New Students

All incoming new, transfer and graduate students, including students in the Veterinary Medicine and School of Nursing programs, are required to meet the UC Immunization and TB Risk Screening requirement.

This includes:

• 2 MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) vaccines administered on or after your 1st birthday, or positive titer (blood test) for each disease
• 2 Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccines administered on or after your 1st birthday, or positive titer
• Adult TDAP (must contain pertussis) one (1) dose on or after the 11th birthday, then Tdap or Td every 10 years 
• 1 meningococcal vaccine (Serogroups A, C, Y, & W-135) such as Menactra, Menomune, or Menveo, if 21 or younger, 1 dose administered on or after your 16th birthday.  Requirement can also be met by completing two (2) doses of Penbraya, six months apart.
• Tuberculosis (TB) Screening

Students become compliant with these requirements by entering their vaccination dates, uploading a copy of their immunization records, and completing the TB Risk Screening Questionnaire via Health-e-Messaging.

Any additional program specific requirements can be found in the program's student handbook/syllabus.

Need help becoming compliant in Health-e-Messaging?

• Start with our Step-by-step instructions for uploading and verifying vaccines (pdf) (revised)
• UC Immunization and TB Clearance Requirement FAQ's (pdf)
• UC Davis Immunization Worksheet (pdf)

If you are found to be at higher risk for TB, your medical provider must complete the TB Health Assessment form. Once completed, it must be uploaded via Health-e-Messaging.  

Have a question for our Immunization Nurse? Contact us via Health-e-Messaging using these step-by-step instructions. 

View the official University of California Immunization policy.

Students who have not provided evidence of the required vaccinations will not be able to complete their registration for their 2nd term without a Medical Exemption Request

• Medical Exemptions for Vaccinations
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  • It is very important that the doctor/nurse practitioner/physician assistant who cared for you at that time, document what happened to you when you had the problem with vaccination. If you had a true “allergic reaction,” then we will need to know which vaccination caused the problem, and whether you were able to become immune to that illness. You will need to complete a Medical Exemption Request, and submit to your campus health center following these directions. If they deny your request for an exemption, you have a right to appeal their decision by a UC wide panel. Read more about the Medical Exemption Policy.
• Personal/Religious Belief Exceptions
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  • In accordance with University Policy on Vaccination Programs, all UCs must begin accepting religious based exceptions to the entrance vaccination by January 1, 2025. Students with sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance who would like to request an exception to one or more of the required entrance immunizations may submit a request through Health-e-Messaging.
• Why the University of California Requires Immunizations
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  • There has been an increase in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses over the past five to ten years, and now many illnesses which we thought were disappearing are returning. Although many of these diseases are considered “mild," they can cause serious illness and death. Pertussis was responsible for hospital stays for hundreds of people in California during the past two years, including intensive care admissions and in a few cases, death. Recent outbreaks of measles also resulted in hospitalizations, and new cases of mumps across the country threaten the health and fertility of non-immune students.
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  • The University of California is following the recommendations of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Immunization Branch for Colleges and Universities. The current requirements reflect those in place on February 24, 2016. However, UC reserves the right to modify these requirements pending revisions to the recommendations by CDPH. Changes in CDPH's recommendations will be incorporated into the requirements affecting the incoming fall class each year. In general, these requirements pertain to those vaccine-preventable illnesses that can be spread by respiratory secretions (saliva, coughing, sneezing), and pose a risk to others who might become ill due to classroom or residential contact. These include: measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), pertussis (whooping cough), varicella (Chickenpox), and meningitis, as well as screening for tuberculosis.