Dear Students,

UMBC virtual parking permits are now available for all new and returning students. All students are required to activate a new virtual on-campus parking permit each August. Please do not sign up for a visitor account; UMBC does not issue parking permits for visitors. 

• New Students: Please go to the UMBC Parking Services Portal, register your vehicle(s), and activate your virtual permit.

• Returning Students: Please go to the UMBC Parking Services Portal to review your account for any outstanding fines, verify/update your vehicle information, and activate your new virtual permit.

Parking enforcement will begin on August 31; those who park on campus without a valid permit will be issued a citation.

Registering your vehicle is not the same as getting a permit. Once vehicles are registered, please click on the "Get Permit" button. Parking permits must be renewed every August prior to the start of the new academic year. You may register up to three vehicles. However, you may only have one vehicle on campus at a time. Once you have registered your vehicle, please click on the "Get Permit" button. Failure to complete this step means no permit has been issued to you and as a result, you may be issued a citation.

Parking Permit Overview

Student parking permits are assigned as follows:

• Zone A (red): Commuter students

• Zone B (green): Walker Avenue apartment residents

• Zone C (gold): Residential students (second year and higher) 

• Zone F (orange): First-year residential students are eligible for an "F" permit and are required to park in the Satellite Lot on South Rolling Road during the hours of 9 a.m.--4 p.m., Monday--Friday. UMBC Transit will provide shuttle service to and from the Satellite Lot.

Please check out this UMBC parking zone map to verify the locations of spaces in your zone.

To learn more about parking at UMBC please, read our Virtual Permits FAQ. You can also view our Commuter Student Parking Guide to find the best parking locations for your class schedule or campus visit.

For additional questions or if you experience any issues, please contact us directly at parking@umbc.edu or at 410-455-2551.

UMBC Parking Services

Universities are being called to revise their approaches to education to incorporate greater attention to social responsibility, specifically for students expected to participate in technology development and innovation. Particularly given the fact that algorithms and artifacts may often be biased with regards to race or gender and manipulative of the public for social harm, students must learn to critically understand the responsibility of creating technologies and the long-term effects of their implementation.

With support from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation, a team of researchers from the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) and the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) have been investigating faculty and student perceptions of education for social responsibility in technology. The research team is now convening a Faculty Learning Community housed in the Center for Social Science Scholarship to build upon the insights of this study and develop a framework for incorporating social responsibility in technology in the COEIT curriculum. 

Members of the Faculty Learning Community on Social Responsibility in Technology will be expected to meet biweekly in fall 2022 and spring 2023. They will work collaboratively in the development of pedagogical strategies for the education of COEIT students in social responsibility, potentially including the creation of: instructional materials, assessment rubrics, a micro-credential or certificate program bridging COEIT and CAHSS.

Faculty interested in joining the community should complete this brief google form.