For Students & Postdocs

As of October 27

• Classes are mostly in-person for the fall quarter, with limited classes offered in-person. Teaching Commons and Teach Anywhere offer resources for instructors.
• On-campus housing is offered this fall for students at all levels. Dining halls offer indoor dining at reduced capacity, with Clean Dining protocols, as well as to-go meals.
• COVID-19 testing is being provided for the campus community. All students living on campus, living in university provided off-campus student housing, or coming to campus are required to test weekly, regardless of vaccination status, effective Aug. 15. Starting Sept. 20, COVID testing is required weekly for on-site postdoctoral scholars who are vaccinated, and twice weekly for students and postdocs who are not vaccinated. Dashboards provide aggregated results for the Stanford community. 
• Stanford is following a phased recovery of university operations. We are currently in Stage 3 of the restart process. Learn more about Cardinal Recovery.
• Health Check to self-report health status is required for employees and postdocs working in-person at a Stanford facility. Daily Health Check submissions are not required for faculty, staff and postdoctoral scholars coming to campus who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (documentation uploaded on Health Check) or fully vaccinated students on campus (documentation on the Vaden Health Portal) unless they become symptomatic, have a positive COVID test or are exposed to household members who have tested positive. Training on COVID hygiene is required before returning to work at a campus location for the first time.
• Based on Santa Clara and San Mateo County orders and CDC guidance, face coverings are required indoors for all individuals regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status, at crowded outdoor events where physical distancing is difficult, and when using public transportation, carts and other university vehicles occupied by more than one person. Stanford also strongly recommends masking outdoors in crowded settings when 6 feet of distance from others cannot consistently be maintained.
• Information on student gatherings is available. For the first three weeks of the fall quarter until Oct. 8, indoor student parties will be prohibited in order to help limit the potential for virus transmission as our community returns to campus.
• Public events, performances and exhibitions are occurring in person at limited capacity. The temporary campus zones program ended on June 16. Visitors for academic, business, or research purposes are approved on a case-by-case basis by the dean or VP of a department or unit. New appointments of visitors, including visiting scholars, visiting postdocs, visiting student researchers and others, are restricted.
• New postdoctoral scholars coming from outside Stanford, and current scholars returning from travel must follow relevant travel guidance that specifies how and when they may be approved for campus access. 
  • Vaccinated scholars arriving from domestic locations should register with Health Check and Color and begin surveillance testing.
  • Vaccinated scholars, including continuing scholars, arriving from international locations should register with Health Check and Color, and test on Day 0 and Day 5 before coming to campus for business purposes (note that they may come to pick up and drop off their tests). Unvaccinated scholars are not permitted unrestricted campus access until they submit a negative COVID test taken at least 5 days after arriving in California and are vaccinated or in compliance with the enhanced testing program for unvaccinated staff.
• Exercise outdoors is encouraged, subject to physical distancing. See what recreational offerings are available for those approved to be on-site.

An overview of all current policies and status regarding COVID-19 is available here.