Parking policy

For the time being, existing tenants will be granted parking spaces for all their employees. The number of parking spaces will be regulated by the parking management system if a current contract includes a provision about the number of parking spaces. Extra drivers looking to park their vehicle will be allowed to enter, but the organisation in question will have to pay for their parking costs retrospectively.

Current companies based on the campus

For current tenants inside the campus ring road there are no additional costs for registering for parking spaces; they are made available free of charge. However, tenants should not enter the vehicle number plates of their visitors to the portal of the parking management system. To prevent this, each employee is first added to the portal, after which the total is rounded up to leave some room for new employees.

If the number of parking spaces does not meet your parking needs, you can purchase extra parking spaces. Every additional parking space costs €1.062 per year. Important: any decision on whether more parking spaces are to be allocated than contractually agreed is at the discretion of TU Delft.

Future companies based on the campus

New tenants and companies will purchase the agreed number of parking spaces for an annual fee of €708.64 excl. VAT (in 2022) per parking space. Companies or tenants wishing to purchase more parking spaces than previously agreed will have to pay an increased fee of €1,062 per parking space. Any decision on whether more parking spaces are to be allocated to a tenant or company than contractually agreed is at the discretion of TU Delft.

Using the third-party vehicle registration management portal, company reps can register the number plates of vehicles belonging to workers who require access to the car parks. In this third-party vehicle registration management portal, companies can also monitor their parking spaces and all registered number plates. Detailed instructions on using the vehicle registration management portal can be found here. The manual explains how to register new reps, edit rep or employee details, add or edit number plates or export all number plates in the system. For questions about the third-party vehicle registration management portal, please contact the P1 parking manager at parkerentudelft@p1.nl.

There is paid parking for visitors on Monday to Friday from 8 am until 16 pm. Every company on campus can arrange parking for visitors, as they will have access to a visitor parking portal. In this portal, company reps can purchase virtual day tickets via iDEAL. Exit tickets cost €5.00, instead of the usual maximum daily rate of €10.00. Company reps can purchase several virtual day tickets at once, which can then be issued at their discretion. If there are still day tickets available, company employees can access the portal and enter the visitor’s number plate, after which the visitor will be able to exit the parking area for free. Exit tickets are valid only on the day they are purchased. If the date changes, you will need to create a new exit ticket through the portal. The previously exit ticket will be lost. Detailed instructions on using the visitor parking portal can be found here.

You can send out a personalised QR code to all employees from the vehicle registration management portal. Make sure to add an email address for all employees. The QR code is a backup for the parking system or can be used by employees taking a different car to work. Employees who commute by motorbike can use the QR code every day. We recommend taking and favouriting a screenshot of the QR code, so that you can find it easily when you reach the parking area.

If the email address is entered when creating the subscription, you will automatically receive the QR code in your email. When entering the email address later, the QR code must be generated again.

The regulations aim to make parking available to everyone who needs to be on the TU Delft Campus. This includes employees of the companies that are based on the campus. The conditions for parking can vary per user group. For example, employees of companies based inside the campus ring road may park free of charge. Visitors to these companies will have to pay to park their vehicle. Parking spaces outside the regulated car parks will remain public. They will be subject to the rules enforced by the Municipality of Delft. Companies, their employees and customers cannot apply for permits for public parking spaces.

Are you already a tenant?

The authorised rep of a company currently based on the campus can add all employee number plates to the management portal. The system will automatically recognise their number plates, allowing them to easily enter and exit the parking locations. Three months after the parking regulations enter into force, we will cap the number of vehicle registration plates at the current figure + 10%.

Are you a future tenant?

Tenants and companies setting up shop within the campus ring road after 1 September 2023 fall into the new companies and tenants category. The number of parking spaces allocated to tenants and companies is contractually agreed from the outset, in accordance with parking standards. The parking standards will be tailored to the municipality’s current parking policy.

If you get an error message when logging into the management portal, contact the parking manager. You can reach the parking manager by sending an email to parkerentudelft@p1.nl.

The third-party visitor parking portal will only let you issue tickets to individuals. Companies hosting an event on campus can request an event ticket (entry and exit ticket) via the P1 parking manager by sending an email to parkerentudelft@p1.nl.Make sure to provide the following information: organisation name, country, address, city, postcode and VAT number. The parking manager can then create an event ticket in the system and send it to you. To share it with your visitors, simply add it to the invitation as an appendix. After the event, you will receive an invoice based on how many visitors actually used the event ticket.

For complaints and/or reports, please contact the P1 parking manager at parkerentudelft@p1.nl.

Suppliers and service providers can use an online portal to enter the number plates of several of their employees. The employees can then use their number plate to enter and exit parking areas along the campus ring road.

Loading and unloading for up to 30 minutes is free of charge. After 30 minutes, the regular rate applies. In some cases, TU Delft organisational units, companies, and tenants may be eligible for an exit ticket that will allow suppliers to park free of charge, or at a discount.

You can link your license plate number to your campus card in the TU Delft self-service portal. It is possible that you encounter an error message. The two known error messages are listed below, including possible solutions.

Error message 1: No card information found

This error message occurs immediately after logging in (via surfcontext). With this message, you do not reach the information page where you can enter your license plate number. This message means that your card details could not be linked to the parking system. The cause may be an outdated card (before July 2015) or, for example, a malfunction between TU data and cardsonline when printing the pass. Your card is missing essential 'keys' as a result. Unfortunately, this cannot be modified on the card itself. 
The solution to this report is to apply for a new campus card. You can do this by sending an e-mail to the TU Aula service desk: Aula-CREFM-balie@tudelft.nl. For more information on applying for a campus card, see: https://intranet.tudelft.nl/-/campuskaart

Please note! It is important that you apply for a new card on time. Your old pass will also not physically work at the entry pillars at the parking lot.

Error message 2: failed to safe card information

This error message occurs when you want to save after you have successfully logged in and entered your license plate. If you get this message, it could be due to one of the following reasons.
-    You enter a license plate which is already in use, for example by your partner or (student) colleague with whom you share the car.
o    A license plate can only be linked to one account. Therefore, if you share the car, this license plate cannot be linked to a second account. The license plate is already known in the system. Please note, when entering the car, the account to which the license plate is linked is registered as entered. That account cannot then drive in again with the campus card.
o    Does your partner also work at TU (or swap with someone else) and you use different two license plates? Then enter one of the license plates each. This way, the other can always enter with the unused license plate.
o    Do you often change your car and therefore its licence plate? Then it might be more convenient not to enter a license plate number and drive in using your campus card.
-    You enter your licence plate including hyphens.
o    When entering, do not use hyphens. As an example: Your registration number is [AA-123-B], enter it as 'AA123B'You enter a foreign licence plate
o    The system should recognise foreign license plates, but some foreign combinations may not come through properly. In that case, contact the parking manager at parkerentudelft.@p1.nl 

Does the above not apply to you and you still receive this notification? If so, please contact park management and include the following information:

•    Your name and NetID
•    Campus card number
•    License plate you are trying to enter
•    (Most) exact time/date of your entry attempt
•    Screenshot of the error message

From the time they enter the car park, suppliers/service providers can park for free for 48 consecutive hours. After the 48 hours of continuous parking has expired, suppliers/service providers pay the visitor rate. The visitor rate is €2.00 per hour, up to a maximum of €10,00 per day (on Monday to Friday between 8 am and 6 pm).Parking is free outside these hours. If you have parked in the TU car parks for more than 48 consecutive hours, you must first pay at the machine or through the online payment portal (by scanning the QR code signs in the car parks) before exiting. The barrier will open automatically after payment.

You can link a maximum of 2 license plates to 1 campus card.

Yes, as long as the registered license plate has not been entered. Only one car per account can drive in and out. In this situation, you drive in using your campus card.

As a supplier, you can drive in and out of the parking locations free of charge within 30 minutes.

The QR code of an exit card can be used once. 

In your personal portal for the license plate, everything else is indeed already filled in. Only the registration number then remains to be filled in.

Parking only works with the physical campus card. You cannot use the digital campus card in the TU Delft app for parking.

TU Delft students residing on the campus can only use the parking spaces in parking areas along the campus ring road if they have a campus card. When their campus card subscription expires, they lose the right to use the central parking locations.

Residents with a campus contract that is due to expire may apply for a temporary parking permit for the six parking areas on the campus in order to cover the period in which their campus card will no longer work. They may then park their vehicles using the registered vehicle number plate under the same conditions as regular students.To claim this, you must submit a receipt through the SelfServicePortal. You can report this under 'Parking' where you have to add the proof of the "DUWO rental termination agreement". This is contractual proof of your DUWO rental contract. 

Visitors of residents may purchase a visitor’s permit through ParkerenDelft. With a visitor’s permit, visitors can use the municipality’s public parking spaces at a reduced rate. Visitors of campus residents can also use TU Delft’s central parking areas. There is paid parking for visitors on Monday to Friday from 8 am until 6 pm. The rate is €2.00 per hour, up to a maximum of €10.00 per day. Outside said times and on public holidays, parking for visitors at the central parking areas along the campus ring road is free.

 Residents can request a permit for the public parking spaces via ParkerenDelft.

Visitors can park in the public parking spaces. The Municipality of Delft sells parking credit at cheaper rates through ParkerenDelft. Visitors can also park in TU Delft’s six central parking areas. These parking areas are paid from Monday to Friday between 8 am and 6 pm. The rate is €2 per hour, up to a maximum of €10 per day. Visitors pay per minute, and only for the actual time that they park. Outside said times and on public holidays, parking for visitors at the central parking areas along the campus ring road is free of charge.

No, that is not possible.

There are multiple parking spaces for disabled people both in the public area and at central parking areas along the campus ring. Your visitor can use the parking spaces for disabled people, which are spread around the campus. These spaces on campus are not linked to car number plates. Please do remember to ask your visitor to display their disabled parking permit. Municipal parking policies apply to the parking spaces for disabled people, which are located in the public parking area. The TU Delft regulations apply to the parking spaces for disabled people, which are located behind the barriers. These parking spaces are not free of charge.

The access roads leading to the houses will remain public and open. Suppliers can use the loading and unloading bays. Suppliers who need to park for more than 15 minutes in order to load or unload goods may use the public spaces or the regulated parking areas.

See previous answers. Some form of regulated parking is needed to ensure that enough parking spaces are available for campus residents. The Municipality of Delft has been asked to impose conditions with regard to these parking spaces. The municipality would like clear and consistent regulations for everyone. As a result, the same times and fees apply to paid parking in all parking areas around the city centre. These times and fees also apply to the public parking spaces on the TU Delft Campus. TU Delft students may also use the six central parking areas on the TU Delft Campus free of charge. (see “FAQ - students and employees”). They may have to walk for more than 400 metres, but these parking spaces are free for the first consecutive 48 hours. After the first 48 hours of continuous parking, students pay the visitor rate.

In your personal portal for the license plate, everything else is indeed already filled in. Only the registration number then remains to be filled in.

Parking only works with the physical campus card. You cannot use the digital campus card in the TU Delft app for parking.

Visitors do not have to pay for parking before 8:00 am. From 8:00 am, the counter starts running until 18:00. So when a visitor enters before 8:00 and exits after 18:00, he/she pays the daily rate.

The exit card is not linked to a specific parking location.

Yes, everyone can drive in and out within 30 minutes free of charge at all times. However, the system is also set up so that the barrier does not open when the car park is full.

It is true that a pass must be presented. This can also be a phone with an NFC function.

There are payment terminals at locations P1-P6. Only P7-P9 do not have payment terminals. At these car parks, the online payment portal can be used. If the person has no mobile phone or a dead battery, they should charge it or report to the company they were visiting.

No, the guest campus card does not allow free entry and exit at the parking locations.

Board members and secretariats can report the vehicle registration number of TU Delft vehicles by sending an email to the P1 parking manager at parkerentudelft@p1.nl. You can also reach out to the P1 parking manager to make a change.

Campus cars have non-personal parking rights. The number plates of these cars are recorded in the parking system. When you reach the barrier with a TU car, it will open automatically. The 48-hour limit does not apply to these cars.

To park a trailer, please register by sending an email to parkmanagement-CREFM@tudelft.nl.Trailers are not allowed in the central parking areas on the TU Delft Campus.

For more information about the new parking policy or the parking regulations, check out our FAQs below under the ‘More info’ tab. If you cannot find the answer to your question, please send an email to parkerentudelft@p1.nl or parkmanagement-CREFM@tudelft.nl.

Regulated parking means that tighter rules apply to use of the parking areas on the TU Delft Campus. For example, by placing an access control system at the entrances and exits, we have more control of and information about the use of the car parks on the campus. The new parking regulations also state that visitors to TU Delft and companies based on the campus may no longer park on the campus free of charge (although exit tickets will be provided).

Public parking spaces are regulated by the Municipality of Delft. There are also a number of parking spaces in a secure inner area close to the buildings. There are no changes relating to these spaces.

A dynamic signage system on the campus ring road will show you where vacant parking spaces are located. If your preferred parking area is full, the dynamic signage system will guide you to an alternative parking area.

The regulations are designed to ensure that everyone who needs to be on the TU Delft Campus is able to park there. This also applies to visitors to TU Delft and the companies based on the campus. Different categories of groups are governed by different parking regulations. Parking spaces outside the regulated car parks will remain public. They will be subject to the rules enforced by the Municipality of Delft.

TU Delft will be responsible for enforcing the rules in the car parks that are regulated by TU Delft. The public parking spaces are covered by municipal by-laws. ParkerenDelft will enforce the rules and issue parking fines where necessary. The TU Delft-regulated car parks will be monitored to ensure that the parking spaces are being used as intended. This is to prevent the long-term parking of cars or trailers, for example. Every car driver who passes the automatic barrier implicitly agrees to the prevailing rules and conditions. They state, among other things, that TU Delft is authorised to tow away vehicles if necessary. Want to know more about the terms and conditions and the privacy statement applicable to parking areas? Click here.

Campus residents can request a permit for the public parking spaces on the campus via ParkerenDelft. The permits are valid for the whole middle area of the campus. Campus residents who are also TU Delft students may use their campus card to park their vehicles in TU Delft Campus parking spaces, but only for a maximum of 48 consecutive hours.

Yes, if they are parked in a regulated TU Delft Campus parking area or a public parking space. Motorcycles and micro cars may also park on the street (as long as they do not block passage) or in special motorcycle parking spaces.

Parking fines are subject to the statutory rates. At the central parking areas, the general terms and conditions apply. TU Delft may wheel clamp vehicles in violation of the general terms and conditions and have them removed from the parking area if necessary. The cost of removing the wheel clamp and the motor vehicle, i.e. towing and other related costs shall be charged to the owner or user of the vehicle.

There is ample parking for people with a disability near the entrances to campus buildings. The exact locations of these spaces can be found here.

Electric (and non-electric) cars can use the car parks regulated by TU Delft or the public parking facilities on campus. Charging points for electric vehicles are available around campus. TU Delft is looking to expand the number of charging points. Cars must be moved once they are fully charged.

Yes, the roads will not be modified or obstructed by parking spaces.

No, the focus is on making efficient use of the available space. Selling or renting out parking spaces would mean fewer spaces for other users.

The municipality is exploring shared mobility options in Delft. TU Delft's mobility & accessibility programme is currently investigating how to make shared mobility solutions more widely accessible to all campus visitors and users.

Yes, both regimes are in force. The parking policy distinguishes between the central car parks and the parking spaces that will remain accessible to the public. Both regimes have different times, parking fees and conditions. The details of the regimes have been aligned wherever possible so that there will still be enough parking space for every group of users. Making sure that the different conditions are as clear and visible as possible on the streets will be a priority.

When we organise events, we ask staff, students and visitors to come by alternative modes of transport if at all possible. We also refer car drivers to other, quieter car parks. The signage system will make this easier. Additional parking facilities may be organised for large events, such as renting parking spaces in the surrounding area. This will be on a case-by-case basis.

This map shows public parking spaces and the central parking areas along the campus ring road.

Yes. The aim is to keep the parking spaces free for staff (including contracted employees such as cleaners) and students of TU Delft, employees of the campus-based companies, and visitors to TU Delft during office hours. Local residents can use these car parks for paid parking from Monday to Friday between 8 am and 6 pm. Parking is free outside these hours, for the time being.

To work towards a carbon-neutral, green TU Delft Campus in the long term, the parking policy will be tightened in future. Under its current policy, TU Delft will actively monitor the use of the parking areas. In view of the sustainability goals, TU Delft will re-evaluate the parking policy as of 1 January 2024, after which certain provisions can still be adjusted.

Regulated parking will not affect how users charge/park electric vehicles in any way. However, TU Delft is preparing to expand the charging facilities on campus.

It is not yet possible to pay via ParkMobile or other parking apps. However, work is being done to support ParkMobile and other apps in the future. There are two ways to pay. You can either pay at a payment terminal or on the online payment portal. There are several signs with QR codes in the parking areas. To access the online payment portal, simply scan the QR code.

There are two ways to pay. You can either pay at a payment terminal or on the online payment portal. There are several signs with QR codes in the parking areas. To access the online payment portal, simply scan the QR code.

Vehicles taller than 2.1 metres (such as contractor vans) can park at ground level. Separate parking locations apply for vehicles longer than 6 metres within the municipality of Delft. These can be found on the website of Parkerendelft.

All entrances are equipped with a parking system with an assistance button on it. This assistance button is in direct contact with the parking manager's control room. In case of questions and/or malfunctions, motorists can request assistance from the parking manager.