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Here's how I did it:

class Student(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    project = models.ManyToManyField(Course)

My models are a little different because I started to code up a solution when you first sent me a message. But hopefully it makes sense.

In shell:

>>> from courses.models import Course
>>> from accounts.models import Student
>>> course = Course(name='Django', num_of_students=2)
>>> course.save()
>>> student = Student(name='Carla')
>>> student.project.add(course)

then you can save.

If you try to add a course or project before saving the student first, you'll get

	ValueError: 'Student' instance needs to have a primary key value before a many-to-many relationship can be used.

Because the student to project/course relationship (models.ManyToManyField) can't be created without the keys.

For more information on relationships: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/relations/

I realize it was just a simple testing exercise but you probably don't really want to store the number of students right that. Probably a count of the number of objects in the relationship would be better? So you could have -- and I think this was in your original message -- on project 'students' that are manytomany to your student model. Then for your view or such, you can show a count of all the students in that course.