If you have a fever, chills or sweats, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, or loss or change in sense of taste or smell, however mild, please do not come to campus.
If you have tested positive to COVID we ask that you please stay away from campus for seven days from onset of symptoms or until symptoms have cleared.
Recent updates
Last updated: 6 January 2023
- Mask requirements: While our mask setting is currently green, which means mask wearing is an individual choice, it is strongly recommended that masks be worn in indoor settings, particularly where physical distancing cannot be maintained.
- Note that mask wearing remains mandatory in some College of Health and Medicine settings.
- Potential COVID-19 exposure sites: We will be regularly publishing a list of potential COVID-19 exposure sites at the University of Tasmania. These are times and locations where we know that someone who was COVID-19 positive was on campus.
- Positive case reporting: If you've tested positive for COVID-19 we ask that you complete this online form. It will support our management of COVID-19 and, as a result, the health and safety of our community.
- Border restrictions: Tasmania’s borders have reopened. Visit coronavirus.tas.gov.au for more information and the latest Public Health advice.
- Vaccination requirement update: coursework students, residents in University accommodation and online Higher Degree by Research candidates are no longer covered by the COVID-19 Safety Procedure.
- University staff, on-campus Higher Degree by Research candidates, consultants, contractors and volunteers are still required to be fully vaccinated.
- Students undertaking Professional Experience Placements (PEP) must comply with the vaccination requirements of the workplaces they are entering.
- International students: The University has recently updated information relating to plans for the return of international students to Tasmania. This information will be updated as it changes so please visit the page regularly.