Sometimes your student will need care right away—maybe they are feeling sick or have an injury that isn’t life-threatening. MIT Health has services to help.
Urgent Care: Our Urgent Care Service is on the first floor of the Campus Care Center, and is open from 8 a.m.–8 p.m., M–F and 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays. Your student can call Urgent Care at 617-253-1311, walk in and wait for an available clinician, or use the webform to reserve a spot in line.
Same-day appointments with clinicians in Primary Care: We reserve same-day appointments for patients who are sick or hurt and need to be seen urgently. To make a same-day appointment, your student can call 617-253-4481 and describe their symptoms to a triage nurse. If your student needs to be seen right away, the nurse will schedule a same-day appointment.
24-hour help line: When it’s after hours, your student can call our 24-hour help line at 617-253-4481 to speak to a triage nurse. The nurse will give your student advice about what to do next.
Student-run ambulance service: MIT has a student-run ambulance service staffed by fully trained EMTs. To summon the ambulance, call 617-253-1212 (or x100 from a campus phone). Since MIT EMS operates only one ambulance, the service may not always be available to respond, and another ambulance company may respond to a call. Learn more about MIT EMS.
If your student is transported, treated, or evaluated by an ambulance company other than MIT EMS, the cost will depend on your student’s insurance.
- The MIT Student Health Insurance Plan (MIT SHIP) covers the ambulance fee in full.
- If your student is not on MIT SHIP, your out-of-pocket cost will be determined by your personal insurance plan.