Student Health

Hours: Monday - Friday 8am-5pm with the exception of Wednesdays 9am-5pm.

Nebraska Medicine provides on-campus healthcare for students. To schedule an appointment, call 308-865-1083. Walk-ins accepted on first come, first serve basis. Scheduled appointments take priority. 

Student Health Services: Student Health is an on-campus, primary medical care clinic for students. The clinic is located in the Health Science Education Center II staffed by full and part-time fully licensed and qualified nurse practitioners and registered nurses. On-campus students have automatic access to Student Health through paid fees. Any additional costs are nominal and always discussed. Some of the services:

• Evaluating and treating a wide variety of physical and mental health concerns (mental health evaluation and medication management.)
• Minor procedures (simple sutures, removal of ingrown toenail, wound care, etc.) 
• Physicals - This includes general wellness, well-woman (including birth control and/or pap smears as needed), sports, and study abroad physicals. 
• Prescriptions and medication management
• Basic laboratory services
• Allergy injections
• Testing and treating sexually transmitted infections
• Crutch rental
• Vaccinations

If you have any health-related concerns, Student Health is an excellent place to start. If your needs exceed what Student Health can provide, they'll gladly point you in the right direction and help guide you to a proper referral.

Vaccinations: UNK requires that all students born after 1956 must provide the month, day, and year of two MMR (mumps, measles [rubeola], and rubella) vaccinations. Students may also prove immunity by presenting a rubeola and mumps antibody titer test result or documentation of physician-diagnosed rubeola and mumps disease. (Testing is scheduled during orientation week.) Students must be in compliance with these requirements or they will not be permitted to register for classes.

Meningitis and Influenza: The meningococcal and flu vaccines are not a UNK health requirement, however, Nebraska state law requires postsecondary institutions to provide students and parents with information related to meningococcal disease. UNK does strongly recommend students be vaccinated, especially those living in UNK housing. For more information on meningococcal disease and the dangers of meningitis, which the vaccine helps prevent, please visit these links: https://www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/index.html and https://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/index.html.

Tuberculosis Testing: It is federally required that international students and students determined to be at high risk receive tuberculosis testing at Student Health upon arrival.

Health Insurance: Five medical visits with a family medicine provider are covered by student fees each academic year. Patients are financially responsible for charges not covered by the student fees. Learn more here.

International Student Insurance: International students are required to have/purchase health insurance while studying in the U.S. To ensure that all international students have adequate coverage while in the U.S., students are required to purchase the UNK Student Health Insurance Plan. Please refer to this website for more information for on international student insurance coverage: https://www.unk.edu/international/international-student-services/medical-insurance.php