Buying a Permit
+ Parking permits can be purchased online, by mail, or in person. Only one regular permit can be purchased by an employee or a student. Exception: A motorcycle permit can be purchased in addition to a regular color-coded permit (blue, brown, green, orange, purple or yellow).
+ Falsification of registration information may lead to fines and denial of parking privileges. A university identification card may be requested at the time of registration.
+ Graduate assistants eligible for a yellow permit must have their GA status verified by Campus Parking Services.
+ University-issued parking permits may not be loaned, traded, or sold by the person(s) to whom they have been issued. Persons displaying a permit that is registered to someone else may have the permit revoked, receive parking citations and/or have parking privileges denied.
Purchase a permit online
+ Spring semester student parking permits are available online as of November 10, 2011
. Parking permits ordered between December 20, 2011 and January 2, 2012 will not be processed and mailed out until the week of January 3, 2012. Please note -- spring parking permits are available for purchase in the Parking Office beginning December 5, 2011.Please visit the Student Parking Permit Application Form to order. Please note that there is a $3.00 processing/mailing fee for permits purchased online.
Purchase a permit by mail
+ Complete the Vehicle Registration Form. Mail the form with a check or credit card information to:
NIU Parking Services
121 Normal Road
DeKalb, IL 60115
+ The permit will be mailed to you within three working days of receiving the order. Please note there is a $3.00 processing/mailing fee for permits purchased by mail.
Purchase a permit in person
Spring parking permits go on sale in the office beginning December 5, 2011. Campus Parking Services is located on the corner of Lincoln Terrace and Normal Road. Regular office hours are 7:30am - 4:00pm Monday through Friday when the university is open.