Student Parking Permits

All students who park vehicles on the UC Irvine campus are required to display parking permits. Parking permits may be purchased at the Parking and Transportation Services Office using cash, check, Visa or MasterCard or purchase your permit on-line.

Permits purchased on-line with pick-up option are not valid until printed and obtained from a Parking Transaction Kiosk.

Student Commuter

Student Commuter Parking Permits are valid in unmarked parking stalls in general parking lots. This permit is available to students who live off campus and students who live in Verano and Palo Verde housing areas. Student Commuter Permits are not valid in Preferred/Reserved, Resident, Metered, Service, Disabled parking stalls, lot 1, lot 12B, lot 8, or lot CT. Student Commuter Permits are valid in AR Reserved Stalls (non 24-hour reserved) after 5 P.M. on weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday. Student commuter permits are not valid for overnight parking.

Permits purchased on-line with pick-up option are not valid until printed and obtained from a Parking Transaction Kiosk.

Zone Commuter Permit

Zone Commuter permits are issued to student commuters with freshman and sophmore status. Student status is determined by the Office of the Registrar, which defines freshman as anyone who has completed less than 45 units and sophomore as anyone who has completed between 45 and 89.9 units. Student status is determined at the beginning of the academic year regardless of units obtained thereafter. Zone Commuter permits are not eligible for exchange. Zone Commuter permits are valid in the Anteater Parking Structure (APS), lot 1B, and the Anteater Recreation Center (ARC) lot all day Monday - Sunday. These permits are valid on the main campus in any unmarked stall or non-24-hour enforced AR reserved stall Monday through Friday after 5 pm and all day Saturday and Sunday. For locations of the lots, click here to download a pdf file containing a campus map with lot locations and instructions.

Free shuttle services are available to all students. For shuttle information, visit www.asuci.uci.edu/shuttle/campus

Student Commuter Preferred

Student Commuter Preferred Permits are valid in the Reserved stalls in one designated lot ONLY, and in the general parking stalls in all other lots with the exception of faculty/staff lots 1 and 12B (those student with a "P" permit for lot 1 may park in any AR or unmarked stall in lot 1). Commuter Preferred Permits are not valid in Resident, Metered, Service or Disabled parking stalls.

Evening Commuter

Evening Parking Permits are valid between 5:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and all day on Saturday and Sunday in all General parking stalls and in most Reserved/Preferred stalls, except those marked "enforced 24 hours."

* University Extension Permits must be purchased from the University Extension office.

On-Campus Student Resident

The following information refers to permits issued directly by Parking and Transportation Services:

Student Resident Parking Permits are available to students living in Middle Earth, Mesa Court, Campus Village, and Arroyo Vista Housing. Verano, Palo Verde, and VDC residents may have the option to purchase on-campus resident permits, depending on need and availability.

Student Resident Parking Permits are valid in assigned Resident parking lots near each housing area and allow students to park their vehicles over night in Resident parking lots. Resident Parking Permits are not valid in other housing areas' Resident parking or at any time in the Pereira, Mesa, and Social Science parking structures, Commuter, Commuter Preferred/Reserved, Metered, Service or Disabled parking stalls. You may park on campus in any OPEN lot (not a parking structure) in unmarked stalls or non-24 hour enforced AR stalls after 5 pm Monday - Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday.

Resident permits other than AV or VDC are valid in the ARC lot during ARC operating hours.

Your resident permit is valid 7 days a week in the following lot assignments (Resident permits are not valid in Parking Structures at any time):

Arroyo Vista
All AV lots and 1B

NOTE: Arroyo Vista resident permits are NOT valid in the ARC parking lot between 4:00pm and 8:00am, Monday through Friday. AV Resident permits are valid continuously in the ARC lot from 8am Saturdays through 4:00pm Mondays.

Campus Village
16, 16AE, 16AW, 16H, 82, 83

Mesa Court
5, 14, 14A, 1B

Middle Earth
17A and 1B 24/7, and APS level 3 and above Monday - Friday 5:00pm - 8:00am and all day Saturday and Sunday in any unmarked stall, or non 24-hour enforced AR stall.

(NOTE: Middle Earth Housing Assistants receive special permits that allow them to park in in APS 24/7).

*Reminder: If you move out of on-campus housing you MUST exchange your resident permit for a commuter permit. You must provide written documentation from the housing office of your contract cancellation. Citations issued for failure to exchange permit will not be cancelled.

The following information refers to permits issued by Housing, under the authority of Parking and Transportation Services:

Verano Place, PaloVerde and Vista Del Campo Housing permits are issued by the Housing Officials through the authority of Parking and Transportation Services. Only residents of these areas are authorized to receive this permit, and the permit is valid only in parking lots specific to the housing areas.

Off-Campus Student Resident (VDC, UTC)

Parking For Vista del Campo Residents
Undergraduate Vista del Campo residents are not eligible for commuter parking on the Main Campus before 5 pm. However, VDC residents may purchase an evening commuter permit, for $24/month, to park in any general commuter stall 5pm-12am during the week, and all day on Saturdays and Sundays. Residents may also purchase campus motorcycle/moped permit, which are valid 6 a.m. - 12 a.m. Monday - Sunday.

For VDC residents who are unable to obtain a resident permit to park in Vista del Campo, there are a limited number of campus resident permits to park exclusively in Lot 1B, at a cost of $66 per month. These are available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and may be obtained by completing an exception form at the Parking and Transportation Services office or downloading one here (79K .pdf)

Parking for University Town Center and Parkwest Residents
Undergraduate University Town Center and Parkwest residents are not eligible for commuter parking on the Main Campus before 5 pm. However, VDC residents may purchase an evening commuter permit, for $24/month, to park in any general commuter stall 5pm-12am during the week, and all day on Saturdays and Sundays. Residents may also purchase campus motorcycle/moped permit, which are valid 6 a.m. - 12 a.m. Monday - Sunday.

Your Parking and Transportation Services office understands that resident parking in the UTC or Parkwest apartment complexes can be difficult. That's why we are offering UTC and Parkwest residents a place to park their car overnight.

University Town Center or Parkwest residents (anyone living in Berkeley, Ambrose, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, or Parkwest apartments) may purchase an overnight resident permit for $66 per month, and then park your car in lot 1B across from Albertson's any time!

HCEMBA, EMBA, and FEMBA

Parking for HCEMBA, EMBA, and FEMBA Permits, 2007-2008
"GN" permits marked as "FEMBA", "EMBA" or "HCEMBA" may park in any unmarked stall or any non-24 hour enforced stall after 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday, and all day Saturday and Sunday.

These permits are also valid all day Friday in any general, unmarked stall EXCEPT for in faculty/staff lots 12B and 1.

Permits are not valid in stalls marked for residents, service, handicap or medical, X, or any other specifically marked stall. Permits are not valid in metered or pay-by-space stalls.

Permits must be fully displayed at all times.

Medical Permits and Disabled Parking

All UC Irvine faculty, staff and students who park a vehicle on campus are required to display a UC Irvine Parking Permit. Persons who have been issued disabled parking placards or license plates from the Department of Motor Vehicles must register their placard or plate with the Parking Office.

An individual who requires temporary access to disabled parking and does not wish to obtain a California DMV Disabled placard MUST submit the following DMV form with a doctor's signature to the Parking and Transportation Services Office. Click Here to download form (391 K .pdf)

If you have any questions regarding disabled parking on campus, please call the Parking Office at (949) 824-7486 or e-mail parking@uci.edu

Motorcycle Parking Permits