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parking at uci
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Parking permits are REQUIRED at UCIVisitors with a valid permit may park where there is a red AR sign, or in any unmarked spaceVISITORS MAY NOT PARK in any space with a white VIP sign, a metered space, or a service space.

Parking permits may now be purchased (or retrieved if ordered by a PHysics department staff member)(from an online transaction) from new Parking Transaction Kiosks. You will need a valid Student ID for any transaction, and a Visa or Mastercard for purchases.

You may download a map highlighting information for all campus kiosks at:



For more detailed information, please visit the UCI Parking & Transportation website:




travel / visitor information
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Please visit the website below for updated visitor / travel reimbursement information and forms.





maps and directions

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If this is your first visit to the UCI campus, we recommend that you download a Campus Map with building numbers.  For more detailed department / building information, please visit:



Driving Directions:


405 Freeway
From the North:
  • Exit at Jamboree Rd.
  • Right on Jamboree Rd.
  • Left on Campus Dr.
  • Right on East Peltason into UCI

From the South:
  • Exit at Culver Dr.
  • Left on Culver Dr.
  • RIght on Campus Dr.
  • Left on East Peltason into UCI
5 Freeway
From the North:
  • Take 5 South to 55 South to 73 South
  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Left on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason

From the South:
  • Take 5 North to 405 North
  • Exit at Culver Dr.
  • Left on Culver Dr.
  • RIght on Campus Dr.
  • Left on East Peltason into UCI
73 Freeway / Tollway
From the North:
  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Left on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason

From the South (toll):
  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Right on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason

55 Freeway
From the North:
  • Take 55 South to 73 South
  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Left on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason

From the South:
  • Take 55 North to 73 South
  • Exit at Bison Ave.
  • Left on Bison Ave. into UCI
  • Right on East Peltason

91 Freeway / 261 Tollway
From the North:
  • Take 91 West to 241 South to 261 South (portions toll)
  • 261 becomes Jamboree Road
  • Left on Campus Drive
  • Right on East Peltason Drive into UCI

John Wayne Airport

  • Leaving the airport, take the 405 South towards San Diego
  • Exit on Jamboree
  • Right on Jamboree
  • Left on Campus Drive
  • Right on East Peltason Drive into UCI
TO:  Department of Physics & Astronomy (4129 Frederick Reines Hall)
        from East Peltason Drive:

  • Continue on Peltason to South Circle View
  • Turn on South Circle View to Enter Parking Lot 12B
  • You will see large pillars leading to the Physical Sciences Plaza
  • Upon passing through the pillars you will see Frederick Reines Hall directly ahead
     (BUILDING 401 -  F7 on UCI Campus Map)
  • Take the elevator in the main lobby of Reines Hall to the 4th floor
  • Exit to your left - the Physics Administration Office (4129)
            is at the end of the hall on your left


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VIEW OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES PLAZA FROM PARKING LOT 12B:







VIEW OF FREDERICK REINES HALL (LOCATED IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES PLAZA)
AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE PILLARS - 
(BUILDING 401 F7 on UCI Campus Map)





VIEW OF MULTIPURPOSE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BUILDING (MSTB) - DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES PLAZA, PARKING LOT 12B:



If you are having difficulty locating the Department of Physics and Astronomy, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

949-824-6911





For updates/corrections, please contact Alison Lara
updated 4.3.2008


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Department of Physics & Astronomy
4129 Frederick Reines Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-4575
telephone:  949.824.6911
fax:  949.824.2174
email:  physics@uci.edu