Higher parking fees from 1 August 2025

The lower parking rate for staff and students will be abolished from 1 August 2025 in car parks managed by Akademiska Hus via the parking company Aimo Park.

In the Aimo app, it will look the same as it does now, but the prices will be adjusted. As a UU employee, you choose rate 2 as usual, while the general public chooses rate 1.

Permits and subscriptions valid for more than one month will be phased out. If you currently have a permit or subscription that is valid for a quarterly, six-monthly or annual period, this will be converted to a monthly subscription or permit when the current period expires.

New rates

From 1 August 2025, the hourly rate will be SEK 20 per hour from 06:00 until 18:00 and SEK 10 per hour between 18:00 and 06:00. This is the same hourly rate as the general public currently pays in the car parks.

Twelve-hourly rate: The current 24-hour rate will be replaced with a 12-hour ticket costing SEK 80. The ticket can start at any time of day and is valid for the next twelve (12) hours.

From 1 August 2025, there will also be a monthly rate of SEK 950 for parking from 06:00 until 18:00. There are plans to replace the monthly fee with a ‘21-card’ during the 2026 spring semester. This will entitle the holder to park on 21 separate occasions, the same model as is used at Uppsala University Hospital. This change is planned because it is difficult to price long-time parking on a market basis and to create incentives to choose sustainable modes of transport.

In line with changes elsewhere

The changes are being made in light of the fact that the lower rate is taxable as a fringe benefit, according to the Swedish Tax Agency.

The parking rate will therefore be the same for staff, students and the general public, with a market-based rate so as not to give rise to any fringe benefit taxation for the individual.

Similar changes have previously been implemented by Region Uppsala at Uppsala University Hospital and Uppsala Municipality, among others. Other property owners in Uppsala have also abolished or are in the process of abolishing differentiated rates.

This change will not in itself affect whether a particular car park is open to the public or not. That will continue to be decided based on an assessment of rates of use and the possible need for car parks to be exclusively for staff and students.

Anders Berndt