COVID-19 Testing FAQs

Information regarding the process, types, and costs of testing can be found on the MTU Flex testing web page.

All testing is voluntary. We ask members of the Husky community to join us in this effort to keep our campus healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

You do not need a test to complete quarantine. However, it may be recommended by the health department or your health care provider that you receive one. Please discuss whether to get a test with your health care prover and talk to your insurance company about the cost associated with getting a test. Please remember that even if you have a negative test result, you must remain in quarantine for a full 14 days. 

No. If you have received all recommended doses of the vaccine at least two weeks prior, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department advises that you should not get tested. 

If you are fully vaccinated and are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, please contact your health care provider for advice, and remain away from campus until you are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and any other symptoms are improving.

If you have symptoms and have not already done so, please report your symptoms through the Daily Symptom Monitoring Form.

Your test result will be made available to you electronically through the UGL Patient Portal, likely within two to three business days. If you receive a phone call from Michigan Tech or the Health Department over the next few days following your test, please be sure to answer it, as their staff will want to follow up with you in the event of a positive test or if you have been exposed to someone else who tested positive.

If you were tested somewhere other than UGL or you did not sign UGL's medical release that releases your test result to Michigan Tech, we ask that you report your test result through the Report a Test Form.

You can find your local Michigan Testing Centers online.

Ongoing activities that help monitor for a community- or population-level outbreak of COVID-19. Surveillance testing might sound ominous, but it's actually a common practice for public health officials who want to assess local infection rates and trends. Surveillance testing is used to gather information at the population level (rather than an individual level). With surveillance testing, health professionals can sample a certain percentage of a population to get a sense of whether COVID-19 infections are increasing or decreasing. It also lets them know how well mitigation efforts—like social distancing—are working.

Find more information at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

Michigan Tech on-demand, asymptomatic tests will be available as capacity allows. 

To schedule a test, text Hello to 906-257-9677 and follow the prompts. Those who do not have access to texting can schedule an appointment by calling Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) at 906-483-1860.

Please note that priority goes to symptomatic, close contact, and surveillance testing, so availability of asymptomatic tests will be limited in times of higher demand.

Michigan Tech on-demand, asymptomatic tests will be available for students who are unable to receive text messages regarding surveillance testing. Please call UGL at 906-483-1860 to arrange for asymptomatic testing and then report your appointment to Michigan Tech by emailing mtuflex@mtu.edu.

Michigan Tech on-demand, asymptomatic tests will be available as capacity allows. 

To schedule a test, text Hello to 906-257-9677 and follow the prompts. Those who do not have access to texting can schedule an appointment by calling Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) at 906-483-1860.

Please note that priority goes to symptomatic, close contact, and surveillance testing, so availability of asymptomatic tests will be limited in times of higher demand.

The surveillance testing program is not intended to be used by symptomatic individuals or individuals who have been in close contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19—those tests are always available and are covered by insurance.  

Starting April 7, symptomatic/close contact testing will be available on campus for students and employees at a new testing site in Douglass Houghton Hall (DHH) in Room G44. If you are symptomatic and/or are a close contact of a known COVID-19 case, you do not need to make an appointment to be tested at DHH — just show up at DHH Room G44 at any time during testing hours, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until noon, and request a test. Please enter through door 31-9, which will be marked with a COVID-19 Testing Clinic sign.

You should have received an email from UGL asking you to complete your profile on the UGL Patient Portal. 

Please search your MTU email account for an email titled, “Portal login information from your doctor’s office.” It will be sent from no-reply@eclinicalmail.com on behalf of Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center. 

If you did not receive this email, please call UGL at 906-483-1860 to set up your account.

Eligible employees may receive up to two asymptomatic tests during the spring 2021 semester. When desired, please text Hello to 906-256-6466 and then follow the prompts. Those who do not have access to texting can schedule an appointment by calling Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) at 906-483-1860.

Prior to or after scheduling your test, you may receive an email from UGL asking you to complete your profile on the UGL Patient Portal. 

If you do not receive this email, please call UGL at 906-483-1860 to set up your account.