Park for free with validation

To park for free when visiting our Portland and Gorham campuses, all admissions guests must use our parking validation code. We’ll email the code to event registrants. If you need the code, please contact us.

Portland campus

Portland campus

Our McGoldrick Center for Career and Student Success and Portland Commons residence hall are brand-new additions to our bustling Portland, Maine campus.

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Biology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemistry
  • Communication and Media Studies
  • Computer Science
  • Criminology
  • English
  • History
  • Leadership and Organizational Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Nursing
  • Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Philosophy and Liberal Studies
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Social and Behavioral Studies
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Sport Management
  • Tourism and Hospitality
  • Undecided/unknown
  • Women and Gender Studies

All Portland campus tours depart from the Admissions Welcome Center, which is located on the first floor of the Abromson Community Education Center (room 111).

Our first-year student residence halls and NCAA Division III athletics facilities are located on our Gorham campus but will be discussed on this tour.

What to expect on your tour

  • Our walking campus tours last approximately one hour.
  • Dress appropriately for New England weather and wear comfortable walking shoes.
  • Please leave pets at home. Only service animals are allowed on campus.
  • Review our parking validation process before you arrive on campus.
  • You and your guest(s) will be part of a tour group that will not exceed 20 people. 
  • Restrooms and water bottle refill stations are available and accessible.
  • Questions or concerns? Contact us.

In the event of inclement weather, the University may close. Scheduled events and tours may be canceled as a result. Find out more.

Parking is available in the garage attached to the Abromson Community Education Center. The garage entrance is on Surrenden Street. We will validate your parking session.

Maps & directions

Portland campus parking options

Parking validation

Gorham campus
Lewiston campus
Online events

Start a parking session with our promo code

To park for free on our Portland and Gorham campuses, you need to start a paid parking session and enter the promo code we give you. If you don’t start a parking session or don’t use the promo code, our system will charge you for parking on campus. You can add the promo code to an already active parking session if needed.

When you register for an event, we’ll email you the promo code the day before the event. If you didn’t receive an email or text message with the code or are visiting on your own, call us at 207-780-5670 or email admitusm@maine.edu to get it.

There are three ways to start a parking session and enter the promo code:

Scan a QR code on a parking lot sign

Use a walk-up paystation on campus

Book a session online before you arrive

Your paid or validated parking session doesn’t carry over to another USM campus.

If you visit both our Portland and Gorham campuses in one day, you will need to start a new paid or validated parking session for each campus.

For example: If you tour our Gorham campus in the morning and then our Portland campus after lunch, you’ll need to start a new paid or validated parking session for each campus tour. (Or vice versa.)

Do you have questions, need accommodations, or want to cancel your registration?

Contact us

In the event of inclement weather, the University may close. Scheduled events and tours may be canceled as a result. Find out more.