Parking Division

The Parking Division is located in 30 Gilchrist Hall. Parking personnel can answer your questions and provide you with directions, maps and appropriate permits.

We are open Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.pm, except University holidays.

Phone: 319-273-3179 or 319-273-7093. Email: parking@uni.edu

Change or Update Plate/Vehicle Form! Use this verses calling or email to:

Change your current vehicle and/or plate to a new one that has plates.
Change your current vehicle to a new one that DOES NOT HAVE PLATES YET
Update your plate number from temporary plate (VIN).

For a quick reference guide on how to order a parking permit, see our Ordering A Parking Permit Through the Parking Portal.

Student pre ordering for the 2024-25 academic year is scheduled to begin Monday, April 1, 2024.

Order your parking permit via the Parking Portal! But keep in mind:

-New Students: You must be enrolled in Fall 2024 classes to access the portal for the first time!

-Hawkeye students must have a signed housing contract!

June 27, 2024: C Preferred (CP) parking permits for the 2024-25 school year are now on a waitlist. Please visit our Parking Permit Waitlist Page for more information.

Permit refunds: For B Student, C, R and Motorcycle virtual permits, visit our Virtual Permits page. For all other, call or email our office so we can provide you with the most expedient process to do so.

Current Students: If your status will change (i.e., on to off campus student) please check back later. The parking admin system is updated once a day using data from Student Information System (SIS) and HR. Scroll down to see permit types and descriptions.

Graduate Assistants: We do not offer 'A' permits to qualifying GAs until mid August. The parking system will not be updated with Fall 2024 Graduate Assistant from the appropriate UNI databases until that time.

There are several changes for the next academic year:

-B Student permits will now be Virtual Permit. This is a permit number assigned to your vehicle's plate. You will not receive a physical hang tag or permit.

-B and C student permits now offer a Fall only option. They will expire on December 31, 2024.

-Effective April 23, 20247, we will now require the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for any new vehicle added.

If you choose U-Bill as a payment option, keep in mind U-Bill charges are not sent up until August! They will not appear on your U-Bill until then!

Faculty and Staff pre ordering for the 2024-25 academic year is scheduled to begin Monday, May 6, 2024.

UNI has been evaluating its business practices across campus in order to streamline processes for efficiency, and as a result, there will be some changes to the payment options for 2024-2025 parking permits. Effective for the 2024-2025 year, employees may choose one of the following permit payment options:

12 month/pay period employees:

-Pre-tax payroll deduction – equal amounts deducted each month.
-One time payment of full amount (payroll deduction or cash, credit card, or check)

The deadline for the 12-month pre-tax option will end on August 15, 2024.

10 month/pay period employees:

-Post-tax Payroll deduction - equal amount over 10 months.

-Pre-tax Payroll deduction - equal amount over 10 months.
-One time payment of full amount (payroll deduction, cash, credit card, or check)
The deadline for the 10-month/pay option will end on August 15, 2024.

9 month/pay period employees

-Post-tax Payroll deduction - equal amount over 9 months.

-Pre-tax Payroll deduction - equal amount over 9 months.
-One time payment of full amount (payroll deduction, cash, credit card, or check)

The deadline for the 9-month/pay option will end on August 15, 2024.

Office Hours:

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Except University Holidays

Phone: 319-273-3179 or 319-273-7093
Fax: 319-273-7253
Email: parking@uni.edu

Parking On Campus

There are more than 8,300 parking stalls on campus, and more than 16,000 students, faculty, staff and visitors on campus daily. The allocation of these resources is one of the many responsibilities of the Parking Division staff.

Parking employees enforce the rules and regulations published in the Parking Manual. Copies of the manual are available for review at the Public Safety Office and online.

Basic Rules for Parking on Campus

All vehicles operating on the UNI campus are to be registered with the Parking Services Office. Parking staff will determine which type of permit is available to meet your needs.

Park only in areas valid for your permit or park in a non-visitor metered area. Most lots have restricted usage from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Read the signs posted at the entrance of each lot to see what restrictions apply.

Avoid parking in stalls designated for persons with disabilities unless you have the appropriate permit. Visitors to campus can park in any metered area. Any visitor needing to park for an extended amount of time may use the designated visitor parking in the Gallagher Bluedorn metered lot and the Multimodal Transportation Center, where meters have a 10-hour time limit.

Visitor Parking

Guests and visitors holding visitor parking permits are not allowed in the meters without paying. The only excepting is in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts lot and the Multimodal Transportation Center. Permits will be specific to the area in which they are valid.

You may visit our Visitor, Metered & Timed Parking interactive Google map of designated visitor and metered parking areas.

If you are a visitor to campus (not a student, full/part time faculty or staff, contract employee or vendor) citations for failure to purchase -and the vehicle has had no previous violations- will serve as a warning and no payment is due at this time. All other violations are not treated as warnings.

If you have questions, contact Parking Operations at 319-273-3179 or 319-273-7093.

For complete parking rules and regulations, please see the rules and regulations for the academic school year.

Ticket Appeals

If you wish to appeal a violation, an appeal must be filled within 10 days of the violation issuance date.

An online appeal may be done by logging onto your parking account via the Parking Portal page. Non-UNI persons can go here to set up an account and appeal the citation.

Appeals will be accepted in oral or written form by the Parking Appeal Committee.
Upon receipt of a parking appeal, parking staff will conduct an administrative review of the appeal to ensure it meets criteria for a valid appeal.
Once established criteria for an appeal is met, the appeal will go to the Parking Appeal Committee for consideration. Once the Parking Appeal Committee makes a decision, the person who submitted the appeal will be informed of the decision.
Valid appeal criteria should provide evidence the parking violation was not committed or the parking infraction was due to circumstances beyond the driver’s control.
The following reasons will not be considered as valid for appealing a parking citation:
1. Lack of knowledge of the parking rules and regulations.
2. Vehicle was illegally parked for a short period of time.
3. Other vehicles were similarly parked in an illegal fashion.
4. No other parking area was available.
5. Violator did not receive citations in the past for a similar infraction.
6. Violator was late for class or an appointment.
7. Disagreement with or dislike of the regulation(s).
8. No impact on or denial of legal parking for others.

Failure to appear for an oral appeal at the appointed time will result in denial of the appeal.