Proactive Community Testing (PCT) provides a quick and painless saliva or nasal-swab COVID-19 test for asymptomatic UT Austin students, faculty and staff. Testing helps the campus community respond to COVID-19 cases and contributes significantly to slowing the spread of the virus. PCT is provided at no cost by the university.
If you have any symptoms of COVID-19, no matter how mild, see this information on symptomatic testing.
You must be a current UT Austin student or employee who:
Considerations |
Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab Test |
PCR Saliva Sample Test |
Advantages1 |
Rapid identification of infectiousness |
Most sensitive test available and the test required for airline travel. |
Sample collection |
Short nasal swab |
Saliva, nothing by mouth 30 minutes prior |
Turnaround time |
15 – 30 minutes |
Typically, 6-12 hours |
When offered |
Weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Weekday mornings, 9 a.m. to noon
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Qualifications for test type |
No COVID-19 in the past 10 days (5 days if you must end isolation early, have no fever and symptoms are improving) |
No COVID-19 in the past 90 days
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Test Type |
LFD/LFA Antigen |
NAAT RT-PCR
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Recommended Testing Frequency |
Twice a week, at least 36 hours between tests |
Weekly
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Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab Test |
Advantage: Rapid identification of infectiousness |
Sample collection: Short nasal swab |
Turnaround time: 15 – 30 minutes |
When offered: Weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Qualifications for test type: No COVID-19 in the past 10 days (5 days if you must end isolation early, have no fever and symptoms are improving) |
Test Type: LFD/LFA Antigen |
Recommended Testing Frequency: Twice a week, at least 36 hours between tests |
PCR Saliva Sample Test |
Advantage: Most sensitive test available and the test required for airline travel. |
Sample collection: Saliva, nothing by mouth 30 minutes prior |
Turnaround time: Typically, 6-12 hours |
When offered: Weekday mornings, 9 a.m. to noon |
Qualifications for test type: No COVID-19 in the past 90 days |
Test Type: NAAT RT-PCR |
Recommended Testing Frequency: Weekly |
1More information here: CDC Table 1
June - Thursday
Location | Time | Test Offered | Type |
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Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to noon | RT-PCR Saliva Test (6-12 hours) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2 to 5 p.m. | Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab (15-30 mins) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Proactive Testing Jester PTJ, Speedway & 21st St | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2 to 4:30 p.m. | Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab (15-30 mins) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
July - Friday
Location | Time | Test Offered | Type |
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Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to noon | RT-PCR Saliva Test (6-12 hours) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2 to 5 p.m. | Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab (15-30 mins) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Proactive Testing Jester PTJ, Speedway & 21st St | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2 to 4:30 p.m. | Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab (15-30 mins) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
July - Monday
Location | Time | Test Offered | Type |
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CLOSED | |||
CLOSED |
July - Tuesday
Location | Time | Test Offered | Type |
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Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to noon | RT-PCR Saliva Test (6-12 hours) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab (15-30 mins) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
July - Wednesday
Location | Time | Test Offered | Type |
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Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to noon | RT-PCR Saliva Test (6-12 hours) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab (15-30 mins) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
July - Thursday
Location | Time | Test Offered | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to noon | RT-PCR Saliva Test (6-12 hours) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab (15-30 mins) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
July - Friday
Location | Time | Test Offered | Type |
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Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to noon | RT-PCR Saliva Test (6-12 hours) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Student Services Building SSB, Glenn Maloney Room G1.406 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Rapid Antigen Nasal Swab (15-30 mins) | Walk-up or Schedule an Appointment |
Free parking is available in the 27th Street Garage (TSG). Bring your parking ticket into the clinic for validation.
Log into the MyUHS patient portal:
Log into the MyUHS patient portal:
Saliva PCR specimens are analyzed by the UT Austin High Throughput Testing Core (HTTC), a unit of the Center for Biomedical Research Support (CBRS) core research facility (Office of the Vice-President for Research). HTTC is certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) to perform clinically diagnostic testing. View our CLIA certificate.
Rapid Antigen short nasal swab tests are conducted by UHS. View UHS Laboratory licenses.
For questions about PCT not answered above, email pct@austin.utexas.edu.
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Monday - Friday, 8am to 5pm by appointment |
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(512) 471-4955 |
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University Health Services is committed to providing high-quality care to patients of all ages, races, ethnicities, physical abilities or attributes, religions, sexual orientations, or gender identities/expression.
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