Student Parking

Residential Student Parking Permits are for students living on campus. They are sold according to your housing facility and cost $40.

• Each permit may be attached to one vehicle. If you need to change the vehicle on your permit, you must email geauxpark@louisiana.edu
• You may have a residential permit and a Commuter Cajun Field Permit simultaneously.
• Families residing in Cajun Village who need to purchase a second permit for an additional driver may do so for $20 each semester. The second permit may only be purchased in the Office of Transportation Services.

Effective Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, a Residential Handicap Parking permit is required to park in any designated handicap parking space in a residential parking zone. It may be used in the permitted residential zone only. It does not allow parking in handicap or regular parking spaces anywhere else on campus.

Purchase your permit online

Email a scan of your driver’s license, mobility-impaired card, and placard (or vehicle registration if it is a state-issued handicap license plate) for review. An email will be sent within two business days either notifying you of approval or requesting additional information. Once approved, you will be able to purchase the permit online.

Purchase your permit in person

Bring your driver’s license, mobility-impaired card, and placard (or vehicle registration if it is a state-issued handicap license plate) to the Transportation Services office. The permit will be sold once the credentials are reviewed.

The Cajun Field Commuter Permit allows parking at Cajun Field only. The permit is free, but you must obtain a new permit every semester through the parking portal to park at Cajun Field.

• Buses run from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and stop in the following order:
  • Cajun Field (Gate D)
  • Bourgeois Hall (heading toward campus)
  • Rex Street (Agnes Edwards Hall)
  • Bourgeois Hall (heading toward Cajun Field)
• This is not a night permit. Commuter students may have a commuter permit and a night permit simultaneously.

Commuter Handicap Parking Permits are available online for those who meet the approval requirements.

• If you have previously purchased a Commuter Student Handicap parking permit and your state-issued handicap credentials are still active, you may email geauxpark@louisiana.edu to request to purchase your permit online each semester.  
• If you have never purchased a handicap parking permit at the University, you may send a scan of your driver’s license, mobility-impaired card, and placard or vehicle registration to geauxpark@louisiana.edu for review. A confirmation email will be sent within two business days notifying you of approval or requesting additional information.

The Girard Park Circle Parking Tower Permit guarantees parking on the third through sixth floors of the garage on all class days. It is not a night permit and does not allow parking elsewhere on campus. A limited number of permits are available for $350 per fall semester, $350 per spring semester and $150 for the summer. 

Wilson Street Lot Permit allows parking in the lot at 712 Wilson St., one block south of campus. The permit is $250 per fall semester and $250 per spring semester and is available on a very limited basis.

New for the Spring 2026 semester, a $40 permit will be offered to commuter students for parking in a newly designated location on the main campus named Zone 17C. The permitted parking location for this permit may be found on the UL Campus Parking Zone Map. There are a limited number of these permits available on a first come, first serve basis. Parking with this permit will be restricted to the two areas designated on the map.

• Two permits are available at a very limited availability as follows:
  • Zone 611HSC, for the parking garage at 611 St. Landry St., or
  • Zone 614HSC, for the parking lot at 147 St. Patrick St.
  • View a map of the Health Sciences Campus parking areas.
• Permits are $40 per fall or spring semester.
• A shuttle runs from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and stops in the following order:
  1. 611 St. Landry St.
  2. The Student Union
  3. Rex Street
  4. Café Fleur de Lis in Legacy Apartments
  5. S. Campus Drive behind Cajun Village family living
  6. The Club House at The Heritage Apartments.  

Night Permits are available to commuter students and allow parking in designated areas after 3 p.m. They are $25 per semester. A map of the night permit parking areas is available on the Zone Listings & Maps webpage.

Graduate Assistant permits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis through online and in-person sales in the Transportation Services office for $40.

• Two GA permits are available for purchase each fall and spring semester. Once a permit is purchased, you may park in your permitted area only during that semester. Permit locations are as follows:
  • Zone 17GA, located at the corner of South Campus Drive and UPA Drive.
  • PERGA, located on the north side of Johnston Street.
  • View zone locations on the UL Campus Parking Zone Map.

Student Aide permits are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis through online and in-person sales in the Transportation Services office for $40.

• If you want to purchase a permit, you must have your supervisor submit your name to Transportation Services to be placed in a pool of those eligible to buy one.