INFO: Student permits (decals) for the Durham campus are sold online starting in advance of semester openings. Some categories are subject to availability, and resident permits do sell out. All permits are issued on a space-available basis, and no need shall result in automatic issuance of a permit. In some situations, applicants may be required to provide documentation of eligibility, subject to verification or request for elaboration. In all cases, an applicant must have no outstanding UNH parking tickets to purchase/renew a permit. Other rules and regulations, procedures and policies related to parking and permit distribution apply. If a person’s eligibility changes after a permit is purchased but before the normal expiration date, the permit shall become invalid with no refund or exchange guaranteed. Visit the Permit Prices page for a full list of prices.
Permit sales temporarily closed
Permit sales are temporarily closed, and will resume at 9am on Friday, 7/29.
Sales will be available for Grad, Senior, Junior, and Sophomore campus residents, and commuters of any class year.
(Freshman campus residents not eligible).
NEW for 2025-26: Resident Permit Lottery!
Summer 2025 and 2025-26 permit sales
(Summer '25 permits go on sale May 2.)
(2025-26 resident permit lottery enrollment June 2 - 15)
(2025-'26 permit prices are not finalized)
2025-'26 Permits FAQs
I. Learn About Permit Types
Students and graduates from the previous spring's commencement who are taking classes and/or working on campus. Commuters at residences normally excluded for fall/spring permits may buy a Student Summer permit with the understanding that normal eligibility applies during the fall/spring semesters.
$50
Student Summer permits are generally available to all eligible applicants. Resident parking spaces are subject to fill up.
Students living on campus may park in any Resident Lot (Gables, Woodside, E, E1, E2, Evergreen, Strafford, West Edge, Mathes, or Mast Road Lot). Students commuting for classes or employment may park in any commuter lot (Lot A, Lot M, Lot G1, Mast Road, Mathes, Moiles, West Edge, Lot S). Summer Motorcycle permits are valid in any designated motorcycle space. Summer Moped permits are valid in any designated moped space.
student summer Resident Lot Map (core)
Student summer Resident Lot Map (perimeter)
Student summer Commuter/Student summer Employee map
Student Summer Motorcycle/Moped map
All vehicles parked on campus are subject to the UNH Parking Regulations.
To buy a commuter permit, you must live over 1 mile from campus and >.25 mile from any Campus Connector or in-town Durham Wildcat Transit stop. Eligibility Check.
Students residing at Cottages, Lodges, Rivers Edge, Madbury Commons, Campus Flats, and at any private living space within the commuter permit eligibility zone, including fraternities & sororities , or in campus housing are NOT ELIGIBLE for a commuter permit and risk standard enforcement for getting one.
$100. Limited refunds available for partial-year use, see refund policy.
Commuter permits do not sell out.
Lot A, Lot M, Lot G1, Moiles Lot, Mast Road Lot, Mathes Lot, Lot S, West Edge Lot.
All vehicles parked on campus are subject to the UNH Parking Regulations.
Resident permits are limited to non-freshmen campus residents, as follows:
- Gables permits restricted to non-freshman residents of the Gables complex.
- Woodside permits restricted to non-freshman residents of the Woodside complex.
- Strafford permits available to on-campus non-freshman residents residing in residence halls NORTH OF MAIN STREET (Congreve, McLaughlin, Adams Tower, Lord, Jessie Doe, Stoke, Sawyer, Scott), but excluding Gables & Woodside residents. [Note: Fraternities and sororities are OFF campus, not eligible!]
- Resident East permits available to any non-freshman on-campus residing in residence halls SOUTH OF MAIN STREET (Hetzel, Fairchild, Alexander, Mills, Babcock, Devine, Randall, Hitchcock, Engelhardt, Hunter, Gibbs, Hubbard, Christensen, Williamson, Hall, Eaton, Richardson, Marston, Haaland, Peterson, Handler).
$550 for an academic year. Limited refunds available for partial-year use, see refund policy.
Resident core permits are EXTREMELY LIMITED, issued on a first-come-first-served basis, and will sell out (wait list).
Please allow that with the high demand for these types, you might not get one.
- Gables permit: Gables Lots only.
- Woodside permit: Woodside Lots only.
- Resident East permit: Lot E, Lot E1, Lot E1, Evergreen Lot
- Strafford permit: Strafford Lot only (permit not valid in Strafford Ave spaces).
All vehicles parked on campus are subject to the UNH Parking Regulations.
Resident West permits are limited to non-freshmen campus residents of any UNH Housing residence hall or complex.
Not eligible, students residing in off-campus housing.
$400 for an academic year. Limited refunds available for partial-year use, see refund policy.
Resident West permits are LIMITED, issued on a first-come-first-served basis, and will sell out (wait list).
Please allow that with the high demand for these types, you might not get one.
Resident West permits are valid in the West Edge Lot, Mast Road Lot, and Mathes Lot.
All vehicles parked on campus are subject to the UNH Parking Regulations.
Any grad, senior, or junior not in on-campus housing. (Typically for students living in local private housing in Durham.) Effective '24-'25, sophomores & freshman are NOT eligible for a Non-Resident permit.
$750 per academic year (fall/spring semester). Limited refunds available for partial-year use, see refund policy.
Non-Resident permits are extremely limited, issued first-come-first-served to eligible applicants, and will sell out (wait list).
Please allow that with the high demand for this permit type, you might not get one.
Non-Resident permits are valid in the West Edge, Mast Road, and Mathes lots only.
All vehicles parked on campus are subject to the UNH Parking Regulations.
Any non-freshman campus resident or off-campus resident of any year. Campus residents may bring EITHER a car or a moped/motorcycle to campus, but may not bring both.
$80 per academic year (fall/spring semesters). Limited refunds available for partial-year use, see refund policy.
Motorcycle permits are free to eligible students who have purchased a commuter parking permit (come to Parking Office).
Motorcycle permits usually have unlimited availability for eligible applicants.
Moped permits are limited, are subject to sell out, but typically have good availability.
Motorcycles may park in spaces designated with "Motorcycle Parking" signs. Moped may park in designated areas with "Moped Parking" signs.
Click map for larger image.
All vehicles parked on campus are subject to the UNH Parking Regulations.
II. Prepare/verify/update your PermitStore.com account!
This is for pre-sale account creation/updating only. You will not be ordering a permit until they go on sale.
The link below will take you to ThePermitStore.com "Accounts" page.
- If you have an account already, Log In by filling in the "Username" and "Password" in the upper right of the page.
- If you don't have an account already, click on the "Create New Account" link.
- If you have an account but can't remember your login info, click on the "Retrieve Lost Account Information" link.
Once you are logged into a new/existing account, carefully enter/verify/update your vehicle, address, email, etc. info so that everything is ready to go once sales start.
SAVE UPDATES AND LOG OUT. YOU WILL NOT BE ORDERING A PERMIT DURING THE PRE-SALES PERIOD.
II. Go to ThePermitStore.com to Order Permit
Follow the link below to ThePermitStore.com to place an order.
- At ThePermitStore.com create an account or log into an existing account.
- Select a permit/permit lottery type for which you are eligible (see descriptions above). Note that some permit types may be sold out/wait-listed, so you may not get your first choice or any permit.
- Carefully read and follow the instructions, providing the requested information. Have your vehicle info, delivery address info, and student ID ready. Be sure to finalize order at checkout.
- For approved orders, a temporary permit will be emailed immediately, and the decal delivered via US Mail to your indicated address. The permit fee will be transferred to your Student Business Office account.
- Orders that are relegated to "Administrative Review" are not final until approved (or denied) by the Parking Office.
('25-'26 resident permits will all fall under Administrative Review).
