Student & Employee Parking

Resident & Commuter Students

Student parking permits are valid for either resident student lots or commuter student lots, as determined by your student status. Please see Parking Designations below. 

• Parking permits cost $50.00 per vehicle. Resident students may only have one vehicle registered.

Residential first year students are not eligible for on-campus parking unless previously approved. 

Veterans & Active Military Students

Students who are honorably discharged veterans or active military personnel, including those serving in the National Guard and Reserves, are eligible for free parking permits.

Students must be registered with the Veteran and Military Student Services to be eligible.

Parking permits are valid from September 1 to August 31 each year and must be renewed annually. 

Rates are based on employee status and/or bargaining unit. Please note Teaching Assistants, Graduate Assistants, members of GSEU, and all Interns do not qualify for Faculty/Staff parking. 

2025-2026 Employee parking permits are available through the Parking Portal. When purchased the permit is active until August 31, 2026.

• UAlbany employees represented by CSEA, PBA, PEF & UUP: $25.00 per vehicle
• UAlbany employees designated M/C, Research Foundation, UAS & Sodexo: $50.00 per vehicle

National Weather Service employees, UAlbany Innovation Center members, Tech Valley High School, ProMusica, and Community Orchestra & Band members: Please visit our Parking Portal for parking permit rates.

Vendors & Contractors: Please visit the Vendor & Contractor Parking page for more information.

Visitors: Please visit the Visitors page for more information.

University Volunteers: $50.00 per vehicle. University Volunteer Permits are only valid on the Uptown and Downtown Main Campus. They are not valid at Freedom Apartments or Empire Commons. 

Emeritus Faculty & Staff: $0.00 per vehicle. Emeritus Faculty and Staff Permits are valid in special permit, faculty/staff, and student parking areas. Permits are not valid at Freedom Apartments or Empire Commons. Must be registered as Emeritus in Human Resources. If you have returned to state service the fee is $25.00.

Alumni: We like having you back on campus but we have many alums so please use a paid visitor lot. 

If your primary vehicle is unavailable, please use one of the following options:

• Online Request: Visit the Parking Services Portal.
• In-person Request: Visit Parking Services from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please have your temporary vehicle's information on hand when you arrive.

You must have a valid UAlbany parking permit to apply for a temporary permit.

Temporary passes are available for one or seven calendar days, with a maximum limit of 19 calendar days. If your need exceeds 19 days, please email [email protected] for further assistance. 

If you permanently change your vehicle(s) or license plate(s) within the same registration year, please use one of the following options at no charge:

• Online Request: Complete the Vehicle Registration Form.
• In-person Request: Visit Parking Services from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. (Parking Services is located at the corner of University Drive West and Tricentennial Drive East on the Uptown Campus. View campus maps.)

If you need to register an additional vehicle, after your initial vehicle registration, please visit Parking Services from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. (Parking Services is located at the corner of University Drive West and Tricentennial Drive East on the Uptown Campus. View campus maps.) We apologize but this process cannot be completed online. 

A vehicle registration fee is required for each additional vehicle added to your account. Registering multiple vehicles allows flexibility, but only one vehicle may be parked at the University at a time.

Accessible parking is available to students, faculty and staff members who have both a valid UAlbany parking permit and a license plate or valid placard displaying the Universal Symbol of Access.

If you meet these requirements, you can park in any designated student, faculty, staff, accessible or special permit area, excluding visitor lots. Review accessibility maps of our campuses.

Vehicles parked in accessible spaces without a license plate or valid placard displaying the Universal Symbol of Access or a valid University vehicle registration will be ticketed.

For information on how to obtain a license plate or valid placard displaying the Universal Symbol of Access, please visit the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles website.

Students who do not have a license plate or valid placard displaying the Universal Symbol of Access but may need a temporary accommodation must contact Disability Access and Inclusion Student Services (DAISS) before contacting Parking and Mass Transit Services.

Parking and Mass Transit Services cannot accept or review medical documentation.

Review accessibility maps of our campuses.

Employees who do not have a license plate or valid placard displaying the Universal Symbol of Access but may need a temporary accommodation must contact the Office of Human Resouces (HR) before contacting Parking and Mass Transit Services. 

Parking and Mass Transit Services cannot accept or review medical documentation. HR will review and provide a recommendation to Parking Services. In all scenarios, the University does not supply the blue/red accessible placards. 

Review accessibility maps of our campuses.

Motorcycles must be registered with a valid University parking permit to park on campus.

You may register more than one vehicle (including one motorcycle and one car), but you cannot have more than one vehicle on campus at any given time.

Motorcycles can be parked in any area covered by your current parking permit, in any open or registered parking area during posted hours, and directly behind any light post, so long as it does not take up a space that could be used by a vehicle.

For students, you must be parked in your designated lot, resident or commuter, weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and may park in any other faculty, staff, or student parking lot outside of those hours. 

Please note parking is never authorized in University Vehicle, Reserved, Accessible, and Special Permit spaces unless proper credentials are provided and/or displayed. Visitor parking areas are also not authorized even with fee validation. 

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Resident Student Parking Lots include:

• Colonial Northwest Resident Student  
• State Quad Annex Resident  
• Empire Commons
• Liberty Terrace
• Freedom Quad
• Dutch Quad Resident north of Alumni Drive  
• Alumni Quad Sayles lot

Commuter Student Parking Lots include:

• Colonial Quad Commuter
• State Quad Commuter  
• Dutch Quad Commuter south of Alumni Drive

Shared Resident & Commuter Lots include:

• Freedom Lot 13
• Broadview Arena (no overnight parking)
• ETEC
• Thurlow Lot (Downtown Campus)

For Faculty and Staff, you may park in any Faculty, Staff, or Student parking lot besides Freedom Lots 12 and 14 and Empire Commons Lot 8 and 9. 

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Faculty/Staff Parking Lots

• State Quad Faculty/Staff Lot
• Colonial Quad Faculty/Staff Lot
• Podium West Faculty/Staff Lot
• Dutch Quad Faculty/Staff Lot
• Indigenous Quad Faculty/Staff Lot
• Hawley Faculty/Staff Lot (Downtown Campus) 

All vehicles registered with UAlbany Parking Services with a valid parking permit, including students, may park in these locations after 4 p.m. and until 8 a.m. on weekdays, as well as anytime during weekends.