Communicable diseases
Before arriving at Cambridge, check your healthcare records to make sure you’ve had these vaccines:
- Meningitis (MenACWYconjugate vaccine)
- Mumps, Measles, and Rubella (MMR)
If you don’t know whether you’ve received these vaccines, you can check with your GP practice. Find out how to register with a surgery in Cambridge.
If you are in certain health risk groups, you might also need:
- 2026 MenB vaccination programme: Individuals born on or after 21 July 2001 and starting university for the first time this autumn are eligible to get the MenB vaccine as part of a one-off programme. If you are eligible, find out where you can get a MenB vaccine
- Human papillomavirus (HPV): Girls under 25 and boys born after 1 September 2006, who did not receive the vaccine at school can contact their GP surgery to get the HPV vaccine.
- Influenza (Flu): If you suffer from chronic lung, heart, kidney or liver disease or have diabetes or are otherwise immunosuppressed, please discuss having the NHS flu vaccine with your GP.
- COVID-19: Vaccinations are no longer offered to everyone. If your medical records indicate that you're at higher risk of serious illness, the NHS will contact you. If you are at higher risk from COVID-19, please discuss let your College nurse know
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
Access advice or support about STIs.
Contact the Communicable Disease Helpdesk
If you have any questions please contact the Communicable Disease Helpdesk via email: CD-Helpdesk@admin.cam.ac.uk or telephone: 01223 339514 (Mon – Fri, 9am to 5pm)