VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Registration information & the online registration process.
FIRST & SECOND YEAR PERMITS
Permit Information, Permit fees, Parking locations.
THIRD & FOURTH YEAR PERMITS
Permit Information, Permit fees, Parking locations.
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
All permits will now be virtual. You will no longer be required to have a physical permit. For more information please visit our License Plate Recognition website.
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 person to person. Graduate, undergraduate, and transfer students may request parking permits. Eligibility will be based on student classification and resident or commuter status.
Spring 2025 Vehicle Registration and Permit Information
First-year student vehicle registration, for students who did not purchase a permit in Fall of 2024 will begin Monday, January 6, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. EST. To register your vehicle, visit the WFU Parking Portal. This website is also a great place to find information about parking during certain events like Thanksgiving, Winter Break or Spring Break.
PLEASE NOTE: To access the parking portal, you must specifically select your WFU Google account to login. Otherwise, you will not be able to access the portal. All other Google users must be logged out completely.
Vehicle Parking Information: All first-year student vehicles will need to be in the first-year lot, Z5.
Shuttle Information:The Wake Line shuttle system, with service to Wake Downtown, shopping, and off-campus housing is the easiest way to get from the heart of campus to popular areas in Winston-Salem. Download the Passio GO app now to be able to track shuttles in real time. Airport shuttles are also available during seasonal breaks, making it easy for you to travel without a car.
Additional Information:
- Please become familiar with the Parking Rules and Regulations for any changes that may have occurred.
- Any student who purchases a spring permit will be required to purchase a summer permit if attending summer sessions. The spring only permits will expire on May 19, 2025.
- Early Arrivals/Panhellenic Formal Recruitment (RUSH) students – Please refer to the separate early Arrivals/Panhellenic Formal Recruitment (RUSH) document at parking.wfu.edu for additional information.
Second-year student vehicle registration, for students who did not purchase a permit in Fall of 2024 will begin Monday, January 6, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. EST. To register your vehicle, visit the WFU Parking Portal. This website is also a great place to find information about parking during certain events like Thanksgiving, Winter Break or Spring Break.
PLEASE NOTE: To access the parking portal, you must specifically select your WFU Google account to login. Otherwise, you will not be able to access the portal. All other Google users must be logged out completely.
Additional Information:
- Please become familiar with the Parking Rules and Regulations for any changes that may have occurred.
- Any student who purchases a spring permit will be required to purchase a summer permit if attending summer sessions. The spring only permits will expire on May 19, 2025.
- Early Arrivals/Panhellenic Formal Recruitment (RUSH) students – Please refer to the separate early Arrivals/Panhellenic Formal Recruitment (RUSH) document at parking.wfu.edu for additional information.
Resident students who will live on campus in the spring will be able to purchase online beginning Monday, January 6, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. EST. To register your vehicle, visit the WFU Parking Portal. This website is also a great place to find information about parking during certain events like Thanksgiving, Winter Break or Spring Break.
These permits are $285.00 for the spring semester and expire May 19, 2025.
PLEASE NOTE: To access the parking portal, you must specifically select your WFU Google account to login. Otherwise, you will not be able to access the portal. All other Google users must be logged out completely.
Parking permits for students who will live on-campus at Deacon Place in the spring will be available to purchase online beginning Monday, January 6, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. To register your vehicle, visit the WFU Parking Portal. This website is also a great place to find information about parking during certain events like Thanksgiving, Winter Break or Spring Break.
These permits are $285.00 for the spring semester and expire May 19, 2025.
PLEASE NOTE: To access the parking portal, you must specifically select your WFU Google account to login. Otherwise, you will not be able to access the portal. All other Google users must be logged out completely
On-Campus commuter parking permits for upperclassmen students who were abroad in the fall will be available online beginning Monday, January 6, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Only those students who were abroad in the fall will have access to purchase the permit. The cost is $285.00 for the spring semester and expires May 19, 2025.
Off-Campus parking permits for upperclassmen students who live off-campus in the spring and didn’t purchase in the fall, will be available to purchase online beginning Monday, January 6, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. There are two off-campus parking permit options, which expire May 19, 2025:
- Off-campus parking (OC) at Winston Salem First Church ($172.50 for the spring semester)
- Evening parking (EV) after 4:00 p.m. weekdays ($42.50 for spring semester)
To register your vehicle, visit the WFU Parking Portal. This website is also a great place to find information about parking during certain events like Thanksgiving, Winter Break or Spring Break.
Do not create a guest account. Doing so will prevent you from purchasing a permit. If you have already created a guest account, please get in touch with Transportation and Parking Services before January 6.
In order to access the parking portal, you must specifically select your WFU Google account to login. Otherwise, you will not be able to access the portal. All other Google users must be logged out completely.
RUSH Parking and Early Arrival
Parking rules and regulations will be in effect during Winter Break.
Students may park on-campus in general lots only through Sunday, January 12. All vehicles must be in the correct parking locations by Monday, January 13 at 8:00 a.m.
- Vehicles are required to be registered with the Transportation and Parking Office by Monday, January 13 at 8:00 a.m. Vehicle registration will be available on the WFU Parking Portal, beginning Monday, January 6th at 9 a.m.
- All permits will now be virtual. You will no longer be required to have a physical permit. For more information regarding virtual permits please visit our LPR Website.
- Students arriving early for Rush must park in General Lots Only, as faculty and staff will have returned to campus from break and will be utilizing the faculty/staff parking lots.
- To unload a vehicle, you can park in parking lots nearest your dorm on campus long enough to unload. A time limit of 1-hour will be authorized to load/unload.You must be actively unloading and parked in a legal parking space with flashers on. Once unloading is complete, vehicles must be relocated to a general lot. Please wait to unpack after relocating your vehicles so others have the opportunity to unload close to the buildings. Vehicles can stay in the general lots until Monay, January 13 at 8:00 a.m.
- Parking in fire lanes, handicapped spaces, reserved spaces (Carpool, Service Vehicle Only) or parking in roadways is prohibited and will be enforced.
Shuttles
For more information regarding parking, shuttle schedules, vehicle registration, etc., please visit the Transportation and Parking website.
Shuttles will begin operating to the First Year Parking Lot lots on Sunday, January 12th at 3 p.m. All shuttles will resume their regular routes on Monday January 13th. Refer to the Winter Break shuttle schedules located on the Transportation and Parking website.
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.
Second-Year Student Parking:
- Fee: $345
- Parking Location & Map: Lot Z2 off Polo Rd and Overflow Parking
Theme Housing
- Students parking at Theme houses must register their vehicles to park at these locations. Students living in theme housing must also inform the Transportation and Parking Services Office. Authorization will be added to your vehicle’s license plate on your parking account.
- Sophomore students will only be issued permits based on their student classification and do not have an option for on-campus parking.
- Sophomore permits are authorized to park on campus 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends. Parking is authorized in general and employee spaces/lots are not reserved.
Notes:
- Students who purchase a permit and will be going abroad in the spring must request the permit be electronically returned by December 13 to receive a partial refund (1/2 the purchase price).
- Students who will be abroad in the fall do not need to order a permit until January 2025.
- Permits purchased in August are valid for the entire academic year. Permits are not exchanged if a student’s classification changes mid-year from sophomore to junior due to credits earned.
Third & Fourth-Year Student Parking
Resident, Deacon Place, & 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 Student
- Fee: $570
- Parking Location & Map: Resident Student.
Deacon Place Parking
- Fee: $570
- Parking Location & Map: Deacon Place.
On-Campus Commuter
- Fee: $570
- Parking Location & Map: On-Campus Commuter.
Off-Campus Commuter
- Fee: $345
- Parking Location & Map: First Assembly of God Church (3730 University Parkway), parking lots Z3 and Z4.
Evening Permit to park on campus after 4 pm on weekdays
- Fee: $85
- Location: Park on campus after 4 p.m. on weekdays.
Theme Housing
Students residing in theme housing are required to register their vehicles.
- Purchase a resident permit ($570) to park at your theme house and allows regular on-campus parking between 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Underclassmen who are freshmen or sophomore students will only be issued permits based on the current student classification and will not have an on-campus permit option.
- Resident permits require supplemental authorization, in addition to your parking permit, to park in the theme house parking lots. Authorization will be added to your vehicle’s license plate on your parking account. Students will need to let Transportation and Parking Services know they need this additional authorization.
Reminder:
- Students who purchase a permit and will be going abroad in the spring must request the permit be electronically returned by December 13 to receive a partial refund (1/2 the purchase price).
- Students who will be abroad in the fall do not need to order a permit until January 2025.
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.
Evening Permit to park on campus after 4 pm on weekdays
- Fee: $85
- Location: Park on campus after 4 pm on weekdays.
