Health forms for first-year students are due by July 15 for fall semester and January 15 for spring semester.

Required health forms include:

• Student Information
• Immunization History (signed by health care provider)
• Pre-college Physical (sign by health care provider)
• Insurance & Financial Responsibility Form
• TB Risk Questionnaire

Mail forms to: Hampshire College Health & Counseling, 893 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002 or fax to 413.559.5583.

For questions about Health & Counseling Services, insurance, or required forms call 413.559.5458, email healthservices@hampshire.edu, or visit our web page.

The Health & Counseling office will close June 3 and re-open for the academic year after August 8. Summer office hours will be 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. every Wednesday and Thursday.

You are required to read the Notice of Privacy Practices.

All Hampshire College students pay a health service fee and therefore have full access to our primary care clinic located on campus. Please feel free to drop in or call us with any questions you may have. 

All medical care and counseling provided by the Health Center is provided at no additional charge to actively enrolled Hampshire College students; however, there are additional charges for laboratory tests, x-rays, prescription medications, and some immunizations received at the Health Center. Some students may benefit from off-campus psychotherapy that is beyond the limits of our counseling services. Our staff psychologists will help facilitate referrals to local therapists or psychiatrists as needed.

Massachusetts State Law requires that all college students carry health insurance.
Hampshire College works with the Gallagher-Koster company to offer a medical insurance plan that is tailored to the needs of our students. The Student Medical Insurance Plan will be billed along with your tuition unless you waive it by providing evidence of comparable medical coverage through another insurance plan. The website provides details about the Student Medical Insurance Plan and the waiver process. Please look at the fine points of coverage limits, co-payments, deductibles, and out-of-network exclusions very carefully as you make a decision about coverage while away at college.

Hampshire College has a contract with University Health Services (UHS) at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst to provide urgent medical care after 5 p.m. and on weekends. In addition, Hampshire College works along with UHS to provide radiology, laboratory, psychiatry, and pharmacy services for our students. Charges for services through University Health Services that are not covered by your insurance plan will be added to your bursar bill at Hampshire.