Student Parking
Students are expected to read and comply with Boston College parking and traffic regulations.
Students must apply for parking permits through Agora Portal. Parking is extremely limited and there is no appeals process.
Permit Types
S-GS: Graduate student permits are available to full- or part-time students currently enrolled in any of Boston College's graduate programs or the Boston College Law School.
S-E: Evening student permits are available to students currently enrolled in the Woods College of Advancing Studies or in any of Boston College's graduate programs who are on campus after 3 p.m.
S-C: Commuter undergraduate student permits are available to matriculated Boston College undergraduate students who, during the academic year, live off campus, at a radius greater than one mile from public transportation lines. Students living in the following cities or towns do not meet this commuter distance requirement and will not qualify for a commuter parking permit: Allston, Brighton, Boston, Chestnut Hill and Brookline. Students are expected to use their personal academic-year address, not the address of a family or friend, when applying for a parking permit. Those failing to honestly provide an accurate academic-year address for parking permit application risk disciplinary action, including loss of parking privileges at Boston College and loss of parking permit fee refund. At time of application, an undergraduate commuter student must submit:
- A parking application (download a PDF version of the application)
- A copy of a Certificate of Insurance listing the student as an insured driver of the registered vehicle
- A valid vehicle registration in the undergraduate student's name or that of an immediate family member
- Proof of qualifying residency in the undergraduate's name, such as a lease, bank statement, or utility bill
S-RF/SR2/SCA/SCA-2: Resident undergraduate student permits are only available to matriculated Boston College undergraduate students who are in their junior or senior year and enrolled in a Boston College sponsored field practicum or three-credit internships that is not accessible by public transportation.
The allotment for these residential parking permits is very limited. Academic and administrative departments must notify, in writing, the Transportation and Parking Office of the quantity and names of undergraduate students who they are approving for inclusion in the residential parking permit allotment.
POOL: Carpool permits are available to graduate and law school students who minimally have a driver plus one passenger sharing the commute to campus throughout the year. A valid registration is required for all members of the carpool.
Pricing
Type |
Cost | Student Access Areas 2022-2023 | Overnight Parking |
---|---|---|---|
SRF | $705 | Student Resident FallMain Campus: Beacon Garage Roof (4th floor only) |
Yes, must relocate for home football games |
SR2 | $705/semester $1410/year |
Student Resident AnnualMain Campus: Beacon Garage Roof (4th floor only) |
Yes, must relocate for home football games |
SCA1 | $705/semester | Student Commonwealth Ave.2000 Commonwealth Ave.: Parking Garage only |
Yes |
SCA2 | $705/semester $1410/year |
Student Commonwealth Annual
2000 Commonwealth Ave.: Parking Garage only |
Yes |
SGS | $350/year | Graduate StudentMain Campus: Vanderslice, Hillside, Mods and Connell Parking lots. Beacon Garage (levels 1-3 white lined spaces only), Commonwealth Garage (levels 2-6 white lined spaces only), St. Ignatius Church white lined spaces Monday-Friday only Brighton Campus: STM Library lot Newton Campus: White-lined spaces |
No |
S-E | $170/year | Evening StudentMain Campus: After 3PM only, Mods and Connell Parking lots. Beacon Garage (levels 1-3 white lined spaces only), Commonwealth Garage (levels 2-6 white lined spaces only), St. Ignatius Church: White lined spaces Monday-Friday only Brighton Campus: After 3 p.m., STM Library lot Newton Campus: After 3 p.m., white-lined spaces |
No |
S-C | $964 | Commuter StudentMain Campus: Mods and Connell Parking lots, Beacon Garage (levels 1-3 white lined spaces only), Commonwealth Garage (levels 2-6 white lined spaces only), St. Ignatius Church white lined spaces Monday-Friday only Brighton Campus: STM Library lot Newton Campus: White-lined spaces |
No |
POOL | $162 | Carpool PermitM and R areas on Main Campus and Brighton Campus Newton campus: White-lined spaces |
No |
SUMMER | $95/week or $322 for the summer | Summer Semester PermitBrighton Campus: STM Library lot Newton Campus: White-lined spaces by Quonset Hut |
Yes |
SUMMER 2000 Comm Ave. | $322 for the summer | Summer 2000 Comm Ave.2000 Commonwealth Ave: Parking Garage only |
Yes |
Parking maps
Event & Other Parking Restrictions
All vehicles, including undergraduate resident permit vehicles, must be off campus by 11:00 p.m. the evening prior to scheduled home football games. Vehicles remaining on the Chestnut Hill campus after midnight will be towed. Students with resident permitted vehicles (SRF, SR2, TRF) may park on the Newton Campus for home football games.
No student parking is allowed from Saturday 3:00 p.m. through Sunday 6:00 p.m. at the Lower Campus parking lots adjacent to St. Ignatius Church, Vanderslice Hall, 110 St. Thomas More, and More Hall. Cars parked in this area will be ticketed and towed.
Students are not permitted to park in visitor parking areas.
Replacement Permits
All lost permits must be reported to the Transportation and Parking Office before a new permit is obtained through the Office of Student Services. Filing a false report will result in the permit holder's forfeiture of future parking permit privileges from Boston College.
A replacement fee of the equivalent to the original permit price will be assessed for lost, stolen, or misplaced permits. Damaged permits will be replaced at no charge upon exchange of the original damaged permit. In order to receive a replacement permit, please fill out the Lost Permit/Prox Card form.