Vaccination
- Vaccine Mandate Overview
- Compliance
- Exceptions and Deferrals
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Vaccination Availability
The information on this page is designed to serve UC San Diego campus employees and students. UC San Diego Health employees should refer to the Pulse Intranet for targeted updates.
All students, faculty, staff and academic appointees accessing any UC facility are required to be “fully vaccinated” or have an approved exemption per the UC vaccination policy. To remain “fully vaccinated,” students and campus employees are required to receive the recommended booster dose within 30 days (15 days for health care employees) of becoming eligible.
If you are eligible for a booster but recently were positive for COVID-19, you will have up to 90 days after being infected to receive your booster. Your date for boosting has been extended by up to 90 days to remain compliant with the UC mandate.
Currently approved religious and permanent medical exemptions extend to boosters; there is no need to submit an additional exemption request.
No-cost COVID-19 vaccines are available at the Price Center East Ballroom COVID-19 Vaccination Site to all UC San Diego students, faculty, staff (including Health) and students enrolled at any University of California campus. Members of the public are not eligible. Appointments are required. We encourage all employees and students to get vaccinated as quickly as possible in order to protect the health and well-being of our campus community and our regional population.
Appointments for Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine boosters are available for all students and campus employees. If there is a contraindication to one of these mRNA vaccines, boosters with Johnson & Johnson can be provided by request.
International students and visiting scholars who have received the initial series of a WHO-approved vaccination are all eligible to receive an FDA-approved vaccination (Pfizer or Moderna).
The CDC has authorized a mix-and-match approach, so you can select which brand of booster vaccine you want while scheduling your appointment.
Additional Vaccine Booster for Students and Campus Employees:
Note: At this time, the additional booster is not required to remain compliant with the UC Vaccine Mandate.
Vaccine Booster for Students and Campus Employees:
Locations:
Scheduling Instructions:
Campus employees and students may schedule an appointment here.
Health employees should refer to the Pulse Intranet vaccine booster page.
The Price Center COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic is available by appointment only to UC San Diego students and employees (including Health) as well as students enrolled at other University of California campuses. Members of the public are not eligible.
Scheduling instructions:
Scheduling instructions:
A parent or legal guardian will need to complete the “Consent Form for Minors” to provide their consent in advance. Parental consent is required for all eligible minors to be vaccinated.
Campus employees can self-schedule a flu vaccine appointment at one of the following UC San Diego Health locations by visiting flu.ucsd.edu. Student employees should follow the student process below. Vaccinations will be administered by appointment only and are free for all employees.
There is no cost for the flu vaccine for students. Student employees should follow the student process for obtaining a flu vaccination. To find an appointment, students should go to MyStudentChart, or they can indicate they received an influenza vaccine outside of UC San Diego by going to “preventative care” from the menu or main page of the MyStudentChart site.
Campus members should seek the most immediate COVID-19 and flu vaccination opportunities that arrive. Please register on California’s MyTurn website or check the CDC’s VaccineFinder website for more appointment options to meet your needs.
As a UC San Diego employee, you are eligible to obtain a vaccine from the County of San Diego. Appointment information for County vaccination stations.
Employees and students can access a digital copy of their COVID-19 vaccine records through MyUCSDChart or MyStudentChart. You can generate a QR code that can soon be read by participating organizations or download a PDF record of your vaccine doses. This digital vaccine record is also known as a SMART Health Card. Students may also submit vaccines acquired outside of UC San Diego Health.
Access your vaccine record:
Three COVID-19 vaccines — from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — are available for adults in the U.S. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are given in two doses, approximately 21 days apart for the Pfizer vaccine and approximately 28 days apart for the Moderna vaccine. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is given in one dose. All three vaccines are extremely effective at preventing severe illness for COVID-19 within a few weeks of receiving the complete dosage, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). UC San Diego Health is currently administering Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. For more details, see UC San Diego Health’s Vaccine FAQs.
Review the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet
Review the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet
Review the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheet
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