Students
Any student is allowed to bring a car to campus; however, all cars in KU parking lots must have valid permits before the start of school. Each student is allowed to purchase only one vehicle permit per year, however, a student may buy both a vehicle permit and a motorcycle/moped permit.
A student must be enrolled in order to order a parking permit. Typically this means that new students cannot buy their permits until at least 24 hours after their orientation visit. Once a student is enrolled, they may order a permit by logging onto the parking eBusiness portal (via myKU, click on the University of Kansas button at the left) and selecting "Purchase Permit".
Permits will be issued as an e-permit, connected to their registered license plate. Please note your license plate before you begin your transaction. It is important to also register alternate license plates when you drive a different vehicle.
Annual and Fall permits will be available to order online through the parking eBusiness portal beginning the week of July 5, 2017. Permits will be sold by class this year; students will receive an email to let them know when the portal opens for them:
Graduate and Professional Schools - July 5
Seniors - July 10
Juniors - July 17
Sophomores - July 24
Freshmen and all University Housing - July 31
For more information on the types of permits available, select the appropriate subsection below. For more detailed information, read the KU Parking Rules and Regulations.
A student with any of the valid permits listed above may also take advantage of the options below:
Ambler Student Recreation Center Parking
Housing Permits are not valid in any lots other than the ones specified above; however, any car with a valid permit may park in Yellow lot 90 for up to 3 hours if the owner is going to work out at the Ambler Student Rec Center. The student must request a temporary permit at the front desk when they enter the Ambler Student Rec. Center and return to their car before working out to display the temporary permit alongside their Housing permit in order to avoid a ticket. Parking & Transit does audit these permit logs to ensure that people who request temporary permits subsequently use the Recreation facilities and do not use it to park in Yellow while going to class. Abuse of the system will result in those individuals no longer being allowed to receive the temporary 3-hour permits.
Watkins Health Center Parking
Students needing to visit Watkins Health Center should park at the meters directly in front of the building in lot 117. If a vehicle has a valid KU parking permit of any kind, there is no need to pay the meter. If a vehicle does not have a valid permit, the full meter time must be paid. If a ticket is received during a Watkins appointment, the driver may take the ticket back inside to the front desk at Watkins for cancellation. The Parking Department will void tickets at Watkins Health Center meters if Watkins confirms that the driver was visiting the health center during the time that the ticket was issued.
Night-And-Weekend Mississippi St. Garage Pass
Any student with a valid permit may choose to get a Mississippi St. Garage Night-and-Weekend pass that will allow them to park in the the gated garage by the Kansas Union after 5 PM and before 7 AM Monday-Friday and on weekends. This permit is a mere $5, and the price is soley to cover the cost of producing the permit itself.
Note that if a student tries to enter the garage with their night-and-weekend pass before 5 PM, the gate will not recognize the permit since it is not valid during those hours and they will have to pull a ticket to get in. Since the permit will not have registered an entrance, the gate will not allow an exit with the permit under these circumstances either, and the student will have to pay the ticket pulled earlier in order to exit successfully. If a student enters the garage with their night-and-weekend pass after 5 PM but fails to exit before 7 AM, the gate will automatically calculate the amount of time beyond 7 AM that the car was parked in the garage and charge $1.50 to the students account for each hour of overstayed time.
For more information visit student permit options. If you have additional questions about parking on campus you can contact us by e-mail: kupark@ku.edu or phone (785-864-7275) or tweet at us! @parkingku.