Parking and Traffic

The university’s parking and traffic system was established to provide convenient parking for faculty, staff, students and visitors and to facilitate the safe operation of all motor vehicles on property owned or controlled by the university.

Any member of the faculty, staff or student body who operates a motor vehicle on campus must register that vehicle with the university in order to receive a campus parking sticker. Registration entitles a person to drive on campus and to park in designated parking spaces in parking lots only. It does not guarantee the availability or location of a parking space.

Policies and Regulations
Special Parking Privileges
Restricted Areas
Fines and Wheel Locking

Policies and Regulations

• AUS assumes no liability for damage or loss to private vehicles, their occupants or their contents while on university property.
• Parking and use of vehicles on campus without registration or permission from the university or in violation of regulations is prohibited.
• Vehicles shall not be operated beyond posted speed limits. The campus speed limit is 35 kmph.
• No motor vehicle shall be driven or parked on a walkway.
• No person shall park a motor vehicle other than in designated parking areas unless specifically authorized by the university.
• Drivers on campus must obey all university regulations and all provisions of the Sharjah Police and Traffic Law. Drivers must obey all traffic signs and directions from AUS Security personnel, who are authorized to enforce all traffic and parking regulations.
• Vehicles must be operated in such a manner as not to endanger or injure pedestrians, property or other vehicles and drivers.
• Chronic violators of university regulations will be reported to the Dean of Student Affairs or appropriate department heads for disciplinary action.
• At all times, students are prohibited from using spaces and parking lot sections reserved for handicapped persons, visitors, faculty and staff.
• Parking is prohibited on walkways, on crosswalks, at roundabouts and in other restricted areas. Additionally, parking that obstructs traffic is prohibited.

Special Parking Privileges

The following special parking permits are issued only by the Security Department, extension 2114. Abuse of special parking privileges will result in automatic revocation.

Handicapped Persons
Parking spaces for handicapped are reserved for those who have special handicapped license plates or permits for handicapped parking issued by the Public Relations Department or the University Health Center. Members of the university community who suffer a temporary disability that clearly affects their ability to walk may apply to the Security Department for a temporary handicapped parking permit. Unauthorized parking in a handicapped space will result in a fine.

Visitors
Students are responsible for their guests. Guests must obtain a temporary parking permit and comply with all AUS regulations.

Guests must leave their photo ID at the Security booth at the university gates. It will be returned upon leaving the campus. Visitors will also receive a visit form that should be signed by the person or department visited.

Restricted Areas

Loading Zones/Deliveries/ Entrance
Each academic building on campus and each dining hall is provided with a loading zone adjacent to the building. No parking is permitted in loading zones except for vehicles making deliveries. Standing is permitted in loading zones while a delivery or pick-up is being made. Such standing is presumed to be of a short duration (no more than 15 minutes) and is not to exceed the period during which the vehicle is required to complete loading or unloading.

Walkways (Parking off pavement)
Walkways include any paved way on campus that is not defined as a roadway. No driving is permitted on any walkway except under emergency circumstances. (Emergencies are presumed to refer to the need to bring fire, rescue, ambulance, and security or police vehicles close to a building in order to safeguard lives and property.) Where exceptional circumstances require vehicles access to a walkway, permission must be obtained in advance from the Director of Security on a case-by-case basis. Permission in one instance is not a precedent and does not carry over to a similar circumstance in the future.