Student Parking Information
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Registration information & the online registration process.
FIRST & SECOND YEAR PERMITS
Permit Information, Permit fees, Parking locations, & Permit types.
THIRD & FOURTH YEAR PERMITS
Permit Information, Permit fees, Parking locations, & Permit types.
GRADUATE STUDENT PERMITS
Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants & Graduate Hall Directors information.
WFU PARKING PORTAL
Register Your Vehicle, Pay or Appeal Citations, & Manage Your Account.
Vehicle Registration
General Information
Anyone enrolled in any class or program at Wake Forest University, including study-abroad programs who wish to park a vehicle in a university parking lot at any time of day or night, including after 4:00 p.m. on weekdays, on weekends, and during academic breaks, must register that vehicle with WFU Transportation and Parking Services.
The online registration process requires the vehicle license plate number and state, make, model, color, year, and fuel type of the vehicle. If your vehicle has a temporary license plate number, please use that to register the vehicle. Parking permits are not transferable from vehicle to vehicle or person to person. A vehicle is not considered registered until permits have been ordered, picked up, and placed on the vehicle as instructed on the permits. Graduate, undergraduate, and transfer students may request parking permits. Eligibility will be based on student classification and resident or commuter status.
Register your vehicle or manage your account:
Student Parking
First & Second Year Student Parking
First & second-year students will only be issued permits that reflect their class and will not have an on-campus permit option. These permits cannot be changed/upgraded midyear due to earned credits changing their student classification.
FIRST-YEAR (FR) AND SECOND-YEAR (SO)PERMITS
Students with off-campus permit prefixes of FR & SO may bring their vehicles on campus after 4:00 p.m. and all day on weekends and park in General, Faculty/Staff, or Visitor lots that are not designated “24-Hour Reserved”. Lots C and D are unauthorized 24/7.
Vehicles with an off-campus permit cannot park on campus between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday. Parking in a time-limited space is allowed between 8:00 a.m. –4:00 p.m. on weekdays. Parking for longer than the allotted time for that space can result in being cited.
First Year/Resident Student Parking:
- Fee: $345
- Parking Location & Map: Lot Z5 First Assembly Christian School (3730 University Parkway) is located on the North side of the church.
Update for Lot Z5 as of September 1, 2023:
First-year students are encouraged to relocate their vehicles from Parking Lot Z5 to campus beginning each Friday at 4:00 p.m. for weekend parking. If you bring your vehicle onto campus, it is allowed to remain on campus for the weekend but must be relocated to Parking Lot Z5 every Monday morning by 8:00 a.m.
If you leave your vehicle parked in Parking Lot Z5 for the weekend, it’s required that you move it to a different area away from the church’s main entrance to ensure that parking spaces remain available for the Sunday morning church service. The marked parking spaces below reflect what is designated as reserved from 8:00 a.m. Saturday to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday mornings and where cars should be moved during that time.
Second-Year Student Parking:
- Fee: $345
- Parking Location & Map: Lot Z2 off Polo Rd.
Third & Fourth Year Student Parking
Resident & Commuter third & fourth-year students may request to park on campus in specified lots.
RESIDENT (RS) & COMMUTER (CS) PERMITS
In addition to General lots, vehicles with a permit prefix of RS and CS may park in Faculty/Staff and Visitor lots between 4:00 pm -8:00 am that are not designated “24-Hour Reserved.” Lots C and D are designated “24-Hour Reserved.” Resident (RS) permits are not authorized to park in Lot W1 between 8:00 a.m. –4:00 p.m. on weekdays.
Resident & On-Campus Commuter
- Fee: $570
- Parking Location & Map: On-campus
Graduate Student Parking
All first-year graduate students only have the option of off-campus permits. Students employed by the University as graduate teaching assistants or graduate hall directors (GHDs) are required to purchase a student permit and do not qualify for the faculty/staff parking fee structure.
OFF-CAMPUS (OC) & COMMUTER (CS) PERMITS
Students with off-campus permit prefixes OC & EV may bring their vehicles on campus and park in general lots after 4 pm. In addition to General lots, vehicles with a permit prefix of CS, OC, or EV may park in Faculty/Staff and Visitor lots between 4:00 pm -8:00 am that are not designated “24-Hour Reserved.” Lots C and D are designated “24-Hour Reserved.” on weekdays.
On-Campus Commuter
- Fee: $570
- Parking Location & Map: On-campus
Commuter Student Off-Campus Permits
- Fee: $345
- Location: First Assembly of God Church, parking lots Z3 and Z4, and the Off-Campus Parking Lot located at Reynolda Village
Evening Permit to park on campus after 4 pm on weekdays
- Fee: $85
- Location: park on campus after 4 pm on weekdays
