Upgrade Downgrade Program
Upgrade Downgrade Program
Faculty and Staff Upgrade Downgrade Program
Through the Upgrade Downgrade Program, Classified Civil Service (CCS) staff may request to upgrade to a Central Campus A permit, and Administrative and Professional (A&P) staff may request to downgrade to a Central Campus B permit. Upgrades and downgrades are awarded through an annual lottery process and must be requested each year.
In late April, before permit sales open for the following year, CampusParc offers faculty and staff the option to request an upgrade or downgrade to their permit eligibility. Parking permit eligibility is based on job family, such as CCS and unclassified A&P.
If an employee's job family has changed since they last purchased a permit, they may see different permit options when they log in to purchase their permit. Faculty and staff can search their job family in Workday by selecting View Profile. The job family is shown under Job Details.
The Upgrade Downgrade Program is now open for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Request an Upgrade or Downgrade
Who should apply?
- Faculty and Administrative & Professional employees (A&P) requesting a downgrade to a Central Campus B-Permit
- Classified Civil Service Staff (CCS) requesting an upgrade to a Central Campus A-Permit
Who should not apply?
- Other permit types, including BG series permits and West Campus permits (WA/WB), are not available in the upgrade downgrade lottery
- Faculty and staff do not need to enter the lottery to purchase or exchange a permit within their classification, such as the WA and WB
- Student permits, or any other permit types (WA, WAE, BG, BE, WB and CX) are not eligible for an upgrade or downgrade
How to apply to the program:
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Select “Request an Upgrade Downgrade”
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Log in with your Ohio State name.#
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Click Next and select the Upgrade Downgrade Program
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Follow the prompts to submit your request.
Check your job family:
Your permit options depend on your job family. If your job family has changed since your last purchase, you may see different permit options when ordering.
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In Workday, select View Profile. Your job family is shown under Job Details.
What to know about the program
- The university determines permit eligibility based on employment classification
- The Upgrade Downgrade Program is an alternative option that allows faculty and staff to purchase a permit in a different employment classification
- Upgrades and downgrades are awarded at random; the number awarded varies each year, depending on request volume
- Upgrade and downgrade awards are only valid for one (1) permit year
- Faculty and staff who want to purchase a permit outside of their classification must submit an upgrade or downgrade request every permit year
- For anyone who enters the lottery and is awarded, the only permit options available to them for the duration of the permit year will be the awarded permit type, which is the Central Campus A permit for awarded Classified Civil Service Staff (CCS) and the Central Campus B permit for awarded Faculty and Administrative & Professional (A&P) employees
- Faculty and staff do not need to request an upgrade or downgrade to purchase or exchange permits that are within their classification, such as exchanging an A-Permit for a WA Permit, or a B to a WB
- To exchange a permit within a classification, please get in touch with our Customer Care team
- If a qualifying exception occurs, such as a relocation to a different workplace location on campus, please contact Customer Care
Parking rates
View permit year 2025-2026 rates.
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- Columbus, OH 43201
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