Parking & Card Services - The University of Tulsa

Parking & Card Services

Hours

Monday – Friday
8 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Phone

918-631-3360

Location

Fisher Hall East

Contact Us

Parking and Card Services provides resources designed to support students, faculty, and staff as well as visitors to our campus.

TU ID Card (CanePhoto)

If you are new to the university in Summer 2022 click on CanePhoto to upload a photo. Parking and Card Services will send an email letting you know your ID card is ready for pickup. There is no charge for the first card issued to you. You will pick up your new TU ID card in the Parking and Card Service office located in Fisher Hall unless noted otherwise below.

New Students for Summer/Fall 2022: You will click on CanePhoto and follow the same instructions. You will be able to pick up your ID when you check into your Summer/Fall Housing Assignment if you will be living on campus. If you are a commuter student for Summer 2022, you make pick up your TU ID Card beginning May 16, 2022. Commuter students for Fall 2022 will receive their TU ID Card at StartTU or have a designated time during your orientation program to come to pick up your ID.

100% Online Students: You will click on CanePhoto and follow the same instructions. We will mail you, your TU ID card within 1 week of receiving your “approved” photo.

New TU Employee: You will receive instructions for onboarding from Human Resources. You may submit your photo and request an TU ID card 24 business hours after completing your onboarding in the Paycom system. To submit your photo, click on CanePhoto. You may pick up your ID immediately after Orientation if a photo has been uploaded before or during Orientation. For all others, we will email you within 24 business hours of submitting an approved photo.

Replacement TU ID Card: Current students and employees click on CanePhoto to upload a new photo or select to maintain your current photo to create a replacement TU ID Card. Once you submit a photo, your replacement ID card will be ready in approximately 1 business day. Parking and Card Services will send an email letting you know your ID card is ready for pickup.  Your University Bursar account will be charged $15 to replace your ID.  You will pick up your new TU ID card in the Parking and Card Service office located in Fisher Hall.

Retiring from the University: Faculty and Staff retiring from TU will need to return your current ID card to Human Resources during your exit appointment.  Afterward you may click on CanePhoto to upload a new photo or select to maintain your current photo to create a retiree TU ID Card. Once you submit a photo, your replacement ID card will be ready to be picked up at the Parking & Card Services office located in Fisher Hall in approximately 1 business day.

The TU ID Card is the official identification card. TU ID Card must be carried at all times when on campus and presented to University officials upon request. 

Your ID Card can be used for:

  • Photo identification
  • Access to certain buildings and facilities on campus
  • Access to a variety of campus events and services
  • Swipe for a meal, Hurricane Gold Dollars, and dining dollars
  • Check out library materials

Please report lost or stolen cards to Parking and Card Services located in Fisher Hall.  Review the section above: Replacement TU ID card.  TU ID Cards are not transferable and are void upon interruption or termination of enrollment/employment with the university. Improper use of the TU ID card is subject to University student conduct.

Parking Registration & Permits (Parking Portal)

Whether you are visiting The University of Tulsa for a day, living on campus, or commuting to class or work, having a convenient and safe place to park is a priority.  Our goal is to help you understand the ins and outs of parking on campus. All vehicles parked on university property must be registered with the Parking & Card Services Office.

The University of Tulsa features an on-line Vehicle Registration Process for its community, long-term guests, and affiliated vendors. Registration is required for all motorized vehicles which may be done any time on or past the date your Registration sequence begins, as identified in the “Parking Registration Calendar” below.

Please note: Waitlists from the previous year dissolve April 1st.

The parking portal is available throughout the year to obtain a permit. You will be required to log in using your TU username and password.

  • Parking Registration Calendar 2021-2022

    Faculty, Staff, and Adjuncts:

    • Faculty, Staff, and Adjuncts retain your current space: June 14, 2021 (9:00 am) – June 18, 2021 (11:59 pm)
    • Faculty and Full-time Staff – Want to change your lot or select for 1st time: June 21, 2021 (9:00 am)
    • Adjunct, Part-time staff, Retirees, and Unclassified: June 28, 2021 (9:00 am)

    Students:

    • Continuing students living in campus Apartments or Residence Halls: Available within 24 hours from making a housing selection.
    • Sorority and Sigma Nu Residents: April 15, 2021  (9:00 am)
    • Incoming Residential Students: Available within 24 hours from making a housing selection.
    • Current Commuter Students and Fraternity Students residing in Fraternity Houses: June 24, 2021 (9:00 am)
    • Incoming Commuter Students: July 15, 2021 (9:00 am)​​

    If you have a state-issued ADA hangtag and have difficulties purchasing a parking permit in your preferred lot, please fill out the ADA Parking Form for additional assistance.

  • Summer Parking for Incoming Students

    Incoming Students Starting Summer 2021

    • Summer School Hardesty residents – Starting May 3rd, please complete this form (click here) to receive a summer parking permit. Within 3 business days of order, we will email you a summer parking permit for you to print out that will be good until July 31st. Please note: 24 hours after you make your FALL housing selection, you will be able to purchase your parking permit
    • All other incoming students (Apartments and commuters) – Click here beginning May 3rd to purchase your 2021-2022 Parking Permit. These permits will be sent through USPS Mail to the address you put into the parking system.
  • ADA Parking Options for University Faculty, Staff, and Students with Disabilities

    In order to use campus parking spaces designated as disabled accessible, vehicles must display the appropriate parking permits, placards and plates. Individuals will also need to purchase a University parking permit that should be displayed along with the DMV issued placard or plate.  If you have a state-issued ADA hangtag and have difficulties purchasing a parking permit in your preferred lot, please fill out the ADA Parking Form.

    Temporary

    The University may provide short-term parking to faculty, staff, and students with disabilities by offering temporary ADA permits for parking on campus.

    To request parking based on temporary disability, please complete the temporary ADA parking permit request form which will require this information:

    1. A request including name, University ID, and the length of time the temporary accommodation is being requested.

    2. Upload documentation supporting your request for a temporary ADA parking permit.  This may include doctors request on letterhead or Physical Disability Parking Placard Application signed by a physician.)  Please don’t include any information related to the diagnosis or reason for the ADA permit. This is not necessary to process a temporary ADA permit.

    After these items have been submitted and approved, Parking and Card Services will campus mail the approved temporary accommodations permit.  If you have any questions please contact our office.

  • Parking Permit Rates

    Purchasing a parking permit for a particular lot does not guarantee a space at all times in that lot. Campus lots may be closed for special events, athletic activities, and/or for University operations and maintenance. The permit issued is lot-specific (“non-roving”). Therefore, it is valid until the permit’s expiration date only for the lot in which you are assigned.

    2021-2022 rates include a $1 processing fee:

    Motorcycles & Motorized Scooters: $26.00

    Commuter Lot Permits: $41

    Faculty & Staff Commuter Lot: $31*

    Campus Resident-only Lots: $131

    Non-resident Student Standard and Dual-purpose Lots: $201

    Faculty & Staff Standard and Dual-purpose Lots: $121*

    Premium Lots: $801.00

    Faculty & Staff Premium Lots: $601.00*

    *reflects prorated amount

    Registrants purchasing a Commuter Lot (CL) can park in any of the four Commuter Lots located on Harvard Avenue at the Reynolds Center Arena, the Harvard Lot at South Gary Place, the east end of the Keplinger/Law Lot, and the Harvard East Lot on 4th Street. Vehicles registered with valid permits for other lots may overflow into the commuter lot at the Reynolds Center Arena, space permitting.

    Signs at entrances to University-owned and controlled parking lots and streets indicate who may use the parking as well as applicable time restrictions. Parking in these lots and on streets is provided for authorized vehicles in safe, operable conditions. Any unauthorized, abandoned, disabled, or unsafe vehicle, even if registered with the University and bearing a current parking permit is subject to removal. The expense of removing and storage of any vehicle will be the responsibility of the owner.

    Commuter Lot (CL):

    • Reynolds Center Arena Lot, East 8th Street and South Harvard Avenue – CL
    • Harvard Lot, East 8th Street and South Gary Place – CL
    • Keplinger/ Law Lot, East most part of lot – CL
    • Harvard East Lot, 4th Street and Harvard – CL

    Additional Commuter Lots- exclusive use to the designated permit

    • University Square West Apartments – USW
    • Norman Village Commuter- NVC

    Resident-only Lots:

    “Resident-only Lot” permits are available to students who live in on-campus housing. Parking in these lots is available for properly registered vehicles, 24 (twenty-four) hours a day, *7 (seven) days a week.  During the Summer months, starting with 1st day of summer classes until the last day of summer classes, residents with a valid resident-only permit may park in any residential lot.

    • 6th Street and Delaware Avenue – WR
    • Brown Village Apartments – BV
    • LaFortune House – LF
    • Mayo Village Apartments – MV
    • West Suites – WR
    • University Square South Apartments – NR
    • University Square West Apartments – NR
    • Norman Village Apartments – NR
    • West Park Apartments – NR

    Resident Dual-purpose Lots:

    Residents may also purchase parking permits in “Dual-purpose Lots”, which are shared with “Non-resident” campus members. “Dual-purpose” lots include:

    • Lorton Village Apartments– LV
    • Lorton Performance Center – LPC
    • McFarlin Library – MLIB

    Non-resident Standard Lots:

    Non-residents are members of The University of Tulsa community consisting of faculty, staff and students who do not reside on-campus. “Non-resident Standard Lots” are:

    • Keplinger/Law – KL
    • Mabee East – MAE
    • Mabee West – MAW
    • University Methodist Church – UMC (weekday, non-event days)
    • 4th Street and College Avenue South– COS
    • 4th Street and College Avenue North – CON

    Non-resident Dual-purpose Lots:

    Non-residents may also purchase parking permits for “Dual-purpose Lots”, which are shared with on-campus housing residents.

    • Lorton Village Apartments– LV
    • Lorton Performance Center – LPC
    • McFarlin Library – MLIB

    Premium Lots:

    Non-residents are members of The University of Tulsa community consisting of faculty, staff and students who do not reside on-campus. Parking in the “Non-resident Premium Lots” is restricted to valid permit holders, available to them 24 (twenty-four) hours a day, 7 (seven) days a week. “Non-resident Premium Lots” are:

    • Harwell Hall – HH
    • Lorton Hall – LH
    • Phillips Hall – PH
    • Case Tennis – CT

    Motorcycles and Motorized Scooters:

    The University of Tulsa employees and students are to park registered motorcycles, mopeds, and motorized scooters on concrete pads near the bicycle racks. Under no circumstances are these vehicles to be driven on sidewalks or grassy areas, even if just to access the concrete pads near bicycle racks.

    “Open Parking Lots”

    During weekends and holidays, “Non-resident Standard Lots” are the only lots that are also designated as “Open Parking Lots”, available between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in the evenings, and 24 (twenty-four) hours a day on the weekends.

    Note:

    • See posted parking lot signs for specific enforcement times.
    • Some apartment lots remain “Resident-only Lots” as apartment residents maintain their occupancy throughout the year.
    • “Open Parking Lots” may be closed for special events, athletic activities, and/or for University operations and maintenance.

    Refunds/Prorated

    There will be no refunds for parking permits after May 15th of each year. Parking permits are not prorated.

  • Proper Display of Parking Permits

    Upon Registration, a parking decal will be issued that is to be affixed to the vehicle on the inside, lower portion of the passenger-side, front windshield. For motorcycles, mopeds, and scooters, the decal must be attached to the right-hand, upper arm of the cycle’s right-front fork. If the permit has been purchased but the decal is not properly affixed to the vehicle, it is considered to be the same type of violation as the “No-permit” category.

    Please note: Parking decals take 3-5 days to be mailed to the address you provided when you purchased your permit. You may print a temporary parking permit that should be displayed on the inside, lower portion of the passenger-side, front windshield. Directions to print your temporary permit: Parking Portal(sign-in), click view your permits, select active permit and you will see a link to print your temporary parking permit.

  • Replacement/Exchange Parking Permit

    If you need to replace or exchange your parking permit please complete this form to request a replacement/exchange parking permit.  Your University Bursar account will be charged $5 to replace/exchange your parking permit.

  • Temporary Permit

    Once you purchase your permit you may print a temporary parking permit that should be displayed on the inside, the lower portion of the passenger-side, front windshield.

    Directions to print your temporary permit: Parking Portal(sign-in), click view your permits, select active permit and you will see a link to print your temporary parking permit.

  • Waitlist for Parking Permit

    If, after completing your parking selection registration you would like to seek availability in another lot, place yourself on the waitlist. This, too, will be prioritized based on lot availability and request order. As spaces become available, individuals on this list will be contacted by Parking & Card Services to make this change.  Parking permits are not prorated. Your University Bursar account will be charged $5 once a parking permit is issued from the waitlist. (Click here for Waitlist Video)

    Waitlists from the previous year dissolve April 1st.