diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 95999ca74..9eb14e49a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyio"
@@ -617,6 +617,18 @@ files = [
     {file = "defusedxml-0.7.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1bb3032db185915b62d7c6209c5a8792be6a32ab2fedacc84e01b52c51aa3e69"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "et-xmlfile"
+version = "1.1.0"
+description = "An implementation of lxml.xmlfile for the standard library"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "et_xmlfile-1.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a2ba85d1d6a74ef63837eed693bcb89c3f752169b0e3e7ae5b16ca5e1b3deada"},
+    {file = "et_xmlfile-1.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8eb9e2bc2f8c97e37a2dc85a09ecdcdec9d8a396530a6d5a33b30b9a92da0c5c"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "exceptiongroup"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -1936,6 +1948,21 @@ files = [
     {file = "numpy-1.24.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:003a9f530e880cb2cd177cba1af7220b9aa42def9c4afc2a2fc3ee6be7eb2b22"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openpyxl"
+version = "3.1.2"
+description = "A Python library to read/write Excel 2010 xlsx/xlsm files"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "openpyxl-3.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f91456ead12ab3c6c2e9491cf33ba6d08357d802192379bb482f1033ade496f5"},
+    {file = "openpyxl-3.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a6f5977418eff3b2d5500d54d9db50c8277a368436f4e4f8ddb1be3422870184"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+et-xmlfile = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "packaging"
 version = "23.0"
@@ -3272,4 +3299,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "b68a97800116202f4d49e76bb6d02224897e69c04827626f0605ac086c479e1b"
+content-hash = "b85a191f5e4d210385b0bba9aca6296350f32987c0017b3a48a9c3c350a6b0cb"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c7441ad37..26c3f3385 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pandas = "^2.0.0"
 pillow = "^9.5.0"
 scikit-learn = "^1.2.0"
 seaborn = "^0.12.2"
+openpyxl = "^3.1.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "^7.2.1"
diff --git a/src/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table.py b/src/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table.py
index 1ee389aa1..015afe946 100644
--- a/src/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table.py
+++ b/src/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import numpy as np
+import openpyxl
 import pandas as pd
 import seaborn as sns
 from pandas import DataFrame
@@ -84,6 +85,33 @@ def from_csv_file(path: str | Path) -> Table:
         except FileNotFoundError as exception:
             raise FileNotFoundError(f'File "{path}" does not exist') from exception
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_excel_file(path: str | Path) -> Table:
+        """
+        Read data from an Excel file into a table.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        path : str | Path
+            The path to the Excel file.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        table : Table
+            The table created from the Excel file.
+
+        Raises
+        ------
+        FileNotFoundError
+            If the specified file does not exist.
+        ValueError
+            If the file could not be read.
+        """
+        try:
+            return Table(pd.read_excel(path, engine="openpyxl", usecols=lambda colname: "Unnamed" not in colname))
+        except FileNotFoundError as exception:
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f'File "{path}" does not exist') from exception
+
     @staticmethod
     def from_json_file(path: str | Path) -> Table:
         """
@@ -1242,6 +1270,27 @@ def to_csv_file(self, path: str | Path) -> None:
         data_to_csv.columns = self._schema.column_names
         data_to_csv.to_csv(path, index=False)
 
+    def to_excel_file(self, path: str | Path) -> None:
+        """
+        Write the data from the table into an Excel file.
+
+        If the file and/or the directories do not exist, they will be created. If the file already exists, it will be
+        overwritten.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        path : str | Path
+            The path to the output file.
+        """
+        # Create Excel metadata in the file
+        tmp_table_file = openpyxl.Workbook()
+        tmp_table_file.save(path)
+
+        Path(path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        data_to_excel = self._data.copy()
+        data_to_excel.columns = self._schema.column_names
+        data_to_excel.to_excel(path)
+
     def to_json_file(self, path: str | Path) -> None:
         """
         Write the data from the table into a JSON file.
diff --git a/tests/resources/dummy_excel_file.xlsx b/tests/resources/dummy_excel_file.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf39ce52b
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/resources/dummy_excel_file.xlsx differ
diff --git a/tests/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table/test_from_excel_file.py b/tests/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table/test_from_excel_file.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a890b18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table/test_from_excel_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from safeds.data.tabular.containers import Table
+
+from tests.helpers import resolve_resource_path
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("path", "expected"),
+    [
+        (
+            resolve_resource_path("./dummy_excel_file.xlsx"),
+            Table.from_dict(
+                {
+                    "A": [1],
+                    "B": [2],
+                },
+            ),
+        ),
+        (
+            Path(resolve_resource_path("./dummy_excel_file.xlsx")),
+            Table.from_dict(
+                {
+                    "A": [1],
+                    "B": [2],
+                },
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+    ids=["string path", "object path"],
+)
+def test_should_create_table_from_excel_file(path: str | Path, expected: Table) -> None:
+    table = Table.from_excel_file(path)
+    assert table == expected
+
+
+def test_should_raise_if_file_not_found() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
+        Table.from_excel_file(resolve_resource_path("test_table_from_excel_file_invalid.xls"))
diff --git a/tests/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table/test_to_excel_file.py b/tests/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table/test_to_excel_file.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3f44f1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/safeds/data/tabular/containers/_table/test_to_excel_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+
+from safeds.data.tabular.containers import Table
+
+
+def test_should_create_csv_file_from_table_by_str() -> None:
+    table = Table.from_dict({"col1": ["col1_1"], "col2": ["col2_1"]})
+    with NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".xlsx") as tmp_table_file:
+        tmp_table_file.close()
+        with Path(tmp_table_file.name).open("w", encoding="utf-8") as tmp_file:
+            table.to_excel_file(tmp_file.name)
+        with Path(tmp_table_file.name).open("r", encoding="utf-8") as tmp_file:
+            table_r = Table.from_excel_file(tmp_file.name)
+    assert table == table_r
+
+
+def test_should_create_csv_file_from_table_by_path() -> None:
+    table = Table.from_dict({"col1": ["col1_1"], "col2": ["col2_1"]})
+    with NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".xlsx") as tmp_table_file:
+        tmp_table_file.close()
+        with Path(tmp_table_file.name).open("w", encoding="utf-8") as tmp_file:
+            table.to_excel_file(Path(tmp_file.name))
+        with Path(tmp_table_file.name).open("r", encoding="utf-8") as tmp_file:
+            table_r = Table.from_excel_file(Path(tmp_file.name))
+    assert table == table_r