Arrival and parking
Arrive on campus by 12:45 p.m. Bring your line assignment with you.
Parking is available at no charge. Parking locations are open to you and your guests on commencement day on a first-come, first-served basis. No Ohio State parking permit is required.
Graduates are encouraged to park in the Fawcett Center lot on Olentangy River Road, the St. John Arena lot on Lane Avenue, the north and south French Field House lots, the Vivian lot, the Agricultural Administration lot and the North Riverbank lot.
Parking is also available in lots north of Borror Drive. Lift-equipped shuttle buses will run between the "Buckeye" lots just south of Ackerman Road and the northeast rotunda of the Schottenstein Center.
- Disability parking is available in lots directly adjacent to the Schottenstein Center on a first-come, first-served basis.
- A permanent or temporary Ohio or other state-issued disability placard is required. Additional disability parking is available in the "Buckeye" lots.