultsSetPagination
+    filter_backends = []
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        # Filter users who have an email and are not soft-deleted
+        queryset = User.objects.filter(email__isnull=False, deleted_at__isnull=True).exclude(email='')
+
+        # Restrict queryset for professors to only students/clients of their courses
+        if self.request.user.user_type == 'professor':
+            queryset = queryset.filter(
+                Q(user_type='student') | Q(user_type='client'),
+                participated_courses__course__professors=self.request.user
+            )
+
+        # Handle Search
+        search_query = self.request.query_params.get('search', None)
+        if search_query:
+            queryset = queryset.filter(
+                Q(fullname__icontains=search_query) |
+                Q(email__icontains=search_query) |
+                Q(phone_number__icontains=search_query)
+            )
+
+        # Handle is_active filter
+        is_active_param = self.request.query_params.get('is_active', None)
+        if is_active_param is not None:
+            if is_active_param.lower() == 'true':
+                queryset = queryset.filter(is_active=True)
+            elif is_active_param.lower() == 'false':
+                queryset = queryset.filter(is_active=False)
+
+        # Handle user type filter
+        user_type_param = self.request.query_params.get('user_type', None)
+        if user_type_param:
+            if user_type_param == 'student':
+                queryset = queryset.filter(Q(user_type='student') | Q(user_type='client'))
+            else:
+                queryset = queryset.filter(user_type=user_type_param)
+
+        # Handle Ordering
+        ordering_param = self.request.query_params.get('ordering', '-date_joined')
+        allowed_orderings = [
+            'date_joined', '-date_joined',
+            'last_login', '-last_login',
+            'fullname', '-fullname'
+        ]
+        if ordering_param in allowed_orderings:
+            queryset = queryset.order_by(ordering_param)
+        else:
+            queryset = queryset.order_by('-date_joined')
+
+        return queryset.distinct()