2025-2026 permits are available for sale based on the following categories:
- Red lots: Employees and Post-doctoral students
- Blue Lots: Employees and GEO members
- Green Lots: Employees and commuter students
- Purple Lots: Students living on-campus
- Yellow Lots: Any university community member
Student and employee lot designations are number and color specific. Eligibility is based on customer group.
Student parking permit renewal period is from approx. April 14 - July 1
*Parking permits may be obtained at the Parking Services office or online. For in office permit pickup please provide picture ID and vehicle registration.
*No permit refunds after March 30th.
Permit Rates
Annual permit prices are pro-rated on the 1st of each month. Please contact Parking Services (413) 577-7275 for exact price of an annual permit.
Payment Options
Pay Online
You may pay your permit fee online. Log into My Account to pay your permit fee online.
Payroll Deduction
Many employees pay for parking permits using Payroll Deduction:
Permanent employees, 35-week employees
Number of Deductions: Permanent Employee — 25, GEO Member — 3
Working/Non-working Fellowships can get GEO price but cannot get Payroll Deduction.
Parking Services in office transactions can be done with cash, check and/or credit cards.
UCard Payments
UCard payments must be made in person at the Parking Services office.
Portable Permits
Employees may purchase a portable permit at any time. Off-campus students who have two vehicle registrations assigned to their permit are also eligible. The fee is $14. Students living on campus are NOT eligible to purchase a portable permit.
Lot Waitlist
The availability of a lot is based on capacity. All lots are continually reviewed to ensure that as space becomes available, those who are on a waitlist receive priority. To ensure the integrity and consistency of the waiting list, requests are entered as of the date they are made. To add yourself to a lot waitlist, Log in to My Account. *You can not join a waitlist unless you hold a current year permit.
If you have a special circumstance (non-medical)
You can fill out the proximity parking needs form available online and bring/mail it to the Parking Services office. The special request will be reviewed and you will be notified by phone or email of the decision.
Permit Replacements
There is a $14.00 replacement fee for permits not returned to us when a replacement permit is needed.
Permit Returns
Bring the permit back to Parking Services for a prorated refund.
If you returned your permit to stop payroll deduction or to receive a credit then you are not eligible to renew or purchase that lot. You may purchase that same lot again only if it is open for sales to the campus community. You are eligible to go on the waitlist. Permit lot spaces are held in place only for extended medical leave or sabbatical.
*You can not join a waitlist unless you hold a currently year long permit.
*Lost/Stolen Permits are subject to $14 replacement fee.
Permit Placement
The following instructs you where to affix your parking permit sticker:
Put the sticker on the passenger window (on the driver's side) in the upper left corner of the window. If the vehicle has only one side window: place the sticker on the upper right corner of the driver's side window. The permit must be completely affixed to the window using the permit's adhesive. Contact Parking if you have tinted windows to arrange alternative placement.
Motorcycles: Clearly display the sticker on the front fender or fork.
If you have a portable parking permit, place it on the rearview mirror, or in the pocket obtained at Parking Services.
*Lost/Stolen Permits are subject to $14 replacement fee.
Permit Options
Carpool Permits
Carpool permits are available to UMass employees and students who regularly share rides to the University. A carpool permit is a mobile permit that is shared between two or more vehicles. If you are looking for a carpool partner, please consider using Baystate Commute.
Visit Parking Services today to get a carpool permit. If you already have a current parking permit, you may exchange it, and receive a pro-rated refund.
Benefits of participation include:
- Reduced parking permit fees
- Preferred parking spaces
- Free one-day passes to accommodate occasional need to drive alone
- Reduced auto maintenance costs
- Reduced environmental impact
The Click, Print, Park Program offers an online permit to be purchased on our EBIZ site. This lets the UMASS affilated customer (with active NetID) purchase, print and display a daily temporary permit on their dashboard.
This program is based upon eligibility and availability.
Please view our minute long Youtube video to see how the program works!
Log In to your account to purchase CPP.
$5.50 Yellow Lots
$6.50 Purple, Blue and Green Lots
$7.50 Red Lots
Only certain lots are available through this program.
Customers can purchase this permit up to 2 days in advance.
To purchase consecutive day passes, please visit Parking Services Office. CPP online only offers single day passes.
Please contact us at 413.577.PARK (7275).
Employees need to purchase permits yearly. Employee permit fees are salary based, for both full-time and part-time staff. Permits are issued based on eligibility and lot availability.
Step One
- Visit Parking Services located in Whitmore Room 139.
- Bring your work location information, vehicle registration and photo ID.
- A $35 (effective 9/1/18) temporary permit may be purchased for one month, to allow the first paycheck to be issued.
Step Two
Once you receive your first paycheck, return to our office the following Thursday to purchase a full-year, renewable permit.
Location:
Office — 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Parking Services
University of Massachusetts
Whitmore Bldg, Room 139
Amherst, MA 01003-9313
Telephone: (413) 577-PARK
FINAL EXAM PARKING
DURING FINAL EXAM TIMES
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025
TO
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025
STUDENTS CAN PURCHASE A PASS THROUGH CPP AT A RATE OF $1 PER DAY
THESE PASSES CAN BE PURCHASED UP TO 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE BEGINNING SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025. THE PASS WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025 OR
STOP BY PARKING SERVICES TO PURCHASE A PASS FOR THE ENTIRE EXAM PERIOD FOR $5.00 FROM
MONDAY, MAY 12, 2025 TO FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025
LOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE DURING THIS TIME ARE:
LOTS 11, 12, & 13 ONLY
Are available to purchase at the Parking Services office. Please visit our interactive map to find motorcycle parking. Be sure to display your motorcycle permit visibly.
Pay By Cell with Parkmobile
Use Parkmobile to pay for parking at UMass with your phone!
- No need for coins to park
- Renew your time remotely. No more racing back to the car or cutting a meeting, class or meal short
- Pay from your car, office, classroom, or home. No more standing in the rain, snow, or heat to complete your parking transaction
- Parkmobile sends text message reminders 15 minutes before your time expires so you avoid citations by remotely renewing your parking
- Park in any paystation or meter on campus using Parkmobile (not in numbered lots unless otherwise indicated on lot signage )
Rate - Regular meter and paystation rate: $1.80/hr
- Please contact Parkmobile for any questions regarding billing and/or account management.
- Please contact UMASS Parking Services for information on pay by cell locations on campus.
- ParkMobile is one option for paying the hourly rate and that it has a 99%+ up time but if it is down then customers are required to use the other payment forms
The University of Massachusetts Amherst provides ADA reserved accessible parking. Use our interactive Parking Map to locate reserved accessible parking. Click the Layers icon on the top-left of the map, and select reserved accessible parking.
To better serve our customers with state-issued disabled placards or license plates, Parking Services requires them to register with our office and provide vehicle information. Vehicles displaying a state-issued disabled placard or license plate may park in any marked Reserved Accessible Space, any regular, unreserved space, or any parking meter at no charge. All vehicles, regardless of disabled placards or plates, must pay when utilizing the Campus Center Parking Garage.
How to Apply for Proximity Parking at UMass
If you require Proximity Parking not exceeding one semester, you must have the Proximity Parking form filled out by your doctor and submit it to Parking Services.
Students who require permanent Proximity Parking must register with Disability Services, Room 161, Whitmore Administration Building, tel. (413) 545-0892. Disability Services reviews each case and, in conjunction with Parking Services, determines the appropriate parking assignment.
Employees who require permanent Proximity Parking must register with the Office for Accessible Workplace, Room 161, Whitmore Administration Building, tel. (413) 545-1842. The Office for Accessible Workplace reviews each case and, in conjunction with Parking Services, determines the appropriate parking assignment.
To request temporary Proximity Parking during the third trimester of pregnancy, please provide Parking Services with a doctor’s note including the expected due date.
Accessible Van Services
Accessible Van Services (AVS), a department of UMass Transit Services, offers campus community members with mobility impairments free transportation including mobility device lift-equipped van service. Contact AVS at (413) 545-2086 or @email.
Retired faculty and staff are eligible for twenty (20) single day passes for the upper Garage at no charge. You will receive a card which will function as your key card in and out of the garage. OR Retirees are eligible for discounted full year lot permits.
If a retiree needs additional parking, more time may be added to the upper Garage parking key - Available through the website or by visiting our office.
Retirees will be notified of their permit options mailed each summer prior to the start of the academic year.
Retiree/Emeritus permits are non-transferable and only for use by retired employee.
Students need to purchase permits yearly. Student permit fees are based upon the color classification of the lot. Permits are issued based on and eligibility and lot availability.
- Green lots are available to off-campus commuter students.
- Purple lots are available to students living on-campus.
- Yellow lots are available to any University community member.
How to Purchase a Permit
Students should purchase their parking permits online prior to arriving on campus. UMass sold out of student parking permits in 21-22 and almost sold out for the 22-23 permit year. If you choose to purchase your permit in person at our office, please make sure to bring your vehicle registration and photo ID. Visit the Parking Services main office to buy a permit. we expect to sell out of student parking permits before the start of the semester. Please do not bring a vehicle to campus if you have not procured a permit prior to the start of the Fall semester
Office hours — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Parking Services
University of Massachusetts
139 Room Whitmore Bldg.
181 Presidents Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-9313
Telephone: (413) 577-PARK
2025 SUMMER PARKING OPTIONS
Summer Parking regulations go into effect Monday, May 19, 2025 through Friday, August 22, 2025
Beginning Monday, May 19, 2025 Summer Permits for the following lots may be purchased:
Red: 30, 41, 42, 45, 62, 66, 67 and 68
Blue: 24, 29, 46 and 47
Green: 25, 26, 33
Purple: 22, 28, 44 and 49
Yellow: 11, 12 and 13
Summer Permit Fees:
First Session: May 19, 2025 – July 1, 2025 $ 62.00
Second Session: July 7, 2025 – August 15, 2025 $ 62.00
Full Summer: May 19, 2025 – August 22, 2025 $105.00
Weekly Permits: Monday through Friday $ 35.00
Daily Permits: Per Day $ 8.00
Vehicles with a current year long UMass parking permit (including Transit, Night shift, etc.) may park in any Yellow (11, 12 or 13), Purple (22, 28, 44, or 49), Green (25, 26 or 33) until August 22, 2025
**REMINDER** Green Lots 27, Lot 34 WILL NOT be available for Summer Parking**
Temporary Permit Program is available to departments on campus and allows them to create permits, garage validations online. Please email @email for any questions or for enrolling in the program.
For UMass departments only:
The Temporary Parking Permit Program (TPP) is a new way to order permits for guests and visitors coming to campus to visit departments or attend events. There is a simple log-in to the program that recognizes your Net Id and password. You can add other members of the department as well if you wished. No payment is required at the time of ordering through the program. At the beginning of each month, an invoice would be sent to you including all permits that were ordered for the previous month. Payments using speedtype or Procards (or regular credit) are accepted. If this is something you think you would be interested in, there are a couple pieces of information we need:
Department Name
Contact Name
Contact Email
Contact Address
Contact Phone Number
Requested Parking Lots/Garage Validations
Vendors parking on campus are required to display the proper permit whenever utilizing posted vendor spaces. These permits may be purchased on the day of visit or in advance over the phone. To place an order by phone, call Parking Services at (413) 577-PARK. If you need help locating a vendor space or loading dock, you may consult the vendor map below. Printed maps are available at our office. Or visit the Parking Services interactive map for vendor parking space locations.
If no posted vendor space is available in a lot, the vendor pass may be used in any unreserved space. Please contact our office with any questions.
Vendor permits are not applicable in Lots 62, 63, 64, 71, & 72.
Vendor/Mobile $13
Wkly Mobile/Vendor $65
Monthly Mobile/Vendor $200
UMass Parking Services offers our military veteran students and active duty service personnel a 15% discount on full year parking permits. Veterans who would like to purchase a permit must do so in person by visiting the Parking Services office.
To Qualify: student must have active student status with valid SPIRE id and present a DD-214 or an active duty military id at the time of purchase. The discount may not be used in conjunction with any other discount or discounted permit and again, only applies to full year parking permits. Discounts must be applied at the time of purchase. Pro-rated or refunded monies will not be allowed after the purchase of the permit. This discount is not transferable and may only be used on a vehicle registered to the veteran student or active duty student.
WINTER SESSION PARKING
Effective Dates: Friday, December 20, 2024 - Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Available Lots and Cost:
The following lots WILL BE available for sale during Winter Session
Lots: 11, 12, 13, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 33, 41, 44, 45, 46, 49, 65, 66, 67, 68.
PRICES: Red Lots = $90 / Green, Blue, Purple = $80 / Yellow = $70
PLEASE NOTE: The following lots WILL NOT be available for sale during Winter Session
Lots: 23, 27, 32, 34, 36, 42, 43, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 62, 63, 64, 71, 72 & Upper Garage.
Please Note:
Availability is limited. Permits will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.
Winter Session Parking Policy – 12/18/2024 through 01/29/2025
Anyone with a current year long UMass parking permit will be allowed to park in any Yellow, (11, 12, 13), Purple, (22, 28, 44, 49), or green (25, 26, 33) lot at no extra charge.
Snow Policy – 12/01/2024 through 04/01/2025
Parking in Green Lots from 1am until 7am is prohibited and vehicles are subject to tow.
The University of Massachusetts now offers electric vehicle charging stations.
All stations are managed through ChargePoint and require a ChargePoint card/membership to activate and use the Charging Stations.
Membership can be done on-line at www.ChargePoint.com -or- by calling ChargePoint Driver Support at: 1-888-758-4389.
The Charging Stations can be located through the ChargePoint Application, accessed at www.chargepoint.com
- Click on “FIND STATIONS”
- Enter Zip Code 01003 -or-
- Enter “University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA” to see all stations on campus and check availability.
- Payment information can be found through the main ChargePoint webpage.
UMass Electric Vehicle Charging Policy Statement (January 2025)
All EV charging stations on the UMass Amherst Campus are managed through ChargePoint network. Users must have an account/card with ChargePoint in order to use the EV chargers on campus. You may sign up for a membership with ChargePoint or you may call ChargePoint Driver support at 1-888-758-4389.
All of the public EV charging stations are mapped on ChargePoint’s web site: www.chargepoint.com and UMASS Parking Services interactive map.
Rules and regulations for use of EV chargers on campus:
UMass EV Charging Club - Those affiliated with the University (faculty, staff, students and retirees) who have a full year parking permit may register through ChargePoint to join the UMass EV Charging Club. Club members are allowed to charge at many of the surface lot chargers around campus for just the cost of electricity, currently $0.18 per kWh (May 16, 2023). To request activation into the UMass EV Charging Club please contact UMass Parking Services at @email or @email
Those unaffiliated with the University or those without a full year parking permit are allowed to use any of the chargers on campus but will be charged for the current price of electricity as well as the current hourly parking rate of $1.60 per hour (July 1, 2023). When charging at the Visitors Center parking lot located across Mass Ave from Haigis Mall, those charging will not need to pay at a paystation as the hourly parking rate will be charged through ChargePoint for the entire time the vehicle is connected to the charger. Those charging at the Campus Center Parking Garage will only be charged for electricity through ChargePoint at the current rate. Customers using the parking garage chargers will pay for parking through the normal garage payment processes.
All those using the chargers on campus are required to move their vehicles out of the charging locations within 30 minutes of completing their charge. Those that violate this grace period will be charged at a current rate of $15 per hour. Maximum charging duration is 6 hours per session. Throttling the electrical input to gain proximity parking is NOT allowed and will result in ticket/tow and possible expulsion from the UMass EV program. Frequent violators may also face other fines as deemed necessary by Parking Services. Demand for access to charging on campus has nearly doubled each year. Please be courteous and respectful of others that may need to charge on campus and move your vehicles when your vehicle is charged.
UMass Parking Services welcomes your comments and suggestions for improving the charging experience here at UMass.