Health or safety emergency? Call 911 or UCPD at (951) 827-5222 (2-5222 from campus phones). Other issues? Turn to these on- and off-campus resources for assistance and support.
News and Announcements
Services will be temporarily closed or remote as we move to the new Student Health and Counseling Center, which will be celebrating its Grand Opening on Sept. 12. Please visit this Emergency & After-Hours webpage for health concerns during closures.
Student Health Services Clinic
Aug. 21 – Sept. 24 | Laboratory Services
Aug. 28 – Sept. 11 | Medical Services (includes imaging)
Aug. 31 – Sept. 11 | Pharmacy Services
Counseling and Psychological Services
Aug. 21 – Sept. 7 | CAPS (Telehealth services only)
Aug. 25 – Sept. 7 | Case Management (Virtual appointments only)
Aug. 25 – Sept. 7 | SWIFT (Remote only)
Sept. 8 – Sept. 11 | CAPS, Case Management, and SWIFT (Closed)
Health, Well-being & Safety
Health, Well-being & Safety (HWS) is a newly created division made up of nine departments that are dedicated to listening, supporting, and providing UC Riverside students with helpful resources and services for your overall safety and well-being.
The vision for HWS is to be a model of excellence in higher education by providing students the best campus environment to thrive, enhance, sustain, and support their personal growth and academic goals, ultimately making a positive impact in communities throughout California, nationally, and worldwide.
The mission of the division is to raise awareness and provide students with an inclusive framework of services, resources, and programs that cultivate community and a holistic approach to the campus environment by supporting diversity and student success through an integrated culture of wellness.
HWS Updates
Check Out Upcoming HWS Events
The various departments of Health, Well-being & Safety plan and schedule lots of fun and interesting events to support your overall wellness. From meditation workshops to free food on campus, you'll want to visit our Events page frequently to see what's coming up next!
UCR Values Freedom of Speech
Freedom of speech and expression are values that UCR respects and encourages. This includes opinions that challenge and encourage robust debate, action, and inquiry. The safety of our community is tandem with the right to free expression, and UCR will ensure that both are treated fairly. Please visit our new Free Speech website for more information about how UCR respects and upholds the right to free speech and expression.
Let's Do R Part
This fall, UC Riverside is welcoming many students, faculty, and staff to campus for the first time in 18 months. Each of us has a responsibility to ourselves and the UCR community to make this campus return as safe as possible. Let’s Do R Part to stop the spread of COVID-19 at UCR! Get vaccinated. Wear face coverings. Keep informed. Visit campusreturn.ucr.edu to learn more.
HWS Departments
Get to know the nine departments that make up HWS and how each can contribute to your safety and well-being.

Basic Needs
- (951) 827-3663
- basicneeds@ucr.edu
- basicneeds.ucr.edu
- @ucrbasicneeds
- onesheet
If you are experiencing basic needs challenges, such as food insecurity, housing displacement/homelessness, or financial crisis, we encourage you to reach out to us for assistance. Every day, Highlanders just like you (both undergraduate and graduate students) take advantage of available resources like the R'Pantry — for food, hygiene products, and childcare items. In addition, we offer currently enrolled students emergency housing assistance, application assistance for CalFresh, and emergency grant support through our Economic Crisis Response Team.

Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE)
- (951) 827-6225
- advocate@ucr.edu
- care.ucr.edu
- @ucrcare
- onesheet
CARE is an intervention and prevention support program committed to ending sexual violence at UCR. CARE seeks to unite, inspire and cultivate a community culture of care by providing direct advocacy, resources, and prevention educational programming related to issues of sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking to students, staff, faculty, and UCR affiliates.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Student Health Services Building, North Wing
- (951) 827-5531
- 24/7 Crisis Counselor: (951) UCR-TALK (827-8255) or 2-TALK from campus phones
- counseling@ucr.edu
- counseling.ucr.edu
- @ucr_caps
- onesheet
CAPS professionals provide a range of programs to promote mental health, emotional resilience, and well-being throughout the campus community. Clinical services include individual counseling and group therapy, as well as psychiatric services. All services are free, confidential, and provided by a diverse and multiculturally competent professional staff.

Healthy Campus
Healthy Campus collaborates with campus and community partners to create a campus culture of health by incorporating health into all policies, programs, services, and learning, teaching, and working environments.

Case Management
If you're struggling with an issue, whether it’s medical, psychological, psychiatric, social, financial, or academic, Case Managers will listen, help you brainstorm, problem solve, and ultimately connect you to the right resources. Case Managers work closely with all academic and Health, Well-being & Safety departments to help students reach their goals.

Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC)
- 1228 Student Services Building
- (951) 827-3861
- sdrc@ucr.edu
- sdrc.ucr.edu
- @ucrsdrc
- onesheet
The Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) provides a wide range of free, voluntary, and confidential services to regularly enrolled UCR students with permanent or temporary disabilities. The center works with academic and support departments around the university to ensure that all students have equal access to campus life.

Student Health Services (SHS)
- Veitch Student Center
- (951) 827-3031
- 24/7 Nurse Line: (877) 351-3457
- health@ucr.edu
- studenthealth.ucr.edu
- onesheet
If you’re injured, require dental or lab work, or need to fill a prescription, the SHS team of physicians, dentists, clinical lab scientists, and pharmacists can help. SHS offers on-campus primary care and psychiatric services, as well as referrals to off-campus specialists, programs, and resources. SHS also administers the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UCSHIP) on campus. UCSHIP is a systemwide plan providing enhanced health benefits to all enrolled students.

Police & Campus Safety
- 3500 Canyon Crest Drive
- Emergency (Police, Fire, Medical): 911
- (951) 827-5222
- ucpdgeneralmail@ucr.edu (not monitored 24/7)
- police.ucr.edu
- @ucrpolicedept
- onesheet
The mission of Police & Campus Safety is to ensure the quality of life on campus by providing a safe and secure environment through professional service to the university community. In order to be successful in this mission, Police & Campus Safety needs to maintain the public's trust and pursue a partnership with our community.

The Well
- HUB 248
- (951) 827-9355
- thewell@ucr.edu
- well.ucr.edu
- @thewellucr
- onesheet
The Well is UCR's health promotion department, providing students with health education tools, knowledge, resources, and supplies to keep themselves as healthy as possible so they can succeed at UCR and beyond. The Well also offers opportunities for peer engagement, support, leadership, and professional development. Visit The Well’s website and social media to find out more about walk-in hours, appointments for health coaching and health-supporting supplies, and ways to get involved in health promotion efforts across campus.