COVID-19

As of February 4, 2025, Stanford University has updated policies and guidance for managing COVID-19, influenza, and other respiratory illnesses.

Effective April 10, the university will no longer require COVID vaccinations and boosters for faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, and students.

The university is transitioning away from the Color testing program. Free rapid tests will continue to be available.

Stanford strongly recommends wearing masks indoors, including in classrooms and instructional spaces, and outdoors in crowded settings throughout January.

Updates for winter break concerning vaccination, masking, and testing.

Specific steps, including the bivalent booster and testing after travel and gatherings, can help protect community members against COVID-19.

With the level of COVID-19 cases on campus and in the surrounding region remaining low, Stanford is updating masking requirements.

The CDC’s COVID community level for San Mateo County is now high/red, a designation with recommended actions that encourage face coverings indoors and on public transportation.

As campus activities increase, masking, testing and other health protocols are crucial to our efforts to minimize COVID spread.

Data used to monitor COVID prevalence, based on analysis of campus wastewater, is now available on Stanford’s COVID dashboards.

In light of an increase in COVID cases, Stanford continues to strongly encourage face coverings indoors and in crowded outdoor spaces.

An update on student testing, face coverings in classrooms and test pickup locations.

Following new guidance from Santa Clara County Public Health Department and the California Department of Public Health, Stanford is making adjustments to its masking guidelines.

Following an announcement that the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health anticipates lifting the county’s indoor masking mandate on March 2, Stanford is working to revise

An update on our COVID-19 testing program, as well as a preview of our plans for students returning to campus from travel during the upcoming spring break.

Campus indoor masking policies will remain in place following Santa Clara County’s announcement that it will maintain local masking requirements until certain conditions are met,

A message from Provost Persis Drell and Russell Furr, associate vice provost for environment health & safety, outlines temporary limitations on campus events and gatherings