Parking permits are required at UCI.
Corporate sponsors should obtain a a preferred IRUS parking permit from your corporate representative prior to the meeting.
Plan to arrive at least 30 minutes early to ensure you get a parking space, and to walk to the McDonnell Douglas Auditorium.
From North
These directions take you to the new entrance to UCI. This is the
quickest route.
Note: There is currently nowhere to purchase a permit at this
entrance; have your preferred IRUS permit with you.
Take the 405 South to the 73 South.
Take the Bison exit - the last exit before the toll road begins.
Go left onto Bison.
Go through the lighted intersection, into UCI.
Go right at the next lighted intersection (East/West Peltason Dr.).
At the first stop sign (Los Trancos Rd.), make a left and park in lot 18/18A.
You can park anywhere there is a red AR sign, or in any unmarked space (but not in the space with the white VIP sign, metered spaces, or service spaces).
Note: If lot 18/18A is full, you can use the IRUS parking permit to park in lot 18C. To get to lot 18C, exit lot 18/18A and go left onto East Peltason. Go left at the next stop sign (Gabrielino Rd.) into lot 18C. As you enter, use the portion of the lot on the left. When you turn into that part of the lot, you will be facing the Engineering Gateway building.
From South
Take the 405 North to the University/Jeffrey exit.
Left onto University (it's Jeffrey if you go right).
Left onto Culver.
Right onto Campus.
Left onto East Peltason Drive (was: Berkeley Dr.), which takes you into UCI.
Go through the lighted intersection at Pereira Rd.
At the third stop sign (Los Trancos Rd.) go right into lot 18/18A.
You can park anywhere there is a red AR sign, or in any unmarked space (but not in the space with the white VIP sign, metered spaces, or service spaces).
Note: If lot 18/18A is full, you can use the IRUS parking permit to park in lot 18C. To get to lot 18C, exit lot 18/18A and go left onto East Peltason. Go left at the next stop sign (Gabrielino Rd.) into lot 18C. As you enter, use the portion of the lot on the left. When you turn into that part of the lot, you will be facing the Engineering Gateway building.
Alternate Directions from North
Take the 405 South to the Jamboree exit.
Right onto Jamboree.
Left onto Campus.
Go past West Peltason Drive.
Go right onto East Peltason Drive (was: Berkeley Dr.), which takes you into UCI.
Go through the lighted intersection at Pereira Rd.
At the third stop sign (Los Trancos Rd.) go right into lot 18/18A.
You can park anywhere there is a red AR sign, or in any unmarked space (but not in the space with the white VIP sign, metered spaces, or service spaces).
Note: If lot 18/18A is full, you can use the IRUS parking permit to park in lot 18C. To get to lot 18C, exit lot 18/18A and go left onto East Peltason. Go left at the next stop sign (Gabrielino Rd.) into lot 18C. As you enter, use the portion of the lot on the left. When you turn into that part of the lot, you will be facing the Engineering Gateway building.
Directions to the McDonnell Douglas Auditorium
Note that buildings are labeled with their names and numbers; look near
the roofs.
The McDonnell Douglas Auditorium (building #311), is a red brick building
with a copper roof. It is located behind the pale peach/yellow/gray
Engineering Gateway building with the metal smoke stacks (building #321),
and is near the gray ICS and Engineering Research Facility (IERF)
buildings (#310).
From lot 18/18A.
The McDonnell Douglas Auditorium (#311) is behind the gray ICS Research and Engineering Facility (IERF) building adjacent to the parking lot (#310, the gray building without the wooden beams).
From lot 18C.
The McDonnell Douglas Auditorium (#311) is behind the Engineering Gateway building (#321) - the pale peach/yellow/gray building with metal smoke stacks. The Engineering Gateway building is across the service street adjacent to lot 18C.