Numerous health care providers in the Santa Barbara area offer COVID-19 testing and/or COVID-related medical care. Individuals who have symptoms of COVID-19 or believe they have been exposed to the virus should contact their healthcare providers for symptomatic testing. Testing also is available on campus for current students and for faculty and staff members who show mild symptoms of COVID-19 or have been exposed to the virus. Alumni, retirees and family members of employees are not eligible for UC Santa Barbara’s COVID-19 testing. Information about the different tests can be found on the Student Health website.
Weekly testing remains required for all non-vaccinated undergraduate students living in campus-owned housing and for those attending in-person classes or labs, working on campus, or entering any campus building, including dining commons.
Testing
Testing for individuals who show mild symptoms of COVID-19 or have been exposed to the virus is available at no charge to UC Santa Barbara undergraduate and graduate students and faculty and staff members who live in campus-owned housing or work, attend classes or conduct research on campus, or want to access campus facilities. Testing is available also to all undergraduate students living off campus.
Appointments may be made through the Student Health Patient Portal Gateway using UCSBnet ID. Testing takes place at the campus’s Loma Pelona Center and in the Linda Vista Room at Santa Catalina residence hall.
Testing Requirements
Weekly testing is required for all non-vaccinated undergraduate students living in campus-owned housing and for those attending in-person classes or labs, working on campus, or entering any campus building, including dining commons. Testing is recommended for other non-vaccinated groups, including staff and faculty members working on campus, and graduate students living in campus-owned housing.
Testing Availability and Appointments
Testing is provided weekdays, except official holidays, at the campus’s Loma Pelona Center or in the Linda Vista Room at the Santa Catalina residence hall. Special hours will be provided during move-in periods for campus housing. Information on how to schedule an asymptomatic test can be found here.
What to Expect
Testing Information
Where to Find Your COVID-19 Test Results
Testing Locations
COVID-19 testing takes place at the campus’s Loma Pelona Center and in the Linda Vista Room at Santa Catalina residence hall. Click the location icons in the map above for hours and location details. Information on how to schedule a test can be found on the Student Health website.
UCSB COVID-19 Viral Strain/Variant Research Project
As part of a research effort to understand which variant strains of the SARS-CoV2 virus are emerging in Santa Barbara County, campus community members who test positive for COVID-19 in the university’s testing program may volunteer to have their COVID-19 virus sequenced in order to determine which strain of the virus has infected them. All that is required is an individual’s consent.
More information is available at Student Health.
Symptomatic Testing
If you think you may have symptoms of COVID-19, you can contact any of the following providers to arrange for a COVID-19 test in Santa Barbara or to seek medical care. Please check with each provider to clarify any charges, and to be sure your health insurance is accepted. Your private health insurance may also have resources for Telehealth that can provide you with medical advice, but may not be able to order a local COVID-19 test.
The UC Santa Barbara COVID-19 Call Center at (805) 893-3113 or ucsb-covid19@ucsb.edu is also available to provide further information.
Student Health (Confidential services for UCSB students)
- COVID-19 testing with no charge for students, if symptomatic or exposed to confirmed cases; test appointments may also be scheduled through the Student Health Patient Portal Gateway or join a QLess line to receive a callback. Urgent Care and Telehealth visits available
- QLess virtual line for nurse advice.
Santa Barbara County Public Health Dept
- Free COVID-19 testing in Isla Vista and Goleta
- Information at https://publichealthsbc.org/
testing
Cottage Health CareNow Online Services
- (805) 456-6545
- Online visit, may refer out for testing if indicated
- You may submit your receipt to your insurance company, but reimbursement is not guaranteed
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
- (844) 594-0343
- Telehealth visits available; sliding scale fees based on income
- Four locations for medical care in Santa Barbara; one in Isla Vista
- Open evenings and Saturday
- Call first to alert them if you have COVID-19 symptoms
Sansum Clinic
- (800) 472-6786
- Sansum Urgent Care
- (805) 563-6110; 215 Pesetas Ln., Santa Barbara, CA 93111
- Telehealth visits available
- Open weekends
- Call first to alert them if you have COVID-19 symptoms
The Med Center
- Open evenings and weekends (not all locations)
- (805) 681-7411; 271 N. Fairview Ave., Suite 101, Goleta, CA 93117
- (805) 682-7411; 2954 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
- (805) 965-3011; 319 N Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Other
- Information provided by the California Department of Public Health about additional COVID-19 testing sites in the area can be found here.
The University does not recommend, endorse, warrant or guarantee any specific provider of medical services, or any product or service that they may offer and will not be a party to any transaction between you and such providers. The names of these medical providers are for information purposes only. As with the purchase of any product or service, it is your responsibility to use your best judgment in the selection of any appropriate medical provider.
Updated 12/21/2020. Send comments to: ucsb-covid19@ucsb.edu.