All vehicles parked on SIUE campuses are required to have current valid parking registration for the lot in which they are parked. If you do not have valid SIUE parking registration you may park in visitor lots B and C and pay at a kiosk or park in the appropriate areas within lots A, E, or F and pay for parking by scanning one of the posted QR code signs and use T2 Mobile Pay to purchase hourly parking on the SIUE main campus.
Employee Permit Requirements
Faculty and staff who park a vehicle on University property (this includes the Edwardsville, East St. Louis and Alton campuses) must purchase a virtual SIUE parking permit which is linked to the vehicle license plate of the vehicle that is to be parked. Virtual permits may be purchased online, in the Parking Services Office (RH 1113) and by mail. SIUE employees can register up to three different vehicles /license plates per virtual permit, but are only allowed to have one vehicle parked at SIUE at a time. Employees are defined as individuals who have entered into a contract with the University that includes withholding for taxes, FICA, Social Security or benefits.
The minimum permit requirement for faculty and staff is a Blue Permit. Employees also have the option of purchasing a Brown, Green or Orange (if they work in Art and Design or Birger Hall) which are closer to the buildings. Only one permit is sold per employee.
Hours of enforcement are Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.–8 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. There is open parking in all non-residential lots after those times and all-day Saturday and Sunday. Residential lots are enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If anyone is found guilty of virtual parking permit misuse, they may be charged with a Class A Misdemeanor punishable by serving up to one year in the Madison County Jail and/or up to a $2,500 fine.
Virtual Parking Permit Registration
Effective January 2026, SIUE Parking Services will no longer issue physical parking permits which were hung from the vehicles rearview mirror or displayed on the vehicles dashboard. Parking Services has moved to virtual parking permits which are tracked through the vehicles license plate and are enforced through license plate readers and recognition software that has been installed in all of the Parking Services vehicles. Virtual parking permits are issued to be valid in specifically colored / named parking lots and it is the drivers responsibility to park in the appropriate parking lot for which their vehicle is registered and permitted to park in order to avoid receiving a parking citation. To see which lots the specifically colored virtual permit registration are valid in, you can do so by visiting the Parking Rates and Forms page.
Prior to the beginning of each fall semester, Parking Services sends an email to all faculty and staff with purchasing options, registration deadlines and permit prices. A copy of the most recent communication can be found here (which will download into a PDF).
Virtual parking permits may be purchased annually or by semester. Semester permits will be sold as a supplement to our regular annual permits and are intended for those who will be employed for a single semester. If you will be here longer than that, the annual permits remain a better value. Both fall and spring semester permits are honored during the succeeding summer term.
Virtual parking permits can be purchased online by logging onto the Parking Portal or visiting the Parking Services office in room 1113 in Rendleman Hall and completing the virtual parking permit registration form. Parking Services accepts: Cash, Check, or Credit Card as forms of payment. Employees also have the option to purchase their permit through payroll deduction.
Emeritus/Retiree Permits
A Retiree permit is available to all retired SIUE employees. A Retiree permit allows the person to park in any Blue, Brown, Green or Red lot on campus. It may not be used to park in any pay, metered, service vehicle or ADA spaces (unless they have a state-issued ADA permit). Retiree permits may only be used by the retired SIUE employee and can’t be used by their family or others.
Service Permits
Service permits are available to University departments that require staff members to use their personal vehicles to make frequent business-related trips to and from the University. These permits are issued to departments and not individuals and should be kept in a central location in the department to be checked out as needed. Service permits are only valid in vehicles that also are displaying a current SIUE permit. Vehicles with a service permit may park in Service Vehicle Only spaces and in regular spaces on campus. They may not park in pay spaces. Service permits are valid for a maximum of three hours daily and should be used for official University business only. Service permits being used for personal use may result in citations and revocation of the permit. To obtain a service permit, departments must submit a service permit request form. A reason for the request will be required and approval will be determined by Parking Services.
Disability Permits
Employees who have a permanent or temporary state-issued disability hangtag, parking card or plates are also required to purchase and display an SIUE parking permit in order to park in accessible spaces on campus. Vehicles with appropriate permits may only park in accessible spaces when the individual with the disability is the driver or passenger in the vehicle.
Employees with disabilities who work in the Morris University Center are expected to park in the accessible spaces in Lot B. Rendleman Hall employees with disabilities should park in the accessible spaces in Lot C. Please note that a special State-issued ADA permit is required to park in pay spaces on campus.
For short-term disability, a 30-day temporary SIUE disability permit can be issued by the University. A current SIUE permit is also required. Vehicles displaying an SIUE disability permit are allowed to park in regular spaces closer to the buildings but does not authorize an individual to park in a designated accessible space. Employees must bring a physician's statement to Parking Services to receive a temporary permit.
Should the need persist after 30 days, the individual may request two more 30-day temporary disability permits with a new doctor's note for each additional permit. For high-risk pregnancies, a 90-day temporary disability permit may be issued if supported by a doctor's note.
New Employees
New employees to the University may have their department request a one-time complimentary two-week permit. This gives the new employee time to purchase their regular SIUE parking permit. The new employee parking request form is available here.
Refunds
Refunds for parking permits will follow the same schedule found in the SIUE Tuition Refund Policy. Employees that chose to purchase their permits via Payroll Deduction Cannot receive a refund on or after the permit effective date.
Temporary and Occasional Driver Permits
Daily temporary virtual permits may be purchased online, at the Parking Services office on the Edwardsville campus, at the Director’s Office on the East St. Louis campus or at the Business Office on the Alton campus. The cost for a daily virtual permit is $3 per day. Please note, there are no refunds for temporary daily permits once they have been purchased.
Evening Permits
Evening permits are sold to faculty with evening classes and are valid for parking in Lots A, E and F after 3 p.m. Monday-Friday and in the Red permit lots anytime.
Motorcycles
Designated motorcycle parking is located in most lots on campus. Motorcycles may not be parked in automobile spaces on the Edwardsville campus with the exception of "pay-by-plate" spots, provided payment is made. Only one motorcycle may be parked in a single space. Properly registered motorcycles may be parked in automobile spaces on the Alton and East St. Louis campuses. Each motorcycle must be parked in a lot which corresponds to the color of the virtual permit for which they have registered. Motorcycle owners may register their plate as one of the three vehicles that they are allowed to have registered to their virtual permit.
Overnight Parking
Employees on official University business which requires them to leave a vehicle on campus overnight may do so at the Supporting Services parking lot (Lot S). Each motorist is also asked to provide University Police with a description of the vehicle and the estimated time and date of return. Other than the residential parking lots reserved for students, overnight parking on other lots is not allowed. Overnight parking arrangements for individuals employed at the East St. Louis Higher Education Campus or the School of Dental Medicine may be made through Parking Services.
