diff --git a/app/api/io/study.rb b/app/api/io/study.rb
index ff3165c4f4..26b1a30aa4 100644
--- a/app/api/io/study.rb
+++ b/app/api/io/study.rb
@@ -7,26 +7,27 @@ class Io::Study < Core::Io::Base
 
   define_attribute_and_json_mapping(
     '
-                                           name     => name
-                             ethically_approved     => ethically_approved
-                                          state     => state
-                                   abbreviation     => abbreviation
+                                               name     => name
+                                 ethically_approved     => ethically_approved
+                                              state     => state
+                                       abbreviation     => abbreviation
 
-                 study_metadata.study_type.name     => type
-            study_metadata.faculty_sponsor.name     => sac_sponsor
-           study_metadata.reference_genome.name     => reference_genome
-      study_metadata.study_ebi_accession_number     => accession_number
-               study_metadata.study_description     => description
-                  study_metadata.study_abstract     => abstract
+                     study_metadata.study_type.name     => type
+                study_metadata.faculty_sponsor.name     => sac_sponsor
+               study_metadata.reference_genome.name     => reference_genome
+          study_metadata.study_ebi_accession_number     => accession_number
+                   study_metadata.study_description     => description
+                      study_metadata.study_abstract     => abstract
 
-          study_metadata.contaminated_human_dna     => contaminated_human_dna
-         study_metadata.remove_x_and_autosomes?     => remove_x_and_autosomes
-      study_metadata.separate_y_chromosome_data     => separate_y_chromosome_data
-              study_metadata.contains_human_dna     => contains_human_dna
-          study_metadata.commercially_available     => commercially_available
-    study_metadata.data_release_study_type.name     => data_release_sort_of_study
-           study_metadata.data_release_strategy     => data_release_strategy
+              study_metadata.contaminated_human_dna     => contaminated_human_dna
+             study_metadata.remove_x_and_autosomes?     => remove_x_and_autosomes
+          study_metadata.separate_y_chromosome_data     => separate_y_chromosome_data
+                  study_metadata.contains_human_dna     => contains_human_dna
+              study_metadata.commercially_available     => commercially_available
+        study_metadata.data_release_study_type.name     => data_release_sort_of_study
+               study_metadata.data_release_strategy     => data_release_strategy
 study_metadata.contaminated_human_data_access_group     => contaminated_human_data_access_group
+                             study_metadata.program     => program
   '
   )
 end
diff --git a/app/models/api/study_io.rb b/app/models/api/study_io.rb
index 84eda27ee3..0df0050d15 100644
--- a/app/models/api/study_io.rb
+++ b/app/models/api/study_io.rb
@@ -100,5 +100,6 @@ def render_class
     map_attribute_to_json_attribute(:s3_email_list)
     map_attribute_to_json_attribute(:data_deletion_period)
     map_attribute_to_json_attribute(:contaminated_human_data_access_group)
+    with_association(:program, lookup_by: :id) { map_attribute_to_json_attribute(:name, 'program') }
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/api/study_io_spec.rb b/spec/models/api/study_io_spec.rb
index 405a0657b5..2159286944 100644
--- a/spec/models/api/study_io_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/api/study_io_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
              array_express_accession_number: 'AE111',
              ega_policy_accession_number: 'EGA222',
              ega_dac_accession_number: 'DAC333',
+             program: create(:program, name: 'General'),
              contaminated_human_data_access_group: 'contaminated human data access group test'
            }
   end
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
       's3_email_list' => 'aa1@sanger.ac.uk;aa2@sanger.ac.uk',
       'data_deletion_period' => '3 months',
       'contaminated_human_data_access_group' => 'contaminated human data access group test',
+      'program' => 'General',
       'manager' => [
         { login: manager.login, email: manager.email, name: manager.name },
         { login: manager2.login, email: manager2.email, name: manager2.name }