Registration Holds & Immunization Requirements

The University of Minnesota requires all enrolled students to meet vaccination requirements.

How to Complete Your Vaccination Requirement:

To avoid or remove registration holds, complete the following Online student immunization form or Printable student immunization form by the sixth week of the semester:

Please note that this is a one-time submission that all new students are asked to complete. If this is not your first semester at the University, you have likely already met this requirement and you do not need to complete it again.

Questions

Contact our Patient Assistance and Information office: 612-625-8400, option 7.

Locating Your Records

Where to look for your vaccination records:

  • Your personal or family medical records
  • Your healthcare provider
  • Your high school or previous college

The Minnesota Immunization Information Connection (MIIC) may be able to locate your records.  Instructions for submitting a record request can be found here.

Getting Vaccinations and Immunization Testing

  • If you cannot locate your records, our immunization clinic can test your immunization status. 
  • If you need any of the required vaccinations, our immunization clinic can help with that too.
  • Immunization clinic appointments.

Required Vaccinations: All Students

Minnesota law* requires all students born after December 31, 1956, enrolled in a Minnesota college or university to be immunized against the following:

  • Diphtheria/Tetanus—Td (dose within the past 10 years)
  • Measles—rubeola, red measles (2 doses after age 12 months)
  • Mumps—(2 doses after age 12 months)
  • Rubella—German measles (2 doses after age 12 months)

* If you graduated from a Minnesota high school after 1996 or attended a Minnesota post-secondary school you are exempt from the above requirements.

If you are exempt and receive a registration hold, fill out this online immunization form above. Call 612-625-8400, option 7 for help.

Academic Health Sciences Requirements

Certain requirements apply to you ONLY if you are a student, resident, fellow, or intern in the Academic Health Sciences (AHS) colleges, schools and centers.

Go to the AHS immunizations requirements.

Recommended Vaccines

Boynton Health recommends that University of Minnesota students be vaccinated for the following:

  • Meningitis (MenACWY and MenB)
  • COVID-19 
  • HPV vaccine series
  • Influenza, annually