Lodging

A.  Within the campus of UCI

A.0.  Home-stay (Newly posted on July 26, 2005)

One 4th year medical student at UCI offered a home-stay (just for "sleep") at her 2-bed room apartment 5 minutes walking distance to UCI. It is free for all three nights (Aug 11 ~ Aug 13) and will be for those who are on budget (likely graduate students). If interested, please send an email to ukc2005@dream.eng.uci.edu.
 

A.1.  Hotel UCI => SOLD OUT (as of July 16, 2005)

This is a convenient, low-cost, decent-quality option.  Details are here.
Hotel UCI is hosted in the Campus Village apartment community , located near the Science Library, the College of Medicine, and the Biological and Physical Sciences buildings. (See the bottom center portion of the UCI campus map.)

Hotel UCI offers ‘private?or ‘shared?occupancy in two-bedroom, one bathroom furnished apartments with fully equipped kitchens, local telephone and internet access, and weekday linen service.  There are two single beds per bedroom.

The rate for renting one bedroom only in a two-bedroom apartment is $44 per night whereas the rate for renting the entire two-bedroom apartment is $74 per night.

To make a reservation, visit here.
If you are told that all apartments have been sold out, read the guideline on this Web page on how to send an application to the UKC2005 secretariat at ukc2005@dream.eng.uci.edu.  The staff will then check if an extra reserved unit can be found.
If an apartment in Hotel UCI is not available, you may consider the dormitory option in A.2 or other hotel options in B.

A.2. Dormitory => Cancelled due to low demand (as of July 16, 2005)

The UKC2005 secretariat has reserved a certain number of dormitory rooms for the period of August 10 - August 15.  The rate for renting a room is $41 per night.
The reserve these units, an email request should be sent to ukc2005@dream.eng.uci.edu.
The email request should include the name, address, email address, gender, check-in check-out dates of the applicant.

When Hotel UCI is sold out, this is an alternative for low-cost, convenient lodging.  Unlike Hotel UCI, the number of dormitory rooms available is quite substantial as long as a reservation request is made by the end of June 30, 2005.

B.  Outside the campus of UCI

   Some of the hotels which offer special rates for the guests of UCI and other hotels near UCI are listed here.

Directions to UCI

 

  • From Los Angeles Airport (LAX) - Use this link for direction.
  • From John Wayne / Santa Ana Airport (SNA) - Use this link for direction.
  • From Long Beach Airport (LGB) - Use this link for direction.

Note: Long Beach Airport can be a good alternative to Los Angeles Airport for those coming from within the United States. It is less busy and closer to UCI. Many airlines, such as JetBlue Airways, offer daily non-stop flights to and from New-York, Boston, Washington...

Public Transportations are quite limited in Southern California but renting a car or calling a taxi are not the only ways to reach UCI. More information here.

Links to airports' websites: LAX - SNA - LGB

Distance LAX - UCI: 45 miles / 72 km

Distance LGB - UCI: 25 miles / 40 km

Distance SNA - UCI: 2.5 miles / 4 km

    

Parking

UC Irvine Parking and Transportation provides the interactive map to locate parking spaces and parking permit dispensers.

For the conference rooms

Close to the Bren Events Center

Purchasing Parking Permit

  • During the conference, every morning 7:00-10:00AM, a parking attendant will be in front of the Lot 16 and sell the parking permits ($7/day).
  • For the rest of the day, permits can be purchased from "permit dispensers" and "parking offices" across the campus.
     

UC Irvine Campus Parking Rates

Pay-By-Space $1.00/half hour
Parking Meter $1.00/hour
One Day -General $7.00
One Day - Reserved $8.00
One Day - Oversized Vehicle $14.00
Evening/Weekend - Oversized Vehicle $10.00
AM Half Day - Reserved (7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) $6.00
PM Half Day - Reserved (12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.) $6.00
Evening (After 4 PM) $5.00
Weekend (All day Saturday OR Sunday) $5.00
One Week - General (7 consecutive days) $20.00
One Week - Reserved (7 consecutive days) $35.00
One Month - General (30 consecutive days) $45.00
Two or More Consecutive Months - General $33.00/month

From Major Hotels to Parking Lot 16:

 

To the Registration Desk of the UKC 2005:

To the Session Rooms: Go here.

To the Banquet Location: Go here.

Campus Map

 Go here.

 

Quick Guide to Irvine and Orange County

For more information about what to do, where to eat, and where to shop in Irvine and Orange County, you can download this brochure.