Physical permits are required for all student, staff or faculty member’s car parked on campus. Faculty and staff are allowed to have two vehicles assigned to their parking permit. Students are allowed to have one vehicle assigned to their parking permit.

For a list of parking citations and fines, please visit the Citations page.

Vehicle Registration

Students, faculty and staff that wish to park on the NEIU campus must register their vehicle(s).

Students (OPT-IN):

For Fall 2024, students can opt-in to parking by completing their parking permit applications during the following times:

  • New student orientations, during the Resource Fair
  • Aug. 26-29 from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., in the Village Square near Café Descartes

Note: 

  • No tickets will be issued the first week of classes for not having a permit. 
  • Students who need to park on campus before the first week of classes may pick up a permit from the NEIU Police Department, Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Faculty and Staff:

Faculty and Staff should sign up for payroll deduction at Human Resources. You will then receive your parking permit through campus mail.

Rental Vehicles

To register a rental vehicle, please email park@neiu.edu with the vehicle information.

multiple vehicles

Only University employees are allowed to register more than one vehicle to their parking permit. The maximum vehicles allowed is two. Only one car at a time is allowed to park at Northeastern's locations with the parking permit.

Parking Zones

All permits have an associated zone assigned to them and can be used only in designated parking areas.

Gold zone (Formerly Level 1)

  • Gold Zone parking permit is also valid in all Blue Zone and Green Zone areas parking areas.
  • Gold Zone parking areas can be identified by the signage color.
  • The entire Lots of A and PE are Gold Zone parking.
  • The first floor on the east and north sides of the Parking Facility has Gold Zone parking.
  • Additionally, there is one row of Gold Zone parking available in the C, F and J lots.
  • Students can purchase Gold Zone parking. As a student you can cancel your Blue Zone parking fee and pay the Gold Zone parking student fee of $379 per semester at the University Police Department.

Blue zone (formerly Level 2)

  • You must park in the designated Blue Zone areas.
  • Blue Zone parking areas can be identified by the signage color.
  • A Blue Zone parking permit is also valid in all Green Zone parking areas.
  • A Blue Zone parking permit is invalid in a Gold Zone parking area.

green zone (formerly Level 3)

  • You must park in the designated Green Zone areas.
  • Green Zone parking areas can be identified by the signage color.
  • A Green Zone parking permit is not valid in any Gold Zone or Blue Zone parking area.
  • Green Zone parking is available to certain designated Northeastern union employee groups.