All new incoming UT Knoxville students, including undergraduate, graduate, transfer, law school, and veterinary medicine students are required to present proof of adequate immunization and tuberculosis (TB) requirements.
Full-time, distance-learning students are not required to submit immunizations to the Student Health Center. Please consult with your college on the requirements. If you have not been defined by your enrollment as a full-time distance learning student, you must still meet these requirements by law. This may include students who are taking some or all of their classes online.
Active service members or veterans attending UT Knoxville can submit their Military ID or DD214 to satisfy immunization requirements.
Students can request a religious or medical exemption to the immunization requirement by completing and submitting the immunization exemption form. Medical exemptions require the signature of a health care provider.
Submit Your Immunization Records
Step 1: Complete online tuberculosis (TB) screening questionnaire in the Student Health patient portal.
Step 2: Upload your immunization records using the Student Health patient portal. After uploading/submitting immunization forms, please wait 24-48 hours for a response to your Volmail account.
If you are unable to submit your immunizations online, please print and complete the Immunization/Tuberculosis Packet.
Frequently Asked Questions
All students are required to submit proof of:
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine – Proof of immunization with two doses at least 28 days apart or (+) antibody titers for any student born after 1 Jan 1957 is required.
- Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine – Proof of immunization with two doses at least 28 days apart or a (+) antibody titer is required
- Tuberculosis (TB) Screening Questionnaire and, if subsequently required, a Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment must be submitted.
Students living on campus are ALSO required to submit proof of:
- Meningitis Vaccines – All new incoming students who are under 22 years of age and will be residing in on-campus housing, must have documentation of the Meningococcal Serogroup A, C, W, and Y Vaccine given on or after their 16th birthday or they will not be permitted to move into on-campus housing.
Other currently recommended, but not required, vaccines include:
- Hepatitis B Vaccine – Proof of immunization with a three-dose regimen or a (+) antibody titer is required for all Health Science students.
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine
- Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccine
- Primary Polio series
- Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccine (Tdap)
- Covid-19 vaccine
- Influenza vaccine
Students can request a religious or medical exemption to the immunization requirement by completing and submitting the immunization exemption form. Medical exemptions require the signature of a health care provider.
Students can submit their immunization records or the immunization exemption form online using the Student Health patient portal.
- Fall semester: August 1
- Spring semester: January 1
- Summer semester: May 1
Failure to submit your immunization records will result in an immunization hold on your student account. An immunization hold means you will not be eligible to change your class schedule, receive grades, register for the next semester, or graduate until all immunization requirements have been met and the hold released.
The following locations may have copies of your immunization records that you can upload to the Student Health patient portal.
- High school
- Local health department
- Primary care physician
- Previous college or university
- Parent or guardian
- Navigate to the Student Health patient portal.
- Enter your UT Knoxville NetID in the username box and password in the upper right corner.
- At top of the page, please click on the forms dropdown.
- Click on TB Screening Questionnaire.
- Answer questions 1-7.
- Sign and submit.
If you answer NO on all the questions, there is nothing else required of you.
If you answer YES on any of the questions, you will need to schedule a tuberculosis test at the Student Health Center or have your medical provider fill out the Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Form.
If you need to schedule a tuberculosis test, please call 865-974-5080 to schedule an appointment.
- Navigate to the Student Health patient portal.
- Enter your UT Knoxville NetID in the username box and password in the upper right corner.
- Click on the Immunization tab at the top of the page.
- Click down arrows on the All Required tab to open date boxes for immunizations.
- Enter dates for each immunization for which you have a record.
- Once complete, click the Submit button.
- A pop-up message will appear directing you to upload a copy of your immunization records for verification purposes.
If you are unable to submit your immunization records online, please print and complete the Immunization/Tuberculosis Packet and submit it to the Student Health Center by one of the following means:
Email: immunizations@utk.edu
Fax: 865-974-2000
Mail:
Immunization Coordinator
University of Tennessee
Student Health Center
1800 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN 37996-3102
If you will be on campus before the semester begins, you may deliver your immunization records to the Immunization Coordinator at the Student Health Center.
Please do not submit your records in multiple formats.
For verification purposes, you must submit a paper copy of your immunization record and, if required, the Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Form signed by your health care provider or your TB Test Results.
Yes, students can request a religious or medical exemption to the immunization requirement by completing the immunization exemption form and submitting it using the Student Health patient portal. Medical exemptions require the signature of a health care provider.