1. If you are a student: you must currently be enrolled at Northwestern's School of Law or Feinberg School of Medicine.
2. If you are an employee: at least 50% of your salary must be drawn from the University via an NU paycheck, and you must work a minimum of 20 hours a week.
3. If you are interested in 24 hour parking: You must live outside the designated boundaries of the Chicago campus and be approved for parking privileges through your department/school's space allocation. To be considered outside the designated boundaries, you must live north of North Avenue, west of Halsted Street and South of Congress Parkway. The official address of the building is used to determine residence.
4. You must not have any unpaid/non-appealed University parking violations.

• A valid driver's license
• A valid NU identification card (WildCARD)
• Current vehicle registration or current insurance card for their vehicle

Paying for Parking

Parking is available for students on an annual, academic year, or quarterly basis. Annual parking permits are not available after December 31st. Parking rates for quarters are not prorated. If you use part of a quarterly parking permit, you are responsible for the entire quarterly parking fee.

Students may pay for their parking with cash, check or student account billing. If a student decides to pay for parking via student billing, the charge will show up on the current quarter's tuition statement. The Parking Office does not accept credit cards.

Faculty and staff must pay for their parking through payroll deduction. Parking fees are deducted pre-tax from an employee's paycheck each month.

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Evening/Weekend Registration

The 2007/08 Evening and Weekend parking rates are:

To apply for Evening/Weekend Parking, please complete the on-line Parking Application for the upcoming school year, or fill out the form and return it by mail or fax to University Services - Parking Office. For an example of a completed form, see Sample. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU PRINT LEGIBLY. [You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the PDF files. The free download is available on Adobe's web site.]

Please note, we will be unable to process applications that do not include vehicle plate information and proof of registration or insurance. It will be necessary for new parkers to include proof of vehicle registration or proof of insurance coverage (photocopies are acceptable means of proof). In the "Amount" column, please enter the Evening/Weekend parking rate you are applying for.

Students have the option of paying either by cash or check (made payable to Northwestern University), or by having their parking fees electronically added to their tuition bill.

Please return the application to University Services - Parking Office. Your application will be processed and returned to you via U.S. Mail.

The mailing address and fax number are listed below:

University Services - Parking Office
710 N Lake Shore Drive
Abbott Hall, Room 100
Chicago, IL 60611-3078
Fax: (312) 503-9243

If you have any questions about the application, please contact the Parking Office at (312) 503-1103.

Your parking permit will be activated at Lot D (321 E. Erie St.) within 24 hours. Please keep your permit receipt in your vehicle at all times. It is strongly suggested that new parkers pick-up their parking receipt and decal(s) at the Parking Office to receive complete instructions. Parking access is available from 4:00 pm to 8:00 am, Monday through Friday, and 24 hours on Saturdays, Sundays, and University holidays.