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Student Parking Permit Information

Student Parking Permit Sales

The schedule for student permit sales for the 2024-2025 Academic Year will be posted mid-June.

To determine if and where you are eligible to purchase a permit, please see the 2023-2024 Student Lot Criteria/Fees.

As a reminder, undergraduate students living in off-campus apartments and fraternities and sororities do NOT qualify for Main Campus parking.

What to Know Before Purchasing a Permit

  1. Add the Parking and Transportation Services email address to your trusted sender list.
    1. To make sure you receive tailored Parking and Transportation email communications directly to your @syr.edu inbox, we recommend adding our distribution email address, Parkmail@parking.mail.syr.edu, as a trusted sender. This is not our main address, but one that will share communications like waitlist award notifications and citation invoices.
    2. Step-by-step instructions on how to manage your trusted senders can be found here: Managing Junk Filters in SUMail
  2. If bringing a vehicle to campus, a permit must be purchased for the entire duration parking is needed to secure a space. The permit year for student parking permits for 2023-2024 ends on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
  3. If you plan on parking in a University-owned lot during the day or evening, you must purchase a permit. Permits are required for all campus lots 24 hours a day. All students operating vehicles on campus are required to have a valid permit hanging from the vehicle’s rear-view mirror. Those without permits are subject to being ticketed and/or towed.
  4. All students, including commuter students, with a valid permit may use any orange lot after 4:30 p.m. and on weekends, except during Dome events. These lots include Comstock Ave Garage (when an attendant is present, then the garage will lockdown), College Place lot, Harrison lot, Henry lot, Irving Ave Hill lot, Ostrom lot, Raynor Ave lot, Standart West lot, University Ave North lot, University Ave South lot, Women’s Building North lot, Women’s Building South lot, Comstock Ave and Colvin Street lots (John A. Lally Athletics Complex), South Campus Housing lots or Skytop lot.
  5. Upon return of the permit, a refund will be computed based on the weekly rates, less any outstanding violation balance. Student fall permit refunds will not be given after Oct. 15. Student spring and academic permit refunds will not be given after March 15. Full summer and full-year permit refunds will not be given after June 15.

Additional Student Information

All students NOT living in Syracuse University housing are considered commuter students. Commuter students are eligible to purchase a permit in the Henry lot, Standart West lot, Harrison lot, Comstock Ave. and Colvin Street lots (John A. Lally Athletics Complex), or Skytop. Additional selections for graduate students include Irving Ave. Garage (except for first-year Law students), Lawrinson Garage, or the University Ave. Garage.

All students, including evening commuter students that have a valid parking permit may take advantage of campus orange lots after 4:30 p.m. and on weekends, except during Dome events. These lots include Comstock Ave Garage (when an attendant is present, then the garage will lockdown), College Place Lot, Harrison lot, Henry lot, Irving Ave Hill lot, Ostrom lot, Raynor Ave lot, Standart West lot, University Ave North lot, University Ave South lot, Women’s Building North lot , Women’s Building South lot, Comstock Ave and Colvin Street lots (John A. Lally Athletics Complex), South Campus Housing lots or Skytop lot.

Discounted rates are applied only for academic-year or full-year permit purchases and are offered to those with a graduate assistantship, teaching assistantship, or research assistantship. Please make sure a permit is purchased to secure a space for both semesters, as space sells quickly!

These rates only apply to graduate student assistantships.

Discounts will not be applied to those pending or expecting an assistantship.

Permits purchased for the Comstock Ave lot, Colvin Street lot, Skytop, South Campus, or Evening Orange do not qualify for the discount.

First-year resident students are not permitted to have a vehicle on campus. Please reference the first-year parking policy for further information.

Residents must submit a student application. There are a limited amount of reserved spaces in surrounding locations for these residents, the specific areas will be listed on an information sheet provided at your residence facility. Clearly indicate on the application that you are a resident of Park Point or Campus West, select for the entire time you need parking.  Space is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis following the sales schedule listed above.

Campus West: Henry Street Lot, Standart West Lot, and Brewster Boland Garage

Park Point: Adams Street Garage, Comstock Ave Garage, and University Ave Garage

Graduate students residing at these locations will also have the option to purchase a permit through MySlice the same as other graduate students, however, not all the special reserved spaces for your residence will be offered online, they are only offered by submitting a student application form to qualify.

Early applications will NOT be accepted.

Students may purchase a park and ride permit for Comstock Ave, Colvin Street, and Skytop parking lots for a nominal fee. There is a free shuttle bus service between Colvin Street, Comstock Ave,  Skytop, and Main Campus.

Student motorcycle permits are sold in the Parking and Transportation Services office ONLY. Motorcycle registration is required. Please contact the Parking and Transportation Services office at 315.443.4652 with questions.

Parking and Transportation Services offers winter break vehicle storage in certain garages and at the Skytop parking lot. This service is available beginning the week of fall semester finals through the first day of classes in January for the spring semester. Please contact Parking and Transportation Services at parkmail@syr.edu or 315.443.4652 for more information, including pricing and garage availability.