The mandatory testing program will begin Tuesday, March 23 Author: Jacob Reyes Updated: 3:29 PM CDT March 17, 2021 COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M announced March 15 they will begin mandatory COVID-19 testing for all students beginning March 23. The new mandate will impact students of three groups: Those who reside in university housing on the Bryan-College Station campus and nearby university Health Science Center buildings, who will all be required to test beginning Tuesday, March 23. Student employees working on the B-CS campus and the Health Science Center buildings will begin testing from March 25 to 29. All students who are in courses which are only offered in face-to-face classrooms will be required to take campus COVID-19 tests from March 29 to April 2.