Immunization Requirements for Incoming Students

REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS

1.) Meningococcal (Meningitis)
The MCV4 Conjugate vaccine or MPSV4 Polysaccharide Vaccines are acceptable.  The brand names for the MCV4 Conjugate Vaccines are Menactra, Menveo, Menquadfi, MenHibrix or Penbraya.

Learn more about Meningitis.

2.) Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
All newly enrolled or reenrolled students born after 1956 are required to show proof of two vaccinations for MMR.  Learn more about MMR.

3.) Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (Tdap)
All newly enrolled or reenrolled students should have received Tdap within 10 years or Tdap older than 10 years and Diphtheria Tetanus (DT) within 10 years. Learn more about Tdap.

4.) Varicella (Chickenpox)
All newly enrolled or reenrolled students are required to receive two doses of chickenpox vaccine.  Learn more about chickenpox.

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Immunizations are available at Student Health Services for a fee.  Students may also use their Health Insurance and receive immunizations at a pharmacy like CVS.

For a list of recommended immunizations, please click here.

Learn more about the requirements for Health Sciences Center & College of Public Health students.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I complete the immunization requirements?

Upload your Immunization Record at Patient Health Portal.

  • Log in using your Temple credentials and click on “Uploads.”  Choose the Immunization Record option.  If you are in a clinical program, please use HSC and CPH Immunization, Titer And-Or Physical.
What if I do not have my immunization records to upload?

Depending on where you received your childhood vaccines this website may help finding your vaccine records. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/keeping-vaccine-records-up-to-date.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/vaccination-records.html

If you are still unable to obtain a copy of your records you may complete the Waiver Form for Immunizations in the Patient Health Portal if you are a non-clinical student. In circumstances of disease outbreak, you may be required to show proof of vaccination. At that time, you can either provide your records, obtain the necessary vaccination or obtain a blood titer test to show immunity against the disease.

What if I had the chickenpox (varicella) disease but I have not had the vaccine?

We recommend that you receive the vaccine. If you choose not to receive the vaccine you can waive the vaccine or obtain a blood titer test to show immunity against the disease. If you choose to waive the vaccination and there is a disease outbreak,  you may be required to obtain the vaccination or be quarantined.

Can I waive the immunization requirements if I do not believe in getting vaccinated?

Yes. You can choose to waive any or all of the immunizations in the Patient Health Portal.  Please login to the Patient Health Portal, select Forms then choose the Waiver Form for Immunizations.  If you choose to waive immunizations and there is a disease outbreak, you may be required to obtain the vaccination or be quarantined.

What does it mean to waive the immunization requirements?

Waiving the immunization requirements means that you are declining to receive the required vaccinations.

I am getting an error uploading my immunization record. What can I try?

In order to upload, the file has to be saved on your local machine. The file name is very long or may contain characters that are considered “potentially dangerous” by the IIS application on the web server. Please try to simplify the name of the file to be uploaded making sure to only use alpha characters and not special characters. While there may be other characters considered potentially dangerous, we are aware that the following characters will cause issues.

  • <
  • >
  • %
  • &
  • "
  • :
  • !

Colons (:) in the name of the file could also cause issues; this is seen when a file is dated or time stamped in the following example.  In this case, replace the colon with an underscore (_) in the name.

Additional Upload troubleshooting steps can be found towards the bottom of https://studenthealth.temple.edu/troubleshoot-patient-health-portal-issues