Parking Permit Reciprocity
University of California
The UC Irvine campus honors quarterly and annual faculty/staff permits from other University of California campuses in our unmarked parking spaces for the purpose of short-term visits. These permits are also valid in most Reserved parking areas after 5:00 p.m. (except those marked “Enforced 24 hours”) Monday through Friday and all day on Saturday and Sunday.
Receipts, confirmation emails, license plate registrations, electronic, and virtual permits are not valid on UCI main campus. Daily or occasional-use permits from other campuses are not accepted at UCI Main Campus. If a UC faculty/staff member does not have a physical long-term parking permit, a UCI visitor permit may be purchased at a parking permit dispenser or information kiosk.
For long-term UC visitors, please email permits@uci.edu to purchase a long-term parking permit.
UCI Medical Center
As a convenience to employees and students who use parking facilities at both the campus and UCIMC, the reciprocity charts below outline where monthly and quarterly UCIMC permits are valid on campus and where Campus permits are valid at UCIMC. Please note that a vehicle parked on the campus with a UCIMC “B,” “FHC,” “MED,” or “ROP” parking permit must also display a supplemental permit. The supplemental permit may be purchased at one of the information kiosks. Daily and occasional-use permits from other campuses are not accepted at the Medical Center.
As a reminder, UCI faculty, staff, and students must purchase their parking permits from the Transportation Office with authority over the location where they report to work and/or attend classes.
Visit UCI Health’s website for information regarding their Patient and Visitor Parking.
| Main Campus Parking Permits | UCIMC Parking Areas |
| “X” Executive | Triangle Lot- in T-AP, TA parking stalls on the corner of The City Drive and Chapman Ave, and in D-200 stalls surrounding the 200 Manchester Building. |
| “AR” Faculty/Staff Reserved | Triangle Lot- in TA parking stalls on the corner of The City Drive and Chapman Ave, and in B stalls surrounding the 200 Manchester Building. Not valid in D stalls. |
| “DAR” Departmental Reserved | |
| “C” Faculty/Staff Commuter | Crystal Cathedral parking lot. For specific parking information and shuttle details, please visit the UCIMC Parking web pages or contact their office at (714) 456-5636. Campus R-CVGRAD permits from the main UC Irvine Campus are NOT valid at the Medical Center. |
| “CP” Faculty/Staff Carpool | |
| “S” Student Zone Commuter | |
| “P” Student Preferred Zone | |
| “R” Student Resident | |
| “GNA” Visitor | |
| “CN/MX” Student or Faculty/Staff | |
| “DSA” Departmental Service | South Parking Structure, corner of City Drive and Dawn Way. |
| “VS” Vendor Service | Valid in South Parking Structure, corner of City Drive, Dawn Way and Posted Service stalls on Medical Center grounds with (3) hour limit. |
| “MX” Motorcycle | Designated motorcycle parking areas only. Please contact the UCIMC Parking Office for specific locations. |
| Day-Use | Day-Use permits from the main UC Irvine campus are NOT valid at the Medical Center. |
| UCIMC Parking Permits | Main Campus Parking Areas |
| “X” Executive | Valid in all campus parking areas, except disabled parking (without a valid DP placard/license plate). |
| “AP” Attending Physician | Valid in all general unassigned and AR-Reserved stalls on campus, except in lot 80. In lot 80, AP permits are valid ONLY in the AP-designated stalls. AP permits are not valid in the lot 80 AR-designated stalls. |
| “T-AP” Attending Physician | |
| “CA” | Valid in AR-Reserved stalls in lot 6 only and in all general unassigned stalls on campus. |
| “TA” | |
| “VA” Volunteer Attending | Valid in general unassigned stalls in lots 82 and 83 only. |
| “D” Staff On-Site Preferred | Valid in all general unassigned and AR-Reserved stalls on campus, except in lots 80, 81, 3A, and 2. |
| “CTD” | |
| “CD” | |
| “D200” | |
| “D3800” | |
| “DT” | |
| “AI” | |
| “B” Off-Site | Valid in all general unassigned stalls on campus with the purchase of a supplemental parking permit from the campus parking office. Monthly Supplemental: $33.00 Daily Supplemental: $8.00 |
| “B200” | |
| “MB” | |
| “WB” | |
| “CTB” | |
| “FHC” Family Health Center | Valid in all general unassigned stalls on campus with the purchase of a supplemental parking permit from the campus parking office. Monthly Supplemental: $33.00 Daily Supplemental: $8.00 |
| “CP” Carpool | Valid in all general unassigned stalls on campus. |
| 12-Use Rideshare Permit | Valid in all general unassigned stalls on campus. |
| “DS” Departmental Service | Valid is all general unassigned, AR-Reserved, Service, and Department Service Permits stalls on campus (the Department Service stall does NOT have to be marked for departmental use only). Must obey time limits posted in service stalls where applicable. Must be displayed with a personal UCIMC employee parking permit (supplemental permit not required). |
| “VS” Vendor Servicec | Valid in all Service and Department Service Permit stalls on campus. |
| “MXA” Motorcycle | Valid in all Motorcycle stalls on campus. |
| Day-Use | Day-Use permits from the main UC Irvine campus are NOT valid at the Medical Center. |
Contact Us
UCI Transportation
949-824-7275
Transportation Office
200 Public Services Building
Irvine, CA 92697-4525
ZotCode: 4525
Business Hours
Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed on university holidays.