Fall Plan 2021
Learn more about fall quarter move-in, resumption of in-person instruction, return to work plans, and campus safety.
Learn about fall quarter
Vaccine Mandate
All students, faculty and staff are required to be fully vaccinated two weeks prior to the start of the fall term, per UC policy.
How to Meet the MandateFall Plan
- Fall quarter is fast approaching. Learn about resumption of living, learning and working on campus on the Fall Plan page and find out about campus safety preparations and updated masking guidelines.
- Instructors can locate course modality guidance as they plan their classes.
- Campus supervisors should begin to access and become familiar with the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Compliance Dashboard for those they directly supervise.
Return to Campus
Returning to campus and don’t know where to start? Visit the Return to Campus webpage to review the steps needed prior to arriving for work or study. Return to campus plans are informed by extensive modeling by data experts, who combine multiple layers of protection to promote campus safety. Before coming to campus, please review masking, screening, testing, vaccination and training requirements and find resources to address any additional questions you may have.
UC San Diego Vaccination
All students and employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 (or submit an exemption) two weeks before arriving on campus for work or classes, per University of California policy. All students and employees, including Health, are eligible to receive a free vaccine through UC San Diego’s vaccination clinic at Price Center, offered by appointment. Vaccination helps protect you and those around you from becoming seriously ill. Help us keep our campus community safe.
Campus Safety
Public health is a collective effort. The UC San Diego community is expected to follow campus safety requirements to help prevent infection. These include masking indoors, daily symptom and exposure screening, testing and vaccination. No one method is invulnerable, but by applying multiple layers of defense consistently you can help reduce your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19.
COVID-19 Testing Options
Students and campus employees who have been fully vaccinated (two weeks after final dose of vaccine) are no longer required to take part in weekly asymptomatic testing, though they may still participate voluntarily. Those who are not fully vaccinated must test twice weekly. Access to COVID-19 testing is available through self-administered kits retrieved from campus vending machines (no appointment needed); provider-observed self-administered testing at Price Center (appointment needed); or provider-administered testing via drive thru (appointment needed).
Town Halls
In an effort to provide regular updates and answer your questions, UC San Diego hosts monthly town halls about the Return to Learn program and campus operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are not able to catch the live event, all of the webinars are archived on our Town Hall page.
Questions and Answers
We have conferred with our campus experts to bring you the latest information in response to your most urgent questions.
Taking on the COVID-19 Pandemic Together
Thanks to community support, UC San Diego’s COVID-19 response has been a success. And as we continue to increase vaccination rates in San Diego County — and make strides toward herd immunity — you can help us ensure equitable vaccine distribution for our neighbors across the region.
#ReturnToLearn
Here's how the Triton community is working together to return to in-person learning and teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.