diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/School.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/School.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28a751741e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/School.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.shallowdeepcopy;
+
+class School {
+    private String schoolName;
+    public School(School sc) {
+       this(sc.getSchoolName());
+    } 
+    public School(String schoolName) { 
+        this.schoolName = schoolName; 
+    } 
+    // standard getters and setters 
+}
+
+@Override
+public Object clone() { 
+    try { 
+        return (School) super.clone();
+    } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) { 
+        return new School(this.getSchoolName()); 
+    } 
+}
+
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/Student.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/Student.java
index a3f726b64b..2fc34ba709 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/Student.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/Student.java
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 package com.baeldung.shallowdeepcopy;
 
 class Student { 
-	private String name; 
-	private int age; 
-	private School school; 
-	public Student(String name, int age, School school) { 
-		this.name = name; 
-		this.rollno = rollno;
-		this.school = school; 
-	} 
-	public Student(Student st) { 
-		this(st.getName(), st.getAge(), st.getSchool()); 
-	} // standard getters and setters 
+    private String name; 
+    private int age; 
+    private School school; 
+    public Student(String name, int age, School school) { 
+        this.name = name; 
+        this.rollno = rollno;
+        this.school = school; 
+    } 
+    public Student(Student st) { 
+        this(st.getName(), st.getAge(), st.getSchool()); 
+    } // standard getters and setters 
 }
 
+@Override 
+public Object clone() {
+    Student student = null;
+    try {
+        student = (Student) super.clone();
+    } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+        student = new Student(this.getName(), this.getAge(), this.getSchool());
+    } 
+    student.school= (School) this.school.clone();
+    return student; 
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/test/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/ShallowDeepCopyExampleTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/test/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/ShallowDeepCopyExampleTest.java
index 68836a96f8..a14a621dcc 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/test/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/ShallowDeepCopyExampleTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-lang-oop-patterns/src/test/java/com/baeldung/shallowdeepcopy/ShallowDeepCopyExampleTest.java
@@ -4,31 +4,38 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class ShallowDeepCopyExampleTest {
+	
+    @Test 
+    public void whenPerformShallowCopy_thenObjectsNotSame() { 
+        School school = new School("Baeldung School");
+        Student originalStudent = new Student("John", 20, school); 
+        Student shallowCopy = new Student(originalStudent.getName(), originalStudent.getAge(), originalStudent.getSchool());
+        assertNotSame(shallowCopy, originalStudent); 
+    }
+
+    @Test public void whenModifyingActualObject_thenCopyAlsoChange() { 
+        School school = new School("Baeldung School"); 
+        Student originalStudent = new Student("John", 20, school); 
+        Student shallowCopy = new Student(originalStudent.getName(), originalStudent.getAge(), originalStudent.getSchool()); 
+        school.setSchoolName("New Baeldung School"); 
+        assertEquals(shallowCopy.getSchool().getSchoolName(), originalStudent.getSchool().getSchoolName());
+    }
 
 	@Test
-	void testShallowCopy() {
-		Student originalStudent = new Student("John", 20);
-		Student shallowCopy = originalStudent;
+    public void whenModifyingActualObject_thenCloneCopyNotChange() { 
+        School school = new School("New School");
+        Student originalStudent = new Student("Alice", 10, school); 
+        Student deepCopy = (Student) originalStudent.clone(); 
+        school.setSchoolName("New Baeldung School"); 
+        assertNotEquals(deepCopy.getSchool().getSchoolName(), originalStudent.getSchool().getSchoolName()); 
+    }
 
-		shallowCopy.setName("Baeldung");
-		shallowCopy.setRollno(10);
-
-		assertEquals("Baeldung", originalStudent.getName());
-		assertEquals(10, originalStudent.getRollno());
-	}
-
-    @Test
-    void testDeepCopy() {
-        Student originalStudent = new Student("John", 20);
-        Student deepCopy = new Student(originalStudent.getName(), originalStudent.getRollno());
-
-        deepCopy.setName("Baeldung");
-        deepCopy.setRollno(10);
-
-        assertEquals("John", originalStudent.getName());
-        assertEquals(20, originalStudent.getRollno());
-
-        assertEquals("Baeldung", deepCopy.getName());
-        assertEquals(10, deepCopy.getRollno());
+    @Test 
+    public void whenModifyingActualObject_thenCopyNotChange() {
+        School school = new School("Baeldung School");
+        Student originalStudent = new Student("Alice", 30, school); 
+        Student deepCopy = new Student(originalStudent); 
+        school.setSchoolName("New Baeldung School"); 
+        assertNotEquals( originalStudent.getSchool().getSchoolName(), deepCopy.getSchool().getSchoolName()); 
     }
 }