Princeton University Will Require Students Get COVID Vaccine

PRINCETON, NJ — Princeton University will require all undergraduate and graduate students to get the COVID-19 vaccine this fall, the university announced Tuesday.

“Students enrolling or otherwise planning to be present on campus during the 2021-22 academic year must provide proof of having received their final dose of the vaccine (second dose for two-dose vaccine or one dose for single dose vaccine) by August 1,” the university said.

Once the students are vaccinated, they are required to upload their vaccination records on the university website.

Princeton is the latest to join the list of colleges and universities requiring students to be inoculated before returning to campus in the fall.

According to the university press release, medical and religious exemptions from the vaccination "will be granted in accordance with the University’s reasonable accommodation policies and legal requirements.”

Princeton said it has not yet decided whether to require faculty, staff, and others working or otherwise present on campus during the fall to provide proof of having received the COVID-19 vaccine.

“However, the University highly recommends vaccinations for all employees and other members of the campus community.”

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