Students are able to book appointments online for the clinic at the sports centre on campus from today.

Children and young people in school years 11, 12 and 13 from affected schools in Kent will also be offered the second dose of the vaccination.

Vice chancellor and president of the University, Georgina Randsley de Moura, said: ‘We've had great uptake for vaccines, helping provide the best protection for students and staff, while continuing to look out for each other with wellbeing and specialist support in place.'

The roll out follows the meningitis outbreak in Kent last month, which tragically resulted in the death of a student at the university and a pupil at a grammar school in Faversham.

Dr Shamez Ladhani, consultant epidemiologist at UKHSA, said: ‘We know this has been a worrying time for students, their families and others who have been affected by the outbreak.

‘So far, it is reassuring there have been no further cases linked to the outbreak for more than three weeks.  However, receiving the full course of two MenB vaccine doses remains critical for providing protection against MenB disease.

A Kent County Council spokesperson said it was great to see the students returning to resume their studies and important everyone eligible follows NHS advice and takes up the offer of a second dose Men-B vaccination for the best, long-term protection.