TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 2025-26 Academic Year Students:
  • Student Medical Portal
  • Massachusetts Mandated Immunizations
  • Annual Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment Questionnaire
  • Influenza and COVID Vaccination
  • Your Lesley email - check it often!
• Low Residency Students:
  • Medical Portal
  • Deadlines 
  • Tuberculosis Risk Assessment 
  • Massachusetts Mandated Immunizations
  • COVID-19 Vaccination (strongly encouraged but not required)

2025-26 Academic Year Students:

We are excited to welcome you to the Lesley University 2025-26 academic year! Please read the following information carefully and log into the student portal to upload immunization and other health documents.

Student Medical Portal

Visit the student medical portal at lesley.medicatconnect.com. 

• New students will be granted access to the portal as soon as you’re a registered student.
• Please start planning and gather all your immunization documents in advance so that you can upload these documents as soon as access to your medical portal has been granted.
• If you are a returning student and have previously uploaded the required documents, then you only need to check for any new requirements and upload any updates.
• Before uploading your documents, please confirm that all documents are in English, have your name, date of birth, name and contact information of your medical provider, clinic, lab, or pharmacy, the date each vaccine was administered, and if you’re providing serological test results that the results include the lab value range or your immunity status.

Massachusetts Mandated Immunizations

All students must comply with Massachusetts State immunization requirements. Upload proof of your immunizations into the medical portal.*

• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella): 2 doses, or a positive serological test result showing immunity. Exempt if born in the U.S. before 1957.

• Tdap: 1 dose given within last 10 years

• Varicella: 2 doses or medical documentation that you had chicken pox; or a positive serological test result showing immunity. Exempt if born in the U.S. before 1980.

• Hepatitis B: 3 doses or a positive serological test showing immunity.

• Meningococcus: newly enrolled students 21 years of age and younger must provide documentation of having received a dose of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugated vaccine on or after their 16th birthday.

*Students who are in programs that are strictly virtual (who never plan to be on campus), are exempt from these requirements.

Annual Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment Questionnaire

All students (including returning students) must complete an annual TB risk assessment questionnaire found on the student portal. 

Influenza and COVID Vaccination

• All students are strongly encouraged to protect themselves and our community by receiving the influenza vaccine as soon as it is available in the Fall. All residential students are especially encouraged to be vaccinated.
• Based on your personal risk assessment, we strongly encourage all students to be up to date on their COVID vaccination. Consult your physician and the CDC website for guidance on being up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines.
• Upload proof of your influenza and COVID 19 immunizations into the medical portal.

Your Lesley email - check it often!

• All official communications will be through your Lesley email so please check it regularly and if communicating with us include your ID and phone numbers.
• When all your uploaded documents have been reviewed and approved you will receive a confirmation email from Lesley University Student Health Service.

Low Residency Students:

We are excited to welcome you to the Lesley University Low Residencies. Please read the following information carefully and log into the student medical portal to upload your required immunization and other health documents. If you are a returning student and have previously submitted the required documents, then you only need to check for any new requirements and upload updates.

Medical Portal

lesley.medicatconnect.com

Deadlines 

• Visual Arts and Creative Writing Summer Residencies
• Expressive Therapies and Education Summer Residencies

Tuberculosis Risk Assessment 

All students on campus must complete an annual TB risk assessment questionnaire, found on the medical portal.

Massachusetts Mandated Immunizations

• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella): 2 doses, or a positive serological test result showing immunity. Exempt if born in the U.S. before 1957.
• Tdap: 1 dose given within last 10 years.
• Varicella: 2 doses or medical documentation that you had chicken pox; or a positive serological test result showing immunity.  Exempt if born in the U.S. before 1980.
• Hepatitis B: 3 doses or a positive serological test showing immunity.
• Meningococcus: students 21 years of age and younger must provide documentation of having received a dose of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugated vaccine on or after their 16th birthday.

COVID-19 Vaccination (strongly encouraged but not required)

• Based on your personal risk assessment, we strongly encourage all students to be up to date on their COVID vaccination.  Consult your physician and the CDC website for guidance on being up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines.
• Upload proof of your COVID 19 immunizations into the medical portal.

Before uploading your documents, confirm that all documents are in English, have your name, date of birth, name and contact information of your medical provider, clinic, lab, or pharmacy, the date each vaccine was administered, and if you’re providing serological test results that the results include the lab value range or your immunity status.

When all your uploaded documents have been reviewed and approved, you will receive a confirmation email from Lesley University Student Health Service.