Parking Permits

Under California state law, parking on a California State University campus is subject to a specific fee.  Paid parking session is required at all times when parking on campus. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Parking Services utilizes virtual permits for all parking across campus.  For virtual permits information and guidelines, please see our Virtual Permits page.  Note: Ownership of a permit is not transferable from person to person.

To accommodate the diverse parking needs of our community, SJSU offers various types of parking permits and various parking locations.

• Student Parkings

  • - Student Commuter
    - Student Housing
    - Instructional Student Assistant (ISA) / Grad. Assistant (GA)
    - Carpool Permit

• Employee Parkings

  • - Employee Commuter
    - Employee Housing
    - Teaching Assistant (TA)
    - Carpool Permit

• Contractor/Vendor Parkings

  • - Monthly parking permit
    - Daily/hourly

• Department Parkings

  • - Department Guests

• Visitor Parkings

  • - Daily/hourly

• Event Parkings

  • - Prepaid Event Permit