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Parking and Transportation

Any person who parks a vehicle on the UWF campus must have a University permit (or University visitor’s permit) properly displayed on their vehicle.

Virtual Permits

Learn more about UWF's upcoming transition to LPR (License Plate Recognition) and VPS (Virtual Permit System).

Parking Portal via MyUWF

Visit the UWF Parking Portal (or find the Parking Transaction Portal in MyUWF) to purchase a permit, pay a citation, or appeal a citation.

UWF regulates its parking facilities

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Parking Services strives to provide an orderly and safe environment for students, employees and visitors.

Parking a vehicle on any of the University of West Florida’s campuses is a privilege that may be granted and revoked by the University. The University is authorized and reserves the right to regulate its vehicle parking facilities for the exclusive use of designated groups or individuals. All vehicles parked on campus are parked at the risk of the owner.

How parking is organized at UWF: The University manages more than thirty parking lots on the Pensacola Campus. Each lot is designated with a letter name and is available to a specific user group. Signs are posted at the entrance to each lot indicating the user designation(s). Parking spaces are marked with signs within the lot for specific user groups. For complete information on parking lot designations, see the Parking Map 2024-2025 (PDF) or view the new Interactive Parking Map at uwf.edu/campusparking.

UWF uses virtual permits. Therefore, your license plate serves as your permit. Plate information is entered by you into the system when you purchase your permit via MyUWF. No tangible permit is needed. The user can enter three plates, however only one plate can be on campus at a time. 

All University students and employees parking on campus must be registered with Parking Services. Registration can be accomplished online via MyUWF.

Visitors should stop by the Visitors Center, Bldg. 81 and pick up a temporary permit. The Visitors Center is open weekdays from 8am to 5pm except on UWF holidays. After hours and weekends, temporary permits are available at the UWF Police office, Bldg. 94.

If you wish to back in to a parking space, you should purchase a "back in permit" along with your regular permit. The back in permit is an actual hangtag while all other permits are virtual.

UWF user groups are designated as follows (signs indicate parking areas):

  • Commuters
    • Visitors may park in commuter spaces if no designated visitors spaces are available.
  • Resident students - Pace, Argo, Heritage, Presidents and Martin Hall); Village East and Village West
  • Motorcycles
  • Faculty and staff  
  • Faculty and staff reserved
  • Senior administrators 
  • Visitors 
  • Handicapped

Loading Zone Policy: The period of use for loading or unloading purposes will be restricted to 2 hours. Prior permission from Parking Services to park in a Loading Zone is required. Parking regulations in Loading Zones will be enforced at all times.

Once parked, walking on campus is encouraged. In most cases, it is possible to reach your destination with 15 minutes. See the estimate of Campus Walking Times (pdf). 

Contact Us

Parking and Transportation Services

Chip Chism, Manager
jchism@uwf.edu
850.473.7711