Immunization Requirements

Full-time (Undergraduate – 12 or more credits.  Graduate – more than 6 credits)  

• MMR 2-dose series (first dose AFTER first birthday)
• HepB 3-dose series (2nd dose at least 4 weeks after 1st dose.  3rd dose at least 8 weeks after 2nd, PLUS at least 16 weeks between 1st and 3rd dose.
• Meningitis 2 doses (Menactra, Menveo or MenQuadFi) Please Note: One dose must be given on or after 16th birthday.
• COVID-19 (Residential Students): Both doses in a 2-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna) OR one dose of a single-dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson Janssen) and booster dose is encouraged. Please Note: International residential students must present WHO-approved vaccination (2-dose series OR single dose vaccine). A booster dose is encouraged.

Part-time (Undergraduate – less than 12 credits.  Graduate – less than 6 credits)

• MMR 2-dose series (first dose AFTER first birthday) Please Note: You may see individual doses of Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine.
• Meningitis 2 doses (Menactra, Menveo or MenQuadFi) Please Note: one dose must be given on or after 16th birthday.
• COVID-19 (Residential Students): Both doses in a 2-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna) OR one dose of a single-dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson Janssen) and booster dose is encouraged. Please Note: International residential students must present WHO-approved vaccination (2-dose series OR single dose vaccine). A booster dose is encouraged.

Full-time (Undergraduate – 12 or more credits.  Graduate – more than 6 credits)

• MMR 2-dose series (first dose AFTER first birthday) Please Note: You may see individual doses of Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine.
• Please Note: Only if living in University housing, add one dose of Meningitis vaccine (Menactra, Menveo or MenQuadFi) that must be given on, or after, 16th birthday.
• COVID-19 (Residential Students): Both doses in a 2-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna) OR one dose of a single-dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson Janssen) and booster dose is encouraged. Please Note: International residential students must present WHO-approved vaccination (2-dose series OR single dose vaccine). A booster dose is encouraged.
• HepB 3-dose series (2nd dose at least 4 weeks after 1st dose. 3rd dose at least 8 weeks after 2nd, PLUS at least 16 weeks between 1st and 3rd dose.
• Please Note: Only if student is Resident, add one dose of meningitis vaccine (Menactra, Menveo or MenQuadFi) that must be given on, or after, 16th birthday.

Part-time (Undergraduate – less than 12 credits.  Graduate – less than 6 credits)

• MMR 2-dose series (first dose AFTER first birthday) Please Note: You may see individual doses of Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine.
• Please Note: Only if student is Resident, add one dose of Meningitis vaccine (Menactra, Menveo or MenQuadFi) that must be given on, or after, 16th birthday.
• COVID-19 (Residential Students): Both doses in a 2-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna) OR one dose of a single-dose vaccine (Johnson & Johnson Janssen) and booster dose is encouraged. Please Note: International residential students must present WHO-approved vaccination (2-dose series OR single dose vaccine). A booster dose is encouraged.

Students Exempt from immunizations other than the COVID-19 vaccine series (or a single dose series):

• Exclusively enrolled in a Certificate program. Please Note: Students in combined degree and certificate programs must submit immunizations.
• Exclusively enrolled in an official Montclair State University Online Program.
• Students age 31 or older at time of matriculation.
• Please Note: All students (undergraduate, graduate, full-time, part-time) are required to complete the COVID-19 vaccine series (or a single dose series) unless they have been approved for a medical or religious exemption.

Please review the policy for students with COVID-19 exemptions before completing the exemption request.

• Medical Exemption: Medical Exemption Form. Completed by a licensed healthcare provider and submitted to the MyHealth Portal for review and approval.
• Religious Exemption: Complete the Religious Exemption Form. Print a copy of the form to your desktop. MyHealth Portal, using your University login, then upload your religious exemption form.
• New Jersey Exemption Regulation

Please Note: All exemption forms for new students starting in fall 2023 must be submitted by Monday, May 22.

Late Admissions: Students who are admitted after Monday, May 22 should submit their proof of vaccination or request an exemption no later than two weeks after their admission date.

• How to Upload Your Medical Exemption to MyHealth Portal (Medical only), go to Upload Documents and select the “Medical Exemption” tag to upload.
  • You can then go to My Profile → Images to confirm your images have been uploaded properly.

Strongly recommended (though not required) in the event of injury or exposure.

• Varicella (Chicken Pox) – Immunization dates or blood test results
• Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis)
• HPV
• Td
• Hepatitis A
• Influenza
• Meningococcal B