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.

These include:

• 2 MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccines, or positive titer for each disease
• 2 Varicella vaccines
• 1 Adult TDAP
• 1 meningococcal vaccine (Menactra, Menomune, or Menveo)

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

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

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

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

• Medical Exemptions for Vaccinations
• 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. 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
• No exceptions for entrance immunizations are provided on the basis of personal or religious beliefs. Only medical exemptions are allowed.
• Why the University of California Requires Immunizations

• 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.

  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.



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