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Accommodation Policies

Tufts University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations with regard to:

  • People with qualified disabilities
  • People with sincerely held religious beliefs
  • Qualified service animal requests
  • Immunization exemptions (for sincerely held religious beliefs)

Disability-Related Reasonable Accommodation Policy

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act all require Tufts University to provide appropriate academic and employment accommodations to employees and students with disabilities - including those who are pregnant or have a pregnancy-related condition - unless doing so would create an undue hardship, compromise the health and safety of members of the University community, or fundamentally alter the nature of the university’s employment or academic program or mission.

Religious Accommodation Policy

As part of Tufts' commitment to provide an academic and work environment that is respectful of religious beliefs, Tufts will make good faith efforts to provide reasonable religious accommodations to students and employees whose sincerely held religious beliefs conflict with a university policy, procedure, or other academic or employment requirement unless such an accommodation would create an undue hardship.  Tufts and the employee or student with the sincerely held religious belief shall engage in an interactive dialogue to determine if the requested accommodation is reasonable.

Pets, Service and Assistance Animals on Campus Policy

Tufts welcomes service and assistance animals on all of our campuses to accommodate an individual with a disability but may exclude an animal from campus if it causes disruption, threatens the health or safety of others or otherwise fails to meet the criteria set forth in this policy.

Captioning Policy 

To ensure that all videos and audio files created, procured, and posted on official Tufts websites are accessible to all, Tufts Technology Services, in partnership with the Student Accessibility & Academic Resource Center (StAAR), Educational Technology, the OEO, the Tisch Library, and University Counsel, developed a Captioning Policy.