Directions to UC Irvine
UCI is located about one-mile south of Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway.)
Click on the link that describes the direction you will be travelling from for specific directions from I-405 to the campus.
Parking permits are required Monday through Sunday. Visitors may park at short-term or metered spaces for $1.00*** per half hour. Parking meters take quarters only. A one-day parking permit, which allows you to park in general spaces, may be purchased for $7.00*** at the parking structure/Lot #4 (see map below).
*** Parking rates are subject to change. Please check with Parking and Transportation Services for current rates.
Bus Parking: See map below. Please drop off students at the flagpoles in front of Aldrich Hall (Administration building), then proceed to Lot #1B.
View map for bus drop-off and parking locations
Driving Directions from the San Diego area or south of I-405:
- Take I-405 north and exit at Culver Drive.
- Make a left onto Culver Drive and proceed to Campus Drive.
- Turn right onto Campus Drive and proceed to Bridge Rd/West Peltason Dr.*
- Turn left at Bridge Rd/West Peltason Dr.* and proceed to Pereira.
- Turn left onto Pereira and then turn immediately left into the parking structure.#
- The UCI Visitor Center is located in the Student Center, directly across from the parking structure. For further assistance/directions, please ask the parking attendant.
Notes:
* Bridge Road and West Peltason Drive are the same street.
# Buses should proceed straight on Pereira to the flagpoles.
Driving Directions from the Los Angeles area or north of I-405:
- From I-5:
- take I-5 south to SR-55 south to I-405 south. Then follow the directions below.
- From I-405 south:
- Take I-405 south and exit at Jamboree Road.
- Make a right onto Jamoree Road and proceed to Campus Drive.
- Turn left onto Campus Drive and proceed to Bridge Rd/West Peltason Dr.*
- Turn right at Bridge Rd/West Peltason Dr.* and proceed to Pereira.
- Turn left onto Pereira and then turn immediately left into the parking structure.#
- The UCI Visitor Center is located in the Student Center, directly across from the parking structure. For further assistance/directions, please ask the parking attendant.
Notes:
* Bridge Road and West Peltason Drive are the same street.
# Buses should proceed straight on Pereira to the flagpoles.
