Message for Students About Scheduling Their COVID-19 Test
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 29, 2020) — The afternoon of Tuesday, July 28, University of Kentucky sent an email message to all of its students detailing how students should schedule their COVID-19 testing for the Fall 2020 semester. Please read the message below.
Dear Students,
If you have not received one already, soon you will receive a text message and email with instructions to sign up for your mandatory COVID-19 test at one of five testing sites on campus.
This test is a first step in our pledge to make it as easy as possible to be safe on our campus.
As we communicated last week, the test is required for all UK students — undergraduate, graduate, professional and postdoc — enrolled in in-person coursework, or who plan to visit campus for any reason this fall.
Here are your next steps:
- Schedule your test. Your text message/email will contain a link to a secure website portal where you can schedule your test and select a testing location. Private health information will be kept confidential.
- Register. After you schedule, you will register for your test. This step involves providing other important information and is separate from scheduling.
Complete steps 1 and 2 before arriving at your testing location.
Testing will take place between August 3 and August 22, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. each day including weekends. It will be available at no cost to all students. The university can test up to 2,000 students a day, with projected test results delivered in approximately 24 hours.
Students who test negative will be notified via email that their results are available; those results can be accessed via a link to a secure portal on the web-based application.
Students who test positive will be contacted by phone by a member of the UK Health Corps. team. The team will provide the students with instructions, resources and other necessary support.
Students who are under the age of 18 will receive a consent form for their parent or guardian to sign before they come to campus.
Wellness Kits
Additionally, the university will provide all students with Wellness Kits containing PPE and other supplies. Students who live on campus will receive their Wellness Kits during move-in. Students who live off campus will receive their Wellness Kits at their testing locations.
Testing By Your Own Provider
You also have the option to supply the university with test results conducted outside of initial testing on campus. If you choose to do so, the test must be an approved PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test conducted within seven days of your arrival to campus. More information is available here.
- For students living in on-campus housing, their arrival date is defined as their scheduled residence hall move-in date.
- Students living off campus, who want to complete their test off campus, should do so within seven days of the date they first plan to arrive on campus for any reason (e.g. to buy books, etc.)
More information about the student testing process is available here.
If you have questions related to testing or campus services, please contact us at healthcorps@uky.edu.
Thank you for doing your part to protect and respect our community.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.