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 are now 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.
Register your vehicle or manage your account:
Fall 2025 Vehicle Registration and Permit Information
All vehicles on Wake Forest’s Reynolda campus must be registered with Transportation and Parking Services within 24 business hours of arrival. Parking rules are enforced 24/7, year-round, regardless of class schedules
First-year student vehicle registration will begin Friday, August 1, 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, and Spring Break as well as details about airport shuttle service.
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: After move-in, students should keep their vehicles on campus and park in general parking lots only until Sunday, August 24, 2025. Starting Monday, August 25, 2025, at 8:00 a.m., 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.
- With the implementation of virtual permits, license plates will need to be visible from the driving lane. You are encouraged to pull into parking spaces and do not back in or pull through parking spaces.
- 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 will begin Tuesday, August 5, 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, and Spring Break as well as details about airport shuttle service.
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.
- With the implementation of virtual permits, license plates will need to be visible from the driving lane. You are encouraged to pull into parking spaces and do not back in or pull through parking spaces.
- 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 student vehicle registration will begin Monday, August 4, 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, and Spring Break, as well as details about airport shuttle service.
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:
- With the implementation of virtual permits, license plates will need to be visible from the driving lane. You are encouraged to pull into parking spaces and do not back in or pull through parking spaces.
Deacon Place registration will begin Monday, August 11, 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, and Spring Break, as well as details about airport shuttle service.
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:
- With the implementation of virtual permits, license plates will need to be visible from the driving lane. You are encouraged to pull into parking spaces and do not back in or pull through parking spaces.
Commuting student vehicle registration begins Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 10:00 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, and Spring Break, as well as details about airport shuttle service. During the purchase process, should your screen pause, continue to wait, as your order will be in queue. Do not refresh your screen or logout, as you could lose your place in the queue.
Important Notes:
- 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 August 7, 2025.
- 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.
- With the implementation of virtual permits, license plates will need to be visible from the driving lane. You are encouraged to pull into parking spaces and do not back in or pull through parking spaces.
- Students that purchase a permit and will be going abroad or graduating in the spring must request to have the permit returned by December 12, 2025, to receive a partial refund (1/2 the purchase price).
- If you will be abroad for the fall semester you do not need to purchase an annual permit. Students abroad in the fall will have the option to purchase Spring Only permits in January.
Available Commuter Permits and Additional Information:
On-Campus Commuter Permit
- Limited availability, sold on a first come, first serve basis. See waitlist info below.
- First-year graduate students do not have the option for on-campus permits.
Off-Campus Commuter Permit
- Limited availability sold on a first come, first serve basis. See Waitlist Below
- Off Campus parking lots (Z3 and Z4)
- If you have an off-campus permit, you do not need to purchase an evening permit as well.
- We are excited to be offering express shuttle service this year from the off-campus parking lot (Z4) to the campus Shuttle Hub each weekday morning from 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Express shuttle will operate 4 times per hour.
Evening only Commuter Permit
- Evening Only Permit to park on campus after 4:00 p.m. weekdays or all day on weekends.
- Parking Locations
- Shuttle service is provided to the church and lots.
WAITLIST:
- If on-campus commuter permits are sold out, you may join the waitlist. While not guaranteed, additional permits may be offered if space becomes available and your waitlist number is selected.
- In the meantime, you can purchase an off-campus or evening-only permit. Both options allow parking on campus in general (non-reserved) spaces from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., Monday-Friday, and all day on weekends.
- Please note that parking on campus without a valid permit at any time may result in a citation.
Summer 2025 Vehicle Registration and Permit Information
- All permits with the expiration dates of August 10, 2025, and Summer permits can park on campus in general lots for the summer beginning May 7, 2025 after 4:00 p.m.
- All spring-only parking permits with the expiration date of May 19, 2025, must be re-registered if enrolled in summer classes.
- Permit prices are $105 to park on campus, per summer session
- Permit prices are $15/month to park off campus at the First Assembly Church. There is no shuttle service from this location during the summer. This permit has to be purchased in the office.
- Summer parking permits can be purchased online exclusively through the WFU Parking Portal.
- Summer Session 1 and Full Summer permits will go on sale online Monday, May 5, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
- Summer Session 2 permits will go on sale online Monday, June 23, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
The parking rules are in effect during summer school. Please park in general parking lots Monday –
Friday between 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Parking is authorized in non-reserved 24/7 faculty/staff
parking lots after 4:00 p.m. weekdays and on weekends.
To reference parking locations, please refer to the parking map.
If you are not in class, but will be working on campus during the summer, your vehicle must be registered to park on campus.
- If you don’t have an academic year permit or if your spring-only permit expires on May 19, 2025, please contact Transportation and Parking Services to register for the appropriate summer parking permit.
- Students that are not volunteering, but rather working for the university during the summer, are required to pay $15/month to park on campus
- Please provide written verification on letterhead from the department you will be working for to verify either employment, internship, or volunteer status for the summer. The document should have a beginning and ending date of employment.
- You are required to contact Transportation and Parking Services to register your vehicle, as permits for summer employment are not available online.
If you are leaving your vehicle during the interim time between the end of spring semester and your return for summer school, you must follow these instructions:
- If you have a first-year, sophomore, or resident permit, you must park in Lot Q. Parking in other areas on campus is not permitted, as they are needed for Commencement.
- If you live off-campus, then you cannot leave your vehicle on campus. You must park at your residence.
- If you plan to leave your vehicle prior to the last day of exams contact the office for instructions.
If you are not attending summer school and need to leave your vehicle on campus while you are home for the summer:
- Your car must be registered. The cost of a permit is $210.
- If you have the annual permit that expires August 10, 2025, then you do not need to purchase a summer permit – park in the designated location listed below.
- If your permit expires May 19, 2025, you will need to register with Transportation and Parking Services before you leave campus and park only in the designated location.
Designated Parking Location For Summer:
You must park ONLY in the gravel lot in Lot Q. If you do not follow this requirement, please know that if your vehicle needs to be towed to the gravel lot, it will be at your expense.
Please make sure your contact information (Cell Phone #) is current on your Parking account.
Liability Limitations: Wake Forest University assumes no responsibility for damage to vehicles parked on or while being operated on campus property or for the personal contents within the vehicle. Vehicle operators should refrain from leaving valuables in their vehicles, and they should lock all windows and doors.
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 mid-year 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: $360
- 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: $360
- 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: $590
- Parking Location & Map: Resident Student.
Deacon Place Parking
- Fee: $590
- Parking Location & Map: Deacon Place.
On-Campus Commuter
- Fee: $590
- Parking Location & Map: On-Campus Commuter.
Off-Campus Commuter
- Fee: $360
- 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: $90
- 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: $590
- Parking Location & Map: On-campus.
Commuter Student Off-Campus Permits
- Fee: $360
- Location: First Assembly of God Church, parking lots Z3 and Z4.
Evening Permit to park on campus after 4 pm on weekdays
- Fee: $90
- Location: Park on campus after 4 pm on weekdays.
