Health Requirements for New Students

Welcome, new Cornellians! 

Cornell Health oversees the university's Health Requirements process, through which all new Cornell students provide information required to comply with state and federal laws, meet public health guidelines, and support their health care while at Cornell. 

Completion of health requirements is mandatory. Please pay attention to deadlines.

See instructions for:

More information:

Contact Cornell Health's Requirements Office:

If you wish to contact our Requirements Office, you may do so in one of the following ways:

  • Send a secure message through our patient portal: Log in to myCornellHealth using your Cornell NetID and password, and go to Messages > New Message > Send a message or attachment to Immunization Requirements.
  • Call us during business hours: 607-255-4364 (Monday–Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Eastern Standard Time).
  • Beginning July 1, students can also schedule an online (Zoom) consultation appointment: Log into myCornellHealth and select Appointments > Schedule an appointment > New Student Health Requirements consultation.

Note that per HIPAA privacy law, we are unable to communicate about private health information by email.