Keep HBS Healthy

Please be sure to check this page for the latest guidance before coming to campus.

What You Need to Know Today

Aug
06
Open / Closed (Thu)
MBA Classes
Hybrid
Faculty Office Visits
Open
Aldrich Hall
Open
Spangler Study Rooms
Open
Community Commitment

Complete the Community Commitment process, including the embedded training. So long as the COVID-19 pandemic affects how we learn, teach, work, and live at the School, Harvard Business School and Harvard University will issue health and safety guidelines for faculty, staff, and students based on federal, state, and local guidance.

Students & Partners
Faculty & Staff
Event Gathering/Limits
Informal Gatherings

Outdoors & Indoors: 20

Student Events

Suspended for the summer and will resume at the start of the 2021-2022 academic year

Faculty & Staff On-Campus Events

Outdoors: Vaccinated individuals are not required to mask or distance outdoors, including while eating/drinking. Unvaccinated individuals should continue to protect themselves while on campus by practicing physical distancing when possible, especially when unmasked.

Indoors: Masks are required for everyone indoors except when actively eating/drinking (consume and cover applies). Vaccinated individuals are not required to distance. Unvaccinated individuals should continue to protect themselves while on campus by practicing physical distancing when possible, especially when unmasked.

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Reserve Space On-Campus (login required)
Arrival & Travel
Arrival

All students are expected to follow the steps below in their first week on campus:

-Take a COVID-19 test on arrival day, on day 4 or 5 after arrival, and 1 week after arrival.

-Formal quarantine is not required while results are being processed, assuming you have no COVID symptoms and no known recent exposure to a person who tested positive, but HUHS recommends minimizing social activity at least until the first negative test result.

Travel
Fully vaccinated individuals may undertake University-related travel within the United States, and to international destinations rated Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 for COVID-19 by the CDC. Unvaccinated individuals or those considering travel to a CDC Level 4 country must complete a petition. If you choose to travel for personal reasons, review the post-travel COVID testing and quarantine policy.
Testing & Tracing
Verify Your Vaccination
Testing (Thursday Hours)
Pick-up (Thu)
  • Chao Center Guest Services Desk
    8 am-5 pm
  • Spangler Center 2nd Floor Service Counter
    9 am-5 pm
  • Shad Hall Fitness Counter
    6 am-8 pm
  • OSS Pack City 
    (HBS Residence Hall residents only)
    Open
  • Aldrich Hall Security Window
    24/7 for when other test kit distribution sites are not available
Activate Your Testing Kit
Drop-off (Thu)*
  • Chao Center Guest Services Desk
    8 am-3 pm
  • Shad Hall Fitness Counter
    7 am-3 pm
  • Spangler Center 1st Floor East Rotunda
    7 am-3 pm
  • Rock Center Student Mailbox Area
    24 / 7
  • *Bins to drop-off test kits are available during building hours posted on myHBS.
Questions? coronavirus@hbs.edu
Harvard University Health Services: + 617.495.5711

How to Verify Your Vaccination

If you haven't submitted your vaccination verification yet, please visit the Verify Your Vaccination webpage and follow the instructions. If you received your vaccine through HUHS, you do not need to submit any information, as HUHS already has your information on file. HUHS keeps individual medical information secure and confidential.

Vaccination Exemptions

Members of the Harvard community can claim exemptions to the vaccination requirement for medical or religious reasons. Students claiming an exemption should complete the Student Vaccine Exemption Form. Faculty, staff, and researchers wishing to note an exemption to the vaccine requirement can do so through Crimson Clear, which you can access from the Verify Your Vaccination webpage. Unvaccinated persons (regardless of the reason) will be subject to additional public health measures, including extra testing, above and beyond what is required of vaccinated individuals.

Testing Requirements

COVID testing will remain a part of the University's ongoing efforts to track and limit the coronavirus within our community. Please see instructions on how to correctly self-test. Your required testing cadence will be determined by factors including whether you live on or off campus, your vaccination status, and infection rates in the local community. Each member of the Harvard community can find their updated testing cadence requirement by logging into Crimson Clear. You will also receive regular text and email notifications reminding you of your next testing day. More information and detail on the testing requirements is available on the University's Testing and Tracing webpage.

Distancing Requirements on Campus

The University no longer requires that vaccinated persons observe physical distance requirements, either indoors or outdoors. Unvaccinated persons are still required to maintain physical distancing indoors. As more of our campus community become fully vaccinated, we expect that we will be able to further relax restrictions.

Mask Policy on Campus

Masks are required at all times indoors for everyone regardless of vaccination status, except when alone in a private space (e.g., individual office) with the door closed or when actively eating in a designated dining area. Harvard may revisit this in the future. Anyone who feels uncomfortable without a mask is encouraged to wear one whenever and wherever they would like.

Dining

Approved indoor locations for dining include: all dining rooms, lounges, common areas, conference rooms, project rooms, individual offices, and staff work stations. Dining is not permitted in classrooms at this time. Masks must be worn at all times unless actively eating or drinking, and unvaccinated individuals are encouraged to protect themselves by distancing when eating.

Crimson Clear

Daily use of Crimson Clear is no longer required for those coming to campus. However, the University is now able to use the application to communicate an individual's testing cadence and to confirm that vaccination information has been received. It can also be used for community members to submit a vaccine exemption. In addition, we ask that you use Crimson Clear to report when you are experiencing COVID symptoms, have a recent exposure to a positive case, or test positive outside of our program. When you do so, HUHS can follow up to provide you with health guidance.